Canvas & Orchids Retreat

The staff is friendly and dedicated. Guests appreciated the delicious meals, homemade biscuits, and luxurious floating tents. The spacious, well-decorated rooms offered a unique glamping experience with comfortable beds.

Such a beautiful setting, the journey along the river from the reception, which takes approximately 30 minutes, gives you the perfect insight into what Canvas and Orchids Retreat is all about. You really feel like you are miles from anywhere in the middle of nature. Loved to be able to kayak along the river, and felt very safe despite not being an experienced kayaker. Swimming from the deck of our room was delightful, the water temperature in February was perfect, (not one of those where you inch in because of the cold). It's great that all the staff are locals, their levels of English speaking can vary, but of course we don't speak their language, shamefully. The food was fine, nothing too fancy, but we didn't expect that in this setting. The cocktails we had were fabulous 👌 There's no kettle in the room, so a flask of hot water is left on your balcony table early morning so you can make a drink in your room before going for breakfast, milk being provided in your own little fridge. The shower is in effect a wooden barrel in your tent, most unusual but fitted in perfectly. The only thing we weren't sure about was the layer of loose stones in the hand basin, so you can't actually fill the basin with water and not sure how hygiene this is. All the staff were friendly and worked really hard, they even provided a fresh packed breakfast of choice for our early check out at 6a.m. Just a tip, remember to put your mosquito repellent on before going for evening dinner.

Love the concept, low environmental impact, creating employment for the locals, great setting on the river, tents were great, staff friendly and helpful, the only issue was the food offerings were quite average for a resort of that standard