Dharuni
Ground Floor / Front
Double Bed
This spacious ground floor room has a lovely large verandah directly facing the Mekong River. It’s the second best room.
Pricing & Details — 11 November to 10 December 2026
The practical pieces,
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Here is everything you need to understand the investment, choose your room, plan your meals, and feel clear about the journey to Nong Khai.
Overview / Investment
A 30 day Thailand wellness retreat for women.
Time to indulge yourself: 30 days to explore, rejuvenate and reset. Kaz would love you to join her for this unforgettable Thailand experience.
Dates
11 November – 10 December 2026
Deposit
$500.00
By August
Room pricing
$5,100–$5,500
Depending on room choice
Accommodation — all included
Your places to land along the way.
Accommodation is included throughout the adventure: the first night in Auckland, the overnight sleeper train to Nong Khai, 21 nights at Mut Mee Guesthouse, and 6 nights at Barn Suan Sanctuary.
Overnight in Auckland
Overnight train to Nong Khai
21 nights at Mut Mee Guesthouse
6 nights at Barn Suan Sanctuary
Mut Mee Guesthouse room options
Choose your home for three weeks.
Mut Mee is an oasis of small huts and rooms set in a tropical garden, literally on the banks of the Mekong River. Our private building amidst the garden directly overlooks the Mekong.
Each room has a private bathroom, AC and fan, cable TV, refrigerator and kettle. The earlier you book, the better your choice.
A word to the wise: the stairs to the 1st floor are great exercise and better suited if you don’t have any mobility issues.
Option 1
$5,500.00
1 room
Option 2
$5,100.00
5 rooms
Benjawan
1st Floor / Back
Twin Beds
Located towards the back of the building with a private rear facing balcony.
Chaba
1st Floor / Back
Double Bed
Located toward the back of the building with a balcony looking towards the Mekong River.
Esarn
Ground Floor / Side
Double Bed
A ground floor room with a balcony looking towards the garden and the Mekong River.
Farang
Ground Floor / Back
Twin Beds
Set toward the back with a delightful private balcony overlooking a pretty garden.
Garuda
Ground Floor / Back
Double Bed
Set back toward the rear of the building with a verandah looking towards the Mekong River.
Barn Suan Sanctuary
Six nights in a secluded garden retreat.
Barn Suan is our own private retreat space in a secluded landscaped garden on the outskirts of Nong Khai, with a communal space for cooking and activities.
Accommodation is in simple traditional huts — some a little more rustic than others. Each hut has its own bathroom; two have AC and the others have ceiling or bedside fans.
Food & meal budget suggestions
Simple, easy meals with room to choose.
This should help you work out a food budget. It takes effort to spend more than $15 a day on food, and you can certainly spend less, particularly if you patronise the Buddhist vegetarian restaurant.
Meals included in retreat cost
- 2 cooking demonstration lunches
- Meals on all orientation and sightseeing tours
- A variety of treats at different times
- All meals at Barn Suan, based around a Magical Mung Cleanse
Mut Mee kitchen
Open from 7am to 9pm, with Thai and Western dishes. More expensive meals are around $10; a basic Pad Thai is around $3.00.
Vegetarian restaurants
A short bike-ride away. You can eat a huge lunch and get a takeaway for dinner for $5–$7.
Green Market
Five minutes away for staples such as limes, ginger, bananas, papaya, pineapple, watermelon and avocadoes.
MSG is used fairly extensively in local restaurants and by street vendors, so Kaz’s recommendations are the best options if you want to avoid MSG. If you want to be more adventurous, we can teach you how to ask for no MSG in Thai.
International & domestic travel
The journey is part of the adventure.
The programme is based around a Qantas flight arriving in Bangkok in time to catch the overnight express train to Nong Khai.
International flights — not included
Auckland to Bangkok
Thursday 12/11/26: Qantas QF140 departs Auckland at 0600, arriving Sydney at 0735; QF23 departs Sydney at 1020, arriving Bangkok at 1610.
Bangkok to Auckland
Thursday 10/12/26, arriving Auckland Friday 11/12/26: QF24 departs Bangkok at 1800, arriving Sydney at 0735; QF143 departs Sydney at 0855, arriving Auckland at 1405.
Domestic transfers — included
On arrival in Bangkok we transfer to the main train station for the overnight train ride to Nong Khai. The homeward transfer includes a one hour taxi ride to Udon Thani airport and a one hour flight to Bangkok airport before boarding the overnight flight home.
What’s included
Held in the retreat cost.
- Overnight in Auckland at the Jet Park Inn, with welcome aboard dinner at their in-house restaurant
- 4.00am shuttle transfer to the airport
- Overnight AC sleeper train to Nong Khai
- 21 nights at Mut Mee Guesthouse
- 6 nights at Barn Suan Sanctuary
- Domestic transfers on arrival in Bangkok to the main train station for the overnight train ride to Nong Khai
- Homeward domestic transfer: taxi to Udon Thani airport and flight to Bangkok airport
- 2 cooking demonstration lunches
- Meals on all orientation and sightseeing tours
- A variety of treats at different times
- All meals at Barn Suan, based around a Magical Mung Cleanse
What’s not included
Please budget separately.
- International flights
- Travel insurance, which is essential and required for all guests attending the retreat
- Personal spending
- Additional meals outside retreat inclusions
What you need to do now
If this is calling you, get in touch with Kaz.
Your investment begins with a deposit of $500.00 by August. The earlier you book, the better your choice of room at Mut Mee Guesthouse.