Wellness
cultivating health through natural living
Piha’apape will represent a bubble of safety, care and exclusive luxury.
A poignant testimony to the skill of local tahu’a (traditional medecine practitioners) came from one of the earliest accounts by Capt Samuel Wallis in 1767, who was unable to come ashore for the first 2 weeks of his stay in Matavai Bay, due to a ‘ violent episode of biliary colic’, desperate for relief he was carried across the Tuauru river to be seen by the chieftess Purea’s personal tahu’a taurumi (massage therapist) who applied some ‘vigorous chafing’ that meant he was able to walk back across the river under his own steam later that afternoon.
healing hands & tradition in plant MEDICINE
Attention will be given to the whole sensory environment, ensure the best nights sleep with white noise of water features or total silence, blackout curtains to sleep late or have a little kip, or sheer drapes that ensure privacy but enable a guest to wake with the rising sun, likewise the lighting colors will enable a minimal impact of artificial light on the brain and visual system.
Consultation with Luxury Hospitality and Spa Consulting has honed down our spa offering to ensure an superior standard of care, that calls upon the wisdom of the extensive traditional medicine knowledge base. To reiterate that which that has already stood the test of time, coupling it with a judicious use of modern science and biometrics.
Continuing care: the personalized approach to wellness begins onsite but can continue beyond.
Piha’apape becomes your safe place, where you’re known and looked after for life-long health.