Experience the Perfect Company Getaway at The Seed

Sourcing the right location for a company getaway means weighing a lot of factors at once. You want a spot private enough for the entire team, that is versatile enough to hold strategy sessions and brainstorming sessions, and distinctive enough that people talk about it well after the trip ends.

The Seed, a private beachfront estate in Candidasa, East Bali, brings all of that together on 6,400 sqm of oceanfront land, with the meeting rooms, the accommodation, the kitchen, and the beach all a short walk from each other. In this aritcle, we share how a company retreat at The Seed comes together, and why it is an ideal company retreat location.

A Location Built for Focus

The estate sits on Bali's east coast in Candidasa, roughly 62 km from Ngurah Rai airport, with the mountains rising behind the property and the Bali Sea running along the front of it. That natural beauty forms a genuinely serene backdrop for a retreat, and it sits well outside the island's usual downtown conference circuit and the large conference centers most teams associate with an offsite.

Transfers for the entire team get arranged from the airport straight to the estate, and the property itself works as a central location for everything the getaway needs, with meetings, dining, downtime, and access to golf courses in the wider region for teams that want to build in a round between sessions. Having all the essentials on one site makes all the difference to how a company retreat runs day to day.

Full-Estate or Individual Villa Bookings

Bookings at the Seed works two ways, and the right one depends mostly on headcount. A full-property buyout puts a company's entire team across all 5 villas and 8 bedrooms, sleeping up to 21 guests overnight, with capacity to seat 60 for group dinners or host 100 for a cocktail-style event, making it well suited to a large group offsite or company-wide retreat.

An individual villa rental works better for smaller teams, with a vacation rental style booking that reserves one villa's private living space and private pool, while still granting full access to Bloom Kitchen, the pools, the spa, the gym, and the shared meeting areas, alongside other guests staying on the property at the same time. Both formats draw on the same concierge team and the same standard of service, so the choice comes down to group size.

Amenities and Experiences for a Company Getaway

The property's meeting spaces were built to double as something else outside of business hours, which is part of what keeps a retreat from feeling like the office relocated to a beach. Here's what each space actually offers.

The Yoga Deck

Set under a woven shade canopy with a clear ocean view, the Yoga Deck runs sunrise yoga classes most mornings and stays open through the day for workshops or facilitated discussions that benefit from natural light and open air on every side.

The Poolside Deck

Positioned beside the pool and a sandy lounge area, the Poolside Deck carries a large Videotron screen and full surround sound. During the day it handles bigger-format sessions, such as town halls, all-hands presentations, company-wide briefings, and once the day's agenda wraps, the same screen turns the space into an oceanside cinema, playing films under the stars.

Villa Underground's Basement

Beneath Villa Underground sits a soundproof basement lounge, fitted with a projector screen and full sound system. Through the day it works as a media room for AV-heavy sessions and once the working day ends, the same space converts into a club-style setting with a private bar for after-hours socializing.

Bloom Kitchen's Dining Table

A live-edge wooden dining table sits beneath Bloom Kitchen's arched bamboo ceiling, seating up to 30 guests. By day it works as a large-group meeting space for presentations and briefings that run alongside a working lunch; by evening the same table becomes the setting for the group's dinner, with a menu built by a two-Michelin-star chef and dishes customised for dietary restrictions across the whole team.

Villa Living Rooms

Each villa carries its own open-plan living room, doubling as a private breakout space once a session needs to split into smaller discussions or one-on-one meetings. Villa Eywa's living pavilion sits beside a rock waterfall with a full sectional sofa arrangement, while The Rabbit Hole, Treehouse, and Pond House each offer a similar living space suited to a smaller working group.

See more information about our villas on our Accommodation page.

The Games Room

Fitted with a pool table, a ping pong table, darts, and a shelf of board games beneath a mural-covered wall, the Games Room in Villa Rabbit Hole works as a natural space for informal breakout discussions between formal sessions.

Learn more about our collection of Games & Leisure activities.

Team Building Activities

Team building activities cover a wide range of paces, giving a company plenty of ideas to shape into the stay. Here's most of what can be arranged through the estate:

• Helicopter Tours: Flights head out over the rice terraces inland and toward the Nusa islands, giving the group an aerial view of the region that the drive in from the airport only hints at. A smaller leadership team can fly together in a single outing, while a larger company gets split across sequential flights through the stay, so the whole group still takes part by the time everyone's had a turn.
• Private Yacht Charters: The charter is reserved exclusively for the group, with the boat and crew working to the team's own timing. Mornings on the water tend to run slow and unstructured, with the coastline and the estate itself visible from the deck as the boat moves along Bali's east coast.
• Beach Horseback Riding: Guides lead the ride directly along the sand in front of the estate, timed for golden hour so the light sits low across the water for the length of the ride. The pace stays relaxed throughout, which suits smaller groups or a handful of colleagues splitting off from a bigger group activity.
• Electric Dirt Bikes: The trail runs back through the jungle behind the property. Electric bikes keep the ride quieter than a standard trail bike, which matters on a route that winds close to the estate's own grounds. It works as the faster-paced option for teams that want a physical activity.
• Fire Dance and Performers: A kecak and fire performance gets staged on the estate grounds in the evening, with performers working through the chant-driven kecak sequence before the fire element closes the show. It runs as a scheduled event for the whole group, usually timed ahead of or alongside dinner, turning a single evening into more of an occasion.
• Oceanside Cinema: The same Poolside Deck that runs town halls and briefings by day gets set up as a cinema once the sessions wrap, with the property's Videotron screen and surround sound carrying a film out over the pool and toward the sea. It works as a low-effort way to close a working day as a group.
• Cultural Experiences: Local guides lead the group through Balinese dance performances, temple visits, and demonstrations of village craft, giving the trip a cultural throughline beyond the meeting rooms and the beach. These run as scheduled outings built into the wider agenda, so a company can spread a cultural element across more than one day of the stay if the itinerary calls for it.
• Kayaking & Paddle Boarding: Kayaks and paddle boards launch straight off the estate's own stretch of beach, with zero transfer required to reach the water. The activity works well as a between-sessions break.
• Jet Ski: Jet skis run directly off the same beach, giving the group a faster, more physical water activity to sit alongside the slower kayaking and paddle boarding options. It suits the moments in a getaway that call for energy.
• Bootcamp Training: Circuits run on the beach or the lawn, with the format scaling to whatever size the group happens to be that morning.
• Breathwork: A guided breathwork session opens the day, usually run on the Yoga Deck ahead of the first working session, giving the group a calm, low-effort start before the agenda takes over. It suits teams that want a slower ramp into the day, moving from breakfast into something quieter before the first briefing.
• Chess: A board sits out in the lounge for anyone who wants a slow, one-on-one game during downtime.
• Billiards: The pool table in the Rabbit Hole Games Room stays available throughout the stay, making it a reliable default for an informal break between sessions or a quick game ahead of dinner, available at any point in the day without a booking or a set time slot.
• Board Games: Board games sit out in both the Rabbit hole Games Room and the villa living rooms, giving groups a lower-key option for an evening that runs on conversation rather than a scheduled outing. It suits teams whose idea of team bonding leans toward a slow game and a long chat over a planned activity.

Explore our full roster of Experiences available at The Seed.

Company Retreat Planning

Planning a company getaway at The Seed starts with confirming group size and preferred dates, followed by an outline of the agenda. From there, the team at The Seed puts together a proposed structure alongside availability and rates, ready for review before anything gets confirmed. If your team is ready to plan its next retreat, get in touch and we'll help build the structure around it.