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The quietest of the three houses
Opened 2024
Grey-tiled pavilions stand on the bank of the Yulong River; tea terraces climb behind them, and above everything rise the karst peaks that the mist hides for an hour each morning. Fourteen hectares, bamboo, a river deck where tai chi begins at 06:30. In the Health Lab, Western diagnostics and traditional Chinese medicine work side by side under Dr. Lin Yuhan; you choose. Nothing here hurries, and neither need you.
Key facts
Getting here takes longer than reaching the other houses. Here is everything you need to know.
- Rooms, suites and villas
- 56
- Estate
- 14 ha with a tea garden and a river deck
- Check-in / check-out
- 15:00 / 12:00
- Children
- All ages · Little Lotus club 4–12 · spa and Health Lab from 16
- Languages
- ZH, EN · Arabic-speaking concierge on request
- Guilin Liangjiang Airport
- 78 km / 1 h 25 · direct flights from Guangzhou, Shanghai and Hong Kong
- Yangshuo high-speed rail
- 22 km / 30 min · Guilin rail 70 km
- Spa water
- Mineral spring water in the Haven Spa pools
- Open
- Year-round
- Best months
- March–May and September–November; June–August warm and green; December–February cool, 8–15 °C
- House rules
- Non-smoking; no pets, assistance dogs always welcome
Rooms and suites
Dark timber, paper screens, quiet. Every room has the Zayana sleep system and a view of peaks, river or garden.
Five categories
Karst View Room
- 48 m²
- 2 guests
- King or twin
- Peaks view
The bed faces a window that frames the karst peaks. Mist at dawn, mountains by ten.
from€680per night
Check dates — Karst View RoomRiver Pavilion Room
- 55 m²
- 2 guests
- King bed
- River terrace
A daybed on a terrace right over the water, a lantern, bamboo. You hear the river, not the neighbours.
from€850per night
Check dates — River Pavilion RoomTea Garden Suite
- 80 m²
- 2 guests + 1 child
- King bed
- Garden courtyard
- Soaking tub
A private courtyard with tea bushes, a deep stone soaking tub, room for one child. A suite for a longer, slower stay.
from€1,300per night
Check dates — Tea Garden SuiteMist Pool Villa
- 140 m²
- 2 guests + 2 children
- King bed
- Private heated pool
A stone courtyard, a heated pool steaming in the morning and a karst peak reflected in it. Privacy from gate to roof.
from€2,400per night
Check dates — Mist Pool VillaThe Haven Residence
- 260 m²
- 3 bedrooms · 6 guests
- Private pool
- Tea pavilion
- Butler
Three bedrooms, a pool, a tea pavilion on a pond and a butler who knows when not to interrupt. A house for a family, or for quiet on a larger scale.
from€4,500per night
Check dates — The Haven Residence
In pictures
Haven Spa & TCM Pavilion, 3,000 m²
Spa
Three mineral-water pools — 38 °C, 34 °C and cold — under ferns and lanterns. Traditional Chinese medicine consultations, acupuncture and tuina under Dr. Lin Yuhan, twelve treatment rooms, a meditation hall and dawn tai chi on the river deck. Daily 07:00–21:00, from 16 years.
- Open
- 07:00–21:00
- Pools
- 38 °C · 34 °C · cold
- Treatment rooms
- 12
- Minimum age
- 16 years
Programmes at Atlantis Haven
All six programmes are offered here; inside Zayana Reset and Longevity Path you can choose the TCM track. Priced per person including room and full board.
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Zayana Reset
Physician consultation, a three-night sleep assessment, six treatments, daily breathwork and a 30-day follow-up plan. From €3,900 per person.
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Vitality Blueprint
A 62-marker blood panel, body composition, VO2 max, two physician and two dietitian consultations and a written 12-week plan. From €5,200 per person.
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Longevity Path
Everything in Vitality Blueprint plus biological-age assessment, hypoxia training or a TCM track, a cryotherapy series and quarterly check-ins for a year. From €8,900 per person.
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Radiance
Skin analysis, a dermatology-led consultation, five facial and body treatments, LED therapy and nutrition for the skin. From €2,900 per person.
Grandeur Grill, The Lotus Table and Moon Gate
The table
Grandeur Grill, under chef Wen Ruolin, cooks Guangxi and Cantonese food over a wood fire: the eight-course Fire & Mist menu is €165, the tea pairing €48, dinner 18:00–22:00. The Lotus Table 07:00–21:00. Moon Gate Tea House 10:00–23:00: forty teas, alcohol-free by design, a wine list on request.
- Fire & Mist, 8 courses
- €165
- Tea pairing
- €48
- Moon Gate Tea House
- 10:00–23:00
Experiences here
Tai chi is included in the stay; book the rest through the concierge, 48 hours ahead at the latest.
Photo: Chinatravelsavvy / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dawn tai chi with the resident master
On the river deck, in the mist, without music. Beginners stand at the back, and after a week they no longer do.
Photo: Jakub Hałun / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Bamboo raft on the Yulong River with breakfast
The raft pushes off at seven with a basket from The Lotus Table, peaks on both sides. The quietest breakfast you will know.
Tea-master afternoon in the estate garden
Master Huang Zeming, picking on the terraces behind the house, drying, three infusions of the same leaf. You take 40 g home.
Calligraphy and ink lesson
A brush, an ink stone, rice paper and one character learnt properly. The hand settles before the mind does.
A day at Atlantis Haven
A sample day for a guest on Zayana Reset with the TCM track. The clock is in the room, not on your wrist.
One day
Tai chi in the mist
The river deck, the master, twenty slow people. The peaks appear when you finish.
Breakfast at The Lotus Table
Congee, an egg, fruit, green tea from the estate garden.
TCM consultation
Dr. Lin Yuhan: pulse, tongue, questions nobody has asked you. Forty-five minutes.
Tuina
Sixty minutes of therapeutic massage, following the morning's consultation.
Lunch
The Lotus Table: river fish, bitter greens, rice. A plan on the table, not surveillance.
Rest
Your room, the terrace or the 34 °C mineral pool. No screens, if you can manage it.
Tea-master session
Three infusions, three tastes of the same leaf. You learn to wait.
Grandeur Grill
Fire, a whole fish, the tea pairing. Or wine, if you ask for it.
Meditation hall
Twenty minutes of guided meditation, then silence. The lights in your room are waiting, dimmed.
Petr V.
I stopped checking the time on day two.
Getting there
Fly to Guilin, take the high-speed train to Yangshuo, or both. The last stretch is always our car.
Yulong River Road 8, Yangshuo County, Guilin, Guangxi 541900, China (fictional address)
+86 000 0000 0001 · atlantis@zayana.example
- By airGuilin Liangjiang 78 km / 1 h 25, transfer from €95; direct flights from Guangzhou, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
- By railYangshuo high-speed rail 22 km / 30 min, transfer from €45; Guilin station 70 km.
- NearbyYangshuo town 12 km · Guilin city 75 km · Li River 20 min
- EntryGuests arrange visas; the concierge sends an invitation letter within 24 hours.
Questions guests ask
Visa and entry?
You arrange the visa yourself; the concierge sends an invitation letter and the booking confirmation consulates ask for within 24 hours.
Cash or cards?
International cards are accepted everywhere in the house and on experiences. You need no cash.
What about air quality?
Rural Guangxi, far from industry. Monthly averages from our own station are published on this page (a placeholder in the demo).
Will I be understood?
English is spoken throughout the house. An Arabic-speaking concierge is arranged on request; Chinese, of course.
Is TCM compulsory?
No. The Health Lab offers both tracks — Western diagnostics and TCM — and the physicians can combine them. You choose, at any point during the stay.
What about the rainy season?
April to June brings showers, mostly in the afternoon. There are indoor pools too, the walkways between pavilions are covered, and the mist is at its finest then.