Travelling may be fun, but it can get tiring if you don’t take the time to relax. A spa day is a great way to combine relaxation and new experiences. Here are some of the best and most renown spas and retreats to visit across the continent:
Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve and Wellness Retreat
While the surroundings are therapy in themselves, the Spa is the focus of the abundant natural healing energy one experiences at Bushmans Kloof.
It is located in Cederberg in the Western Cape of South Africa and is a peaceful sanctuary where one can surrender to the ancient mystical powers of the African landscape, rejuvenate all your senses, replenish your spirit and achieve deep inner peace and harmony. The team at Bushmans Kloof are dedicated to restoring beauty and balance through individual treatments and Spa journeys, personalised for each of the guests by exceptionally skilled therapists. Their commitment to wellbeing focuses on holistic principles, combining ancient wisdom with modern expertise.
The spa treatment menu offers an extensive variety of health and beauty enhancing treatments to ensure that guests are nurtured, purified, pampered and relaxed.
More info:
Telephone: +27 21 437 9278
Email: reservations@bushmanskloof.co.za
Spa Manager: Dee Basson
Email: spamanager@bushmanskloof.co.za
Mowana Spa
Set in the tranquil bush-veld gardens of the Indaba Hotel in Fourways, Sandton, Johannesburg, the Mowana Spa is a wellness sanctuary which will revive your senses, rejuvenate your body and soothe your soul. The Mowana Spa, which takes its name from the majestic Baobab Tree of African Lore and Legend, offers wellness journeys based on Tribal Massage in keeping with the healing spirit of the “Tree of Life”.
Drawing on the wisdom of Africa, the Mowana Spa Baobab Signature Product Range harnesses the natural moisturising properties of the Baobab Kernel which produces a rich, golden oil used for centuries by African Women to protect their beautiful skins against the harsh African Sun.
Treatments on offer include a full body massage with baobab oil incorporating the use of rungu (a kind of East African club), calabash or hot stones to soothe and de-stress the body. The full body exfoliation consists of a revitalising sugar polish followed by an African mud wrap and the use of baobab moisture paper.
The facial massage is a favourite as therapists apply the MatsiMela Aloe Vera facial range to revive the skin. Additional body massages are a real treat and there are various options including a head, neck and shoulder massage, a hand and lower-arm massage, or a foot and lower-leg pamper massage. For those who need some serious ‘me time’, the Time-Out treatment is just what the doctor ordered.
More info:
Indaba Hotel Spa & Conference Centre;
Corner Pieter Wenning & William Nicol Drive
Sandton
Email: reservations@mowanaspa.co.za
Phone: +27 11 840 6780
Wildfitness – Baraka House
Baraka is the local word for “joy and well-being”. The spa is located in Zanzibar and, more recently, in Kenya. The wellness center is situated in a beautiful Swahili style home in Kenya, and in a facility near the waters of Zanzibar to offer the opportunity to receive special, holistic hot or cold stone massages (depending on the weather). In addition to holistic massage, they offer sunrise and sunset yoga workouts, meditation practice, aromatherapy, reflexology and nourishing health food.
So the next time someone brags to you that they’re heading to Tanzania in order to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, tell them you’re heading to Kenya to get a hot stone massage and indulge in some deep meditation. They will be firmly put in their place and you will be well on your way to total relaxation.
Enquiries and Bookings
Jane McAllister, Sales Manager
T: +44 7415 884 312
E: info@wildfitness.com
La Rose Spa
A team of highly trained Egyptian and Moroccan experts have come together to create and offer a variety of soothing massages and relaxing baths all designed to relieve stress. The treatments use 100% natural herbs and oils from the region of Giza, Egypt, where the spa is located.
More info:
47 Lebnan Street, El Mohandessin • Suite 1
Giza, Egypt
Tel: 0122 2260 162 / 0100 9445 555
La Mamounia Spa
Within the Medina walls of the city of Marrakesh, there is an inviting staircase that leads down into this 27,000 square foot luxury spa. The nine treatment rooms, each one minimalist and lit by lanterns, are the ultimate zones of comfort and pampering. Therapists offer massages, scrubs and facials with local products including Rhassoul clay, argan oil and black soap.
More info:
Avenue bab jdid
Marrakesh, Morocco
Tel: +212 5243-88600
The Sanctuary
Embrace the wonderful sensation of renewal and rejuvenation at The Sanctuary, a temple of zen-like relaxation dedicated to the well-being of the body and the mind on the island of Mauritius. Their beauty and hair care has been designed by the luxury French brand CARITA, whose exclusive “Haute Beauté” concept works magic in bringing out your natural radiance and lustre.
Inspired by the ‘zen’ philosophy, The Sanctuary features eight tranquil treatment rooms. Forget the world outside as you indulge in a wide choice of massages, custom-made programmes and treatments packed with pampering and therapeutic benefits, designed to soothe away stress and restore your sense of balance. For a unique spa experience, an additional spa pavilion is located in the centre of a tropical garden overlooking the lagoon, where you can surrender to new depths of relaxation, drifting away on a gentle sea breeze.
More info:
Coastal Road
Belle Mare, Northern Mariana Islands
Mauritius
(00230) 4018888
