Wellness Hotels along the Garden Route, South Africa

Pezula Resort & Spa, Knysna

The Health and Beauty Spa at the 5 star Pezula Resort & Spa in Knysna, Garden Route ( South Africa), with its nine therapy rooms, sauna, steam room, sunbed, 12m swimming pool, juice bar, nail bar and hair salon, offers a wide range of treatments including skin care programmes, full-body massages, water treatments and non-surgical medical spa treatments.

The accent at the Pezula Spa is on natural elements and textures - reeded ceiling, stone walls, rich dark wood, plush fabrics, subtle earthy tones - create a warm harmony, which resonates with the soul of Africa. Scrubs, wraps, massages, steam baths, milk baths, and hydrotherapy are orchestrated to take you through a sensory experience that will detoxify your body, cleanse and nourish your skin, relax worn muscles, dissolve stress and tension, creating a feeling of total relaxation and serenity.

The Pezula spa body treatments have therapeutic and medicinal properties that detoxify your body, revitalize your skin and calm your mind.

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Fancourt Golf Estate & Spa, George

Away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, guests are invited to relax and be pampered in truly beautiful and superbly appointed surroundings, enjoying an unrivalled range of therapies, treatments and leisure activities at the exclusive Health and Beauty Spa at the Fancourt Hotel & Country Club Estate in George, Garden Route, South Africa. Luxury goes hand in hand at the Fancourt Spa with world-class treatments, equipment and professionalism. Enjoy a gentle swim in the heated Roman Bath, with magnificent vistas of the Outeniqua Mountains, or visit the sauna, steam rooms, chilled plunge pool, Tepadarium, jacuzzi and fully equipped modern gym staffed by personal trainers.

The professional hair salon at the 5 star Fancourt Hotel & Spa uses leading brands and every treatment is a personalised, luxurious experience. Hair care products and accessories are available for sale.

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The Plettenberg, Liz McGrath Collection / Carchele Spa

The Carchele Spa at The Plettenberg Hotel & Spa in Plettenberg Bay, Garden Route, South Africa, recently hosted a re-launch function to introduce their renovated house of healthy delights to their clients. The Plettenberg forms part of the prestigious Relais & Châteaux Hotel group.

The welcoming new spa interior of The Plettenberg Hotel, complete with an additional twin treatment room, isn't the only fresh offering on the agenda.

In addition to the top of the range Decleor facial products, the spa at The Plettenberg Hotel now stocks a product range called "OPI", giving your hands and feet a facial experience and "Acadayspa", for complete body care, detox, relaxation and slimming.

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Sanbona Wildlife Reserve, Montague

At the foot of the Warmwaterberg, in the heart of the Little Karoo, between Montagu and Barrydale on the famous Route 62, the vision of the San is becoming a reality. The Sanbona Wildlife Reserve, which forms 54 000 hectares of undulating mountains and plains, indigenous fauna and flora, rock formations and rock art make this a destination not to be missed. The name Sanbona is a combination of the "San" people who roamed this area for thousands of years and "bona" which represents their vision in order to position this portion of the Little Karoo.

Be it a journey of rejuvenation and self-discovery or absorbing the various essences and activities, Sanbona Wildlife Reserve represents in true form the philosophy of the Mantis Collection - taking care of the small things in life.

Accommodation at the Sanbona Game Lodge: TILNEY MANOR & KHANNI LODGE

The exclusive Tilney Manor at the Sanbona Game reserve features six luxuriously appointed rooms. This exclusivity ensures that guests can experience personal service and world-class cuisine in an atmosphere of privacy and tranquillity. Comfortable lounges with fireplaces for winter nights, private verandas, romantic freestanding baths and carefully sheltered outdoor showers are just a few of the pleasures that guests can enjoy. More modern comforts include air-conditioning, satellite television, private bars and tea and coffee making facilities.

The fully equipped Spa at Sanbona offers guests the opportunity to recover from the rigors of the outside world and restore their sense of inner harmony. This is the perfect environment for rediscovering creativity and regenerating energy. Cape Georgian decor draws on the natural colours of the surrounding stone and vegetation, with subtle touches of San culture influencing the design throughout the guest rooms and conference facility.

Sanbona's second lodge, which is the luxurious Khanni Lodge, is named after the San word for Eland - a magnificent antelope revered by the San as ruler of the animal kingdom. Tucked away in a secluded valley overlooking a natural watering hole, Khanni Lodge is an idyllic Klein Karoo summer house, with wrap-around verandas, high lime-washed ceilings and exposed beams providing a feeling of cool, airy space. From the verandah and rim-flow swimming pool guests can watch animals visiting the watering hole to drink, and the private verandas of the lodge's four spacious suites offer exquisite views of the surrounding landscape.

Khanni Lodge provides guests with an enchanting choice of settings in which to relax - from the airy dining room and cosy lounge with its fireplace, to the outdoor dining patio and barbeque facilities.

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