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A few days in a health resort are a great way to unwind at the start of
a South
African holiday. Alternatively you may prefer to leave your wellness
break to the end of your stay, so you are in peak condition when you return
to the rat race back home.
For travellers from Europe, the absence of jet-lag means you could easily
travel there solely for a short wellness holiday without suffering the
disorientation usually associated with long-haul travel.
As well as anti-stress and dietary regimes, the health resorts specialise
in various treatments - some offering cosmetic surgery. The cost of your 'wellness break' will not increase your anxiety levels
either. Because of the value-for-money offered in South Africa thanks to
advantageous exchange rates, the prices of accommodation and therapies are
significantly lower than in Europe or North America.
Beauty Spas and relaxation
- Arabella Sheraton Golf Hotel
On the R44 Kleinmond, Hermanus
Tel: 021-418 3555, Fax: 021-419 2230.
Offers European state-of-the-art standards. Variety of relaxing, toning,
cures and beauty treatments, sauna, steambath, pool, hydro massage,
aromatic grotto, fitness pavilion, thalasso centre and solarium, ionic
chambers, beauty salon and massage.
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Fancourt Hotel (*****) - Hotel and beauty pavilion
George, Garden
Route.
The spa offers guests and day visitors a complete range of refreshing and
revitalizing treatments.
- High Rustenburg Health Hydro
Stellenbosch
Also offers "Execufit" - a programme designed for
highly-stressed business people.
- Jabula Guest House & Spa
Betty's
Bay
- Milkwood Country Cottage
St.
Francis Bay, Eastern
Cape
The Lifestyle Revitalizaton Getaway offers aromatherapy, massages,
reflexology, exercise sessions, nutritional consultations, physical
consultations and sport facilities.
- Table Bay Health Club and Spa
V
& A Waterfront, Cape
Town.
Spa with massages, aromatherapy, Swedish body massages, skin and body
treatment, slimming and manicures.
- Serenite
Constantia
Offers individual dietary consultations, health and medical assessments,
pre- and post-operational plastic surgery consultations, steambaths,
saunas and pools.
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Sirocco
Seapoint.
Aesthetic and holistic massage treatments. Also has a restaurant
overlooking a terrace.
- Execu Health Hydro
Sandown,
Johannesburg.
Offers a gym, saunas, steam rooms, jacuzzi, facials, massages, spa body
treatments and reflexology.
- The Peak Health Club & Spa
Rosebank.
Offers a swimming pool, steam rooms, saunas, whirlpools, massages, skin
and beauty therapies.
- The Saxon
Sandhurst,
Johannesburg.
Offers a gymnasium, steam rooms and Clarins beauty salon, lymphatic,
Swedish and Shiatzu massage disciplines.
- Waterberg Hill Country House
White River
(20km from Kruger
Park).
Trained Reiki practitioners, therapeutic massages.
- The Natal Spa - Resort and conference centre
Paulpietersburg
Combines conference facilities with the luxury of nine warm mineral spring
baths. three conference centres with accompanying catering services.
Features 74 en suite rooms, a bar and several activities (tennis, table
tennis, darts, pool, hiking trails and bird watching). Appropriate for
companies that would like opportunities for relaxation alongside the
business.
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Camelot
Offers aromatherapy, Swedish body massage, reflexology, skin and body
treatment, hydrotherapy, sea mud and slimming treatment, manicures and
pedicures at the following locations
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Romney Park Luxury Suites & Wellness Centre
Cape Town.
Offers a holistic approach to healing, physical relaxation, vitality and
beauty.
-
Shambhala
Cape Town.
Healing rooms facilitate holistic practitioners, workshops and yoga
classes; also offers a restaurant, library and shop.
- Wellness Resort Sunset Beach
Offers plastic surgery, cosmetics, diet programmes, massages, medical
assistance, golfing, surfing, water aerobics, fitness and mountain biking.
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Bella Vista Centre
Holistic centre offering various treatments and workshops. Full conference
facilities also available in order to combine business with rest and
relaxation.
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Camelot Spas and Treatment Centre
Johannesburg
Performs face-lifts and laser peel.
- Holistic Health Clinic
Lyndhurst.
Professionals specialise in a holistic approach to cures. Massages include
sport massages and muscular aches and pains. Counseling for patients with
stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, life-threatening conditions also
offered.
- Life Enhancement Institute
10 minutes from Johannesburg
International Airport near the main N12 highway.
Health, Spa & Beauty. Skin care, beauty therapy, reflexology, aerobics, Thai massage, Shiatsu,
sport therapy, hydrotherapy, yoga, water therapy, aromatherapy, stress
management, detox programmes, flotation tank.
- Mondeor Institute of Beauty
Offers mini facelifts and other beauty treatment.
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Natural Expression
Body revival, centimetre and cellulite removal.
Wellness Farms
- Eagle's Wind
Western
Cape
- Hoogland Health Hydro
between Johannesburg
and Pretoria,
Gauteng
Aims to help guests achieve 'homeostatis' (natural balance). Physical
therapies include body massage, including underwater massage,
aromatherapy, lymph drainage,, relexology, slimming treatments and oxygen
therapy. Saunas, sitzbaths, steambaths, Turkish Baths and pools are
available. Exercise classes, nature walks lectures and demonstrations are
offered.
- High Rustenburg Health Hydro
Stellenbosch
Also offers "Execufit" - a programme designed for
highly-stressed business people.
- Limpopo Retreat
Limpopo
Province
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Wellness Resort Sunset Beach
Offers plastic surgery, cosmetics, diet programmes, massages, medical
assistance, golfing, surfing, water aerobics, fitness and mountain biking.
- Wonderkloof Hydro Health Farm
Nelspruit,
Mpumalanga
The farm is situated in picturesque surroundings with mountains and water
streams. Accommodating only 12 guests at a time, it is peaceful and
unhurried. Services include three health meals per day, body massages,
slimline treatment, a hot spa, sauna, gym, Turkish bath, beauty and skin
care treatments (facials, sunbed, oscillating bed, aromatherapy,
reflexology, G5 treatment, ultra sound), morning hiking and tennis courts.
- Thompson Tours - Health tour packages
Thompsons Tours offers three health tour packages - 3, 4 and 7
nights. This include air tickets, transportation to the High Rustenburg
Health Hydro in Stellenbosch, accommodation and treatments. Contact
them for details or book their packages through South African travel
agencies.
Health and Wellness Website links
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