Hilton Worldwide has announced the opening of Hilton Shillim Estate Retreat and Spa, a luxury all-villa spa retreat set on privately-owned Shillim Estate, deep in the landscape of the Sahyadri mountain range in India’s Western Ghats.

The 99 luxury villas, each with a dedicated butler service, are set amidst rice fields, bamboo plantations and virgin forest.

The resort’s 70-acre spa features 17 treatment rooms, a meditation cave, three consultation rooms and a relaxation centre.

Spa facilities will include a yoga pavilion, a spa restaurant, an outdoor heated spa pool, conventional and infrared saunas, steamrooms, outdoor hot tubs and hydrotherapy tubs.

Experiences will be on offer including pranic healing, chakra cleansing, hydro therapy, tai chi and watsu.

The spa concept at Hilton Shillim is inspired by the healing system of ayurveda and yoga and also incorporates strong reiki, acupressure, aromatherapy and naturopathy traditions.

Programmes are individually customized to offer rest and wellbeing to the body, mind and spirit.

The spa menu will feature more than 150 different treatments and villas will house private treatment spaces so guests can avail of in-room treatments.

The inspiration behind the retreat was to create a world-class sanctuary to preserve this small but increasingly vulnerable area of the Western Ghats.

There are seven on site restaurant and bar venues that serve a range of Asian and Mediterranean dishes using locally sourced and organic produce accompanied by wine from The Reserve, Shillim’s wine cellar.