Five Senses Sanctuary
Home every day from 11 to 19 December. Sunrise practice, a morning workshop, an afternoon session, sunset on the deck, and an evening social every night until 22:00.
COREUNITY AlUla Escape · 10 to 20 December 2026
The Escape.
Ten nights in AlUla. Sunrise at Hegra, sound on the water, meditation under Elephant Rock, and a community of people who came for the same reason you did.
Five Senses Sanctuary · Husaak Centre AlUla · Delivered with the Royal Commission for AlUla
Not staying the week? Join a single session
- 10nights
- 52sessions
- 6facilitators
- 4sunrises at Hegra
- 2nights under Elephant Rock
- 5hotel pools
- 68places available
Escape, not festival.
There is no main stage, no timetable to sprint between, no crowd. There is one base, one small community and six facilitators who guide your experience. You wake at the same farm every morning, practise at the same sanctuary, eat together every night, and by the third day the guests become your tribe.
AlUla in December is the reason it works. The heat has gone, the light is low and gold, and the desert is at its best. Hegra opens to us at sunrise. Elephant Rock is ours on two Friday nights. Five hotels lend us their pools at sunset. None of it is built for the event; all of it lives in AlUla.
Sixty-eight places are available. Not because it is exclusive, but because that is how many people can eat at one table, sit in one circle and still feel like they belong.
One base. One community. The whole of AlUla.
Husaak Centre AlUla
A residential group of no more than 68, housed among the date palms with the facilitators. Full board, every session, every transfer, every dinner. Nothing excluded.
Hegra, Elephant Rock and five hotel pools
Sunrise at Hegra on both Fridays and Saturdays. Two Friday sunsets under Elephant Rock. Floating sound baths in the pools of Banyan Tree, Our Habitas, Dar Tantora, Cloud 7 and Shaden. Places held for the community; the rest open to anyone in AlUla.
Five things that only happen here.
1 · Sunrise at Hegra
Practice among the tombs
As the light arrives, carried by live sound. Four mornings, fifty people each, nothing built. 11, 12, 18 and 19 December.
2 · World Meditation Day
Under Elephant Rock
18 December. A Kahlil Gibran poetry meditation, read in Arabic and English to live music, under the rock as the light goes. Then dinner, then the closing set.
3 · Sound on the water
Five hotel pools at sunset
Lie on the surface while live sound moves across the water. Five evenings, twenty people each. Nobody goes into the water.
4 · Fire on Saturday nights
BBQ and bonfire at the farm
Both Saturdays. Improv around the fire on the first, meditation to live music on the second. The nights people talk about afterwards.
5 · Dinner in the Old Town
Two nights out
Among the mud-brick alleys of AlUla Old Town. The community, a long table, and nowhere else to be.
The shape of a day.
- Sunrise practice
On the deck at Five Senses, or at Hegra on the weekends.
- Morning workshop
Breathwork, the science talks, art therapy, cacao, the flexibility workshops.
- Yours
Lunch at the farm, then four hours that belong to you. A trekking meditation, a hike, the pool, a book, nothing.
- Afternoon practice
Lighter. Yoga nidra, a talk, voice work.
- Sunset
Sound, meditation or flow as the light goes. Or the water, at one of the hotels.
- Dinner
At the farm, under Elephant Rock, in the Old Town, or around the fire. It moves.
- Evening social
Live music, movement, a DJ on the opening weekend. Until 22:00, every night.
Five nights or ten. Both weekends or one.
Prices are per person, sharing a glamping unit for two, and include everything below. Early bird until 31 October 2026. Book here, pay by card, and your place is held the moment the payment clears.
Group One
Thursday 10 to Tuesday 15 December · 5 nights
The opening weekend. Hegra at sunrise on the 11th and 12th, the Yoga and DJ night under Elephant Rock on the 11th, the first bonfire on the 12th, dinner in the Old Town on the 13th, floating sound baths at Banyan Tree and Our Habitas.
SAR 5,500Early bird · Regular SAR 6,500
Book Group One
The Full Escape
Thursday 10 to Sunday 20 December · 10 nights
All of it. Four sunrises at Hegra, both nights under Elephant Rock, all five hotel pools, both bonfires, both Old Town dinners, every one of the 52 sessions. The changeover day in the middle is yours.
SAR 9,900Early bird · Regular SAR 11,900
Book the Full Escape
Group Two
Tuesday 15 to Sunday 20 December · 5 nights
The closing weekend. Floating sound baths at Dar Tantora, Cloud 7 and Shaden, dinner in the Old Town on the 16th, World Meditation Day under Elephant Rock on the 18th, Hegra at sunrise on the 18th and 19th, and the closing bonfire.
SAR 5,500Early bird · Regular SAR 6,500
Book Group Two
Every package includes
- Your glamping unit at Husaak Centre AlUla, shared with one other guest
- Full board: breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, including the dinners under Elephant Rock, in the Old Town and around the fire
- Every session at Five Senses Sanctuary and every evening social
- A held place at a Hegra sunrise, Elephant Rock night and a floating sound bath in your dates
- All transfers: airport, Sanctuary, heritage sites, hotels and the Old Town
- Membership of the COREUNITY AlUla Escape community, which stays open after you leave
Coming with someone? Book two or more places and add your plus one at checkout; you share a unit. Husaak experiences (stargazing, the Wadi Al Naam trek, the Sharaan 4x4) can be added at booking.
Six people who lead your experience.
Not a line-up. A team. They eat with you, they walk to Hegra with you, and they co-teach across each other's sessions.
Come for a morning. Or a night.
The open sessions are sold one at a time on the CORE DIRECTION platform, alongside the community. If you are in AlUla, you are invited.
Sunrise at Hegra · SAR 300
11, 12, 18 and 19 December, 06:45. Fifty places a morning. Vinyasa with live looping, walking meditation among the tombs, or classical yoga with Rana. Transfer from Husaak included.
Elephant Rock at sunset · SAR 200
Friday 11 December: Yoga and DJ at sunset, then Root to Rise with Dani Bogari. Friday 18 December: the World Meditation Day Gibran meditation, then the live finale. A hundred places each night.
Floating sound bath · SAR 350
One hotel pool each evening, 13 to 17 December, 17:00. Twenty places. Guests of the hotel are offered places first. You lie on the surface; nobody goes into the water.
Sanctuary day pass · SAR 150
Every session at Five Senses Sanctuary that day, from sunrise practice to the sunset session. 11 to 19 December.
Evening social · SAR 100
Live music and movement at the Sanctuary from 20:00 to 22:00, every night from 11 to 19 December. Nassib's sets through the week, Dani on the opening weekend.
Husaak Centre AlUla.
A working date farm on the edge of the old oasis. Forty glamping units under the palms, each for two, with proper beds. Breakfast in the garden, lunch from the farm kitchen, and the fire lit on Saturday nights.
The facilitators sleep here too. So does the team. It is the reason the escape feels like one thing rather than a programme of events.
Five minutes from Five Senses Sanctuary by foot. Airport transfers included on arrival and departure days.
An RCU sanctioned and supported event, delivered by CORE DIRECTION with Husaak Centre AlUla, Five Senses Sanctuary, Banyan Tree AlUla, Our Habitas AlUla, Dar Tantora, Cloud 7 and Shaden Resort.
Before you book.
Do I need to be experienced?
No. Every session is taught for a mixed room. The flexibility and arm balance workshops go further for those who want it, and the breathwork on the opening weekend is strong, but nothing on the programme assumes a practice.
Can I come alone?
Tent units are shared between two guests, so we advise that you come with a plus one, but this is an escape to connect with the community and anyone who comes alone will be paired with another guest of the same sex, promising to build a lifelong connection.
How do I book?
Choose your package, tell us who is coming and pay by card. Your place is held the moment the payment clears. Within a day you get access to the COREUNITY AlUla Escape community on the CORE DIRECTION app, where you reserve your sessions, your Hegra mornings and your evening under Elephant Rock.
Is everything really included?
Accommodation, three meals a day, every session, every transfer and every held place at Hegra, Elephant Rock and the hotels. The only things you pay for on top are the optional Husaak experiences and anything you buy in the Old Town.
How do I get to AlUla?
Fly to AlUla International Airport from Riyadh, Jeddah or Dubai. We meet you there. Visas for most nationalities are available online in advance.
What is the weather like?
December is the best of it. Warm days, cold nights, clear skies. Bring layers for Hegra at dawn and for the fire.
Do I go into the water at the floating sound baths?
No. You lie on a floating mattress on the surface and stay there for the hour. Our crew steadies it. You do not need to swim.
What if I can only come for a weekend?
Book the open sessions one at a time. Hegra at sunrise and Elephant Rock at sunset fall on the Fridays and Saturdays for exactly that reason.
What happens if it does not go ahead?
A full refund will be credited to your account in the event that the escape does not go ahead. We have every faith that it will proceed, and those who join will have memories and a tribe for life.
Is there an age restriction?
While this is an adult experience, parents who wish to bring a child can do so as long as their child is 13 years or older. All bookings, including children, are at the listed rate.
68 Places. 6 Facilitators. 1 Shared Experience.
Festivals sell tickets. This sells an unforgettable escape.
Book your placeEarly bird until 31 October 2026. Prices rise after.