6 Day Digital Detox Retreat in Koh Samui, Thailand

The schedule here does double duty: it’s a yoga retreat built around a genuine offline stretch, with free time blocked out from late morning to mid-afternoon and phone-adjacent evening activities swapped for a beach sunset and quiet meditation instead. Two meals a day — a late-morning brunch and dinner — anchor a routine that’s structured enough to keep days grounded without programming out every hour.

A typical day at Marga Yoga House on Koh Samui opens with an 8:15am yoga class running to 9:30, followed by brunch at 9:45. The middle of the day — 11am to roughly 2:30pm — is unstructured free time: the beach, the cool pool, the sauna, SUP boards, or push bikes are all available, with massage listed as an option for that window too, though it isn’t part of the standard inclusions and would run as an extra cost. Late afternoon brings Yin yoga or Yoga Nidra from 4:15 to 5:45, then sunset on the beach around 6, dinner at 6:30, and a short guided meditation in-room by 8:30.

Watch out: the package covers two meals a day, not three — there’s no separate lunch service, since brunch is designed to cover the late-morning gap. Anyone used to a standard breakfast-lunch-dinner rhythm should plan snacks for the afternoon free-time block.

Accommodation runs both private and shared, across five nights. Facilities include sauna and steam rooms plus both a cool pool and an ice pool for contrast bathing, alongside free use of SUP boards and push bikes throughout the stay. Juices, water, and herbal tea are included with the meal plan, and the kitchen accommodates vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and Ayurvedic diets.

Insider Tip: free cancellation only runs up to 30 days before the retreat starts — shorter than the 60-day windows common on longer wellness programmes elsewhere on Koh Samui, so book with that tighter margin in mind.

At $494, this sits at the more affordable end of Koh Samui’s yoga retreats, and the 4.8/5 rating across 22 reviews suggests the format lands well for people wanting structure without a packed schedule. Flights, transfers, visa costs, travel insurance, and any additional treatments or off-itinerary activities are excluded from the price. The daily yoga runs Hatha and Yin primarily, supplemented by Ashtanga and Tibetan-style practice, with yoga philosophy classes and nature walks rounding out the non-mat time.