Mambal, Bali · Indonesia
Fivelements Retreat Bali is a retreat in Mambal, Bali, Indonesia. This page records what the property publishes about its building, across the eight pathways this index reviews.
Photography: Fivelements Retreat Bali's published media
Listing details from Google Places, read 6 Aug 2026.
Riverside suites in six published categories at Mambal in Bali, above the Ayung River, run by Fivelements; press and travel operators describe nine suites, and the property's own rooms page gives no total.
Riverside suites in six published categories at Mambal in Bali, above the Ayung River, run by Fivelements; press and travel operators describe nine suites, and the property's own rooms page gives no total. The property publishes its buildings as open air structures built from local Petung bamboo, Dendrocalamus asper, by the architect Pak Arthana and the bamboo specialist Arief Rabik of PT Indobamboo, with recycled teak, ironwood, local stone and coconut wood alongside. The site was replanted with native and naturalised species from Bali and neighbouring islands. The Riverfront Suites have an open-air ensuite bathroom and a private bamboo bathhouse with a tub carved from volcanic stone. EMF Harmony is the one pathway with nothing published.
Riverside suites at Mambal, above the Ayung, in open-air structures built from local Petung bamboo, Dendrocalamus asper, by the architect Pak Arthana with the bamboo specialist Arief Rabik of PT Indobamboo. The species is named rather than described, which is unusual. The Garden of Peace on the property grows vegetables and herbs by permaculture on Subak irrigation and is harvested daily for the kitchen. The pool is ionised and published as chemical free, and the water is drawn from a well on site. Press and travel operators describe nine suites; the property's own rooms page gives no total, and the record says so rather than picking one.
All eight areas, for every record. Each row opens to what was published, where we read it and when.
Publishing something is not the same as it being good. Every line below was read and placed by a person, not scored by a machine. What each rung means
Named means the property published something you can look up: a brand, a product or a number. Stated means it says so with nothing behind it. Not published means we looked and found nothing, which is a gap in our reading and not an answer about the building.
The air in a closed room is what you breathe for eight hours. What decides it is the filter grade, the fresh air rate, and whether damp has ever been looked for.
The property describes the buildings it commissioned as open air structures. No filtration specification, ventilation rate or air measurement accompanies the description.
Published by Fivelements Retreat Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: The Making of Fivelements. By GoveThe results are the contextually subtle, open air structures that have earned their initial brief as a 'non-architectural architecture'.
A travel operator's property page states that the dining room, spa and yoga hall are not air conditioned and are cooled by the building form. No ventilation rate, fresh air supply figure or filtration specification is given.
Published by Kiwano Tourism, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Fivelements, Bali, IndonesiaFivelements doesn't use air-conditioning in the public spaces, including the dining room, the Spa and yoga hall.
You drink it, cook with it and stand under it. What is in it depends on the source and on what, if anything, filters it, and both are things a property can name.
The property states that its water is drawn from an on site well and that drinking water is provided on site instead of bottled water. No treatment train, filtration grade, contaminant panel or laboratory is named.
Published by Fivelements Retreat Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: The Making of Fivelements. By GoveWe celebrate the abundant water resources of the Abiansemal region by drawing our water from an on site well, recycling and storing grey and rainwater, and discouraging bottled water by providing drinking water on site.
A travel operator's property page states that all potable water is purified on site, with no purification method, filtration grade, media, test panel or laboratory named. The litre figure in the same sentence describes stored stormwater and greywater held for non-potable irrigation use, not drinking water.
Published by Kiwano Tourism, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Fivelements, Bali, IndonesiaRainwater is harvested, stored, and used for irrigation (a total of 16,500 litres of recycled stormwater and greywater is stored on site for non-potable uses and all potable water is purified on site).
Two travel operator pages describe the pool water treatment method by name, as ionised and chemical free. No ioniser product, dosing specification, laboratory panel or reading is published alongside it.
Published by SpaDreams, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Fivelements Retreatan ionised, chemical-free pool and a temperature-controlled therapy pool for water treatments
Light is what tells a body the time of day. The part a building controls is what its fittings emit and when, which a named product or a colour temperature makes checkable.
A travel agency page states that the open air bathtub in each suite has colour changing lighting. No product, colour temperature, flicker performance or control specification is published with it.
Published by Wellbeing Escapes, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Fivelements, Balian open-air bathtub with chromotherapy lighting
A 2013 article describes colour lighting fitted at the outdoor sunken tubs of the sleeping pavilions, at a point when the property published five pavilions rather than the six suite categories listed now. No lamp, colour temperature or control specification is given.
Published by Holistic Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Fivelements Puri AhimsaFive sumptuous sleeping pavilions have decadent outdoor bathrooms, private decks with sunken tubs, high tech chromo graphic lighting, and handpicked antiques.
A first hand review publishes that guests control the chakra colour lighting from a bedside tablet, which locates the colour lighting in the guest room rather than only at the bathtub and names the control method. No colour temperature, dimming range or flicker performance is published.
Published by Oyster, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Fivelements Puri Ahimsa RetreatGuests control the lights via a bedside tablet that also controls the music
The property publishes that custom LED lights made in the United States, arranged by an Italian lighting designer, illuminate the space. No manufacturer, firm, colour temperature, dimming range or flicker performance is named, and country of manufacture is not something a reader can check.
Published by Fivelements Retreat Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: The making of Fivelements by GOVECustom LED lights made in the USA and arranged by an Italian lighting designer illuminate the space
Wiring, routers and devices put electromagnetic fields in a room. What a building decides is where they sit relative to the bed, and whether anyone has measured it.
We found nothing published on this. That is a gap in what we could read, not a finding about the building.
The things you sleep on and touch: the mattress, the sheets, the pillows, and the paints, glues and finishes around them. A named fabric, a fibre content or a certification can be looked up. A structural palette tells you about the building, not about the bed.
The property names the structural bamboo species as Petung, Dendrocalamus asper, and names the architect and the bamboo specialist who built the structures. No treatment chemistry, concentration or retention figure is published with it.
Published by Fivelements Retreat Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: The Making of Fivelements. By GoveMatching the aesthetic sense of architect Pak Arthana with the technical skill of local expert Arief Rabik (of PT Indobamboo) we built strong and beautiful structures from local Bamboo Petung (Dendrocalamus asper).
A travel operator's property page names the construction timbers as recycled teak and ironwood, alongside bamboo, local stone and coconut wood. No supplier, coating, sealant or emission class is named.
Published by Kiwano Tourism, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Fivelements, Bali, IndonesiaNatural materials including bamboo, recycled teak and Ironwood, local stone and coconut wood were used.
A 2013 article lists the construction materials as bamboo, riverstone, coconut wood and recycled teak, naming material categories with no supplier, grade or finish.
Published by Holistic Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Fivelements Puri AhimsaThoughtful construction utilizes bamboo, riverstone, coconut wood and recycled teak and mimics the curves, colors and rawness of nature.
The property describes the suite interiors by material category, naming bamboo accents, thatched roofing and wooden floors with no species, supplier, coating or emission class attached to any of them.
Published by Fivelements Retreat Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: RoomsThese generously sized one-bedroom suites draw inspiration from the natural beauty of Bali, featuring bamboo accents, traditional thatched roofing, wooden floors and a spacious terrace overlooking the sacred Ayung River.
The property lists songket, a traditional Balinese woven textile, in the in room amenity list for the Riverfront Suites. No fibre content, mill, supplier or textile certification is published, and no mattress or bed linen composition is published.
Published by Fivelements Retreat Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Riverfront SuitesSleeping suites with traditional Balinese Songket textiles and antique accents
What a kitchen cooks with and where it buys are the parts of a stay you take inside you. A named oil, a named supplier or a published share is checkable; “healthy” is not.
The property names its own on site garden, the Garden of Peace, as the source of vegetables and herbs used in the kitchen. No share of total produce is published.
Published by Fivelements Retreat Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Welcome to Sakti Dining RoomMany of the ingredients are harvested from our Garden of Peace, where fresh vegetables and herbs are lovingly grown on-site, ensuring purity, seasonality and connection to the land.
The property names permaculture and traditional Subak irrigation as the growing and watering methods used in the garden that supplies its kitchen. No certification body, input list or yield figure is published.
Published by Fivelements Retreat Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Welcome to Sakti Dining Roompermaculture principles and traditional Subak irrigation, creating a thriving ecosystem that nourishes both plants and people
The property states that the garden harvest is used in the kitchen daily, with no share of produce, weight or frequency record published.
Published by Fivelements Retreat Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Welcome to Sakti Dining RoomIts seasonal harvests are used daily in our kitchen to flavour and elevate plant-based cuisine.
The property states that the plant based menu can be supplemented with eggs and fish, describing them by category with no farm, fishery or supplier named.
Published by Fivelements Retreat Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Diningorganic eggs and sustainably sourced fish are available as supplementary options, either as additions or as replacements for plant protein
A travel operator's property page states that ingredients are bought organic and seasonal from local farmers where possible. No farm, supplier or certification body is named and no share is given.
Published by Kiwano Tourism, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Fivelements, Bali, IndonesiaFivelements source organic ingredients at the height of their season from local farmers where they can, they support sustainable agriculture and environmentally friendly products.
A third party article states that the on site garden grows medicinal plants, herbs, flowers, fruit and vegetables for the restaurant. The garden area it gives differs from the figure on the property's own page, and area measures nothing this pathway covers.
Published by The Punch Community, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Featured FivelementsThe 3800-square-meter Garden of Peace at Fivelements Retreat where medicinal plants, herbs, flowers, fruits, and vegetables are cultivated with care, provides natural treasures to the retreat's restaurant, resulting in impressively sustainable bites.
Daylight, planting, outlook and the way a room meets the outside are what make a place feel the way it does. Named design decisions can be checked; atmosphere cannot.
The property names the architect and master planner and the bamboo specialist responsible for the structures, publishing the design as authored rather than incidental.
Published by Fivelements Retreat Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: The Making of Fivelements. By GoveMatching the aesthetic sense of architect Pak Arthana with the technical skill of local expert Arief Rabik (of PT Indobamboo) we built strong and beautiful structures from local Bamboo Petung (Dendrocalamus asper).
The property names Tri Hita Karana as the Balinese design principle applied to its garden. No planting palette, species list or dimension is published with it.
Published by Fivelements Retreat Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Diningthe Balinese Tri Hita Karana principle, honouring the connection between humanity, nature and the divine
The property states that the site was replanted with native and naturalised species from Bali and neighbouring islands. The planting is described by category and no species list is published.
Published by Fivelements Retreat Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: The Making of Fivelements. By GoveThe final step to creating Fivelements Bali was to re-seed the land with native and naturalized species including Balinese ceremonial, medicinal and decorative plants sourced from Bali and neighboring islands.
The property states that the Riverfront Suites have an open air ensuite bathroom and a separate outdoor bathhouse, which describes direct outdoor access from the suite. No ceiling height or room volume is published.
Published by Fivelements Retreat Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Riverfront Suitesopen-air ensuite bathroom, and a private bamboo bathhouse with a large open-air bathtub carved from volcanic stone
What you can hear at three in the morning decides whether you slept. Insulation, plant and machinery, and what sits next door are what decide it.
A 2013 article reports river noise and birdsong as the ambient sound in the gardens, as an impression from a visit with no measurement.
Published by Holistic Bali, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Fivelements Puri Ahimsathe gardens are filled with lush foliage, and the gushing of a fast flowing river intermingles with birdsong
Not everything is published, and an empty row is a gap in what we could read rather than a fault in the building. If one of these matters to you, ask the property before you book. Send us something that updates this record
This record documents no certification.
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Compare what each stay offers, how it was checked and what still needs confirming. Assessment labels describe the review, not an overall quality rating.
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Published corrections Full assessment recordMambal, Bali, IndonesiaAsia-Pacific-8.5428, 115.2172
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