{"id":99580,"date":"2016-08-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/spas-western-cape\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:53:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:53:33","slug":"spas-western-cape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/spas-western-cape\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Spas To Keep You Warm This Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This winter treat yourself to a comforting body treatment alongside a roaring fire or wallow in the mineral-rich waters of the Western Cape&#8217;s hydrotherapeutic offerings \u2013 both natural and manmade. Spend a weekend luxuriating or pop into a day spa in the city.<\/p>\n<h2>Splash-out at these City Day Spas<\/h2>\n<h2>Bakwena Spa, Zevenwacht Estate<\/h2>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss out on their August opening special of R 1,099 for a full day treatment including a full body massage, Indian head and neck massage, calf and foot massage, invigorating spa body treatment, relaxation facial, hand and forearm massage plus a light breakfast, full lunch and snack platter and limited complimentary drinks.<\/p>\n<p>Cairngorm Rd, Stellenbosch<br \/>\nCall: 0861 222 928<\/p>\n<h2>Camps Bay Retreat Spa, Camps Bay<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-54607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-03-at-8.36.06-AM.png\" alt=\"camps bay retreat spa\" width=\"626\" height=\"780\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"> Courtesy of camps_bay_retreat via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BB4rZhKKFK6\/?taken-by=camps_bay_retreat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Instagram<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t get away from town? No issue. Camps Bay Retreat\u2019s Mint Wellness is a faraway forest fantasy almost on the city\u2019s doorstep. You\u2019ll be fired up by your \u2018Love Actually\u2019 body treatment \u2013 quite literally \u2013 with the fireplace in the room. From there it\u2019s onto your Victorian bath soak. A rare, secluded city haven, you\u2019ll likely be inspired to book the couples treatment or sleep over as the spot screams romance.<\/p>\n<p>Chilworth Rd, Camps Bay, Cape Town<br \/>\nCall: 021 437 8300<\/p>\n<h2>Life Day Spa, Century City<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-54608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-03-at-8.38.17-AM.png\" alt=\"life spa century city\" width=\"780\" height=\"777\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"> Courtesy of lifedayspacenturycity via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BE8J4WJmQOU\/?taken-by=lifedayspacenturycity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Instagram<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thrice-winner of the Best Day Spa South Africa from 2011 to 2013, guys will revel in this Century City offering for men. A sports massage, facial and the ever-popular flotation pool session is part of the package. The latter mimics the Dead Sea. More heat can be had in the Rasul chamber dressed in nothing but your mineral-rich mud. Recover with views across Table Mountain.<\/p>\n<p>Century Blvd, Century City, Cape Town<br \/>\nCall: 021 525 3883<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Tempted? Book your flight to Cape Town <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/lp\/cape-town\/flights\">here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<h2>Weekend Spa Retreats<\/h2>\n<h2>Arabella Hotel &amp; Spa, Hermanus<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-54597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-03-at-7.58.19-AM.png\" alt=\"arabella hotel and spa\" width=\"780\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"> Courtesy of azzy_mayeza via Instagram<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be hard-pressed to find anything that matches the five star Arabella Spa\u2019s African Rainforest experience. A world first, the state-of-the-art hydrotherapy is a stimulating sensory overload involving mist, steam and rain pounding you gently.<br \/>\nScrubs, wraps and Thai massage are some other items on their body menu. End your experience with an underwater jet massage in the elegant indoor heated pool.<\/p>\n<p>Arabella Country Estate, R44 Kleinmond, Hermanus<br \/>\nCall: 028 284 0000<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-54600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ARABELLA.jpg\" alt=\"ARABELLA\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Warmwaterberg Spa, Barrydale<\/h2>\n<p>Wake up to the frozen wave-like koppies of the Karoo near Barrydale\u2019s Warmwaterberg Spa from the watery depths of the hot 42 degree sulphur-rich outdoor pool. You\u2019ll find individual Roman baths indoors \u2013 complete with rickety beds for recuperating on between steamy sessions. Built in 1886, this is the country\u2019s oldest sanitorium. Certain accommodations have fireplaces.<\/p>\n<p>Call: 028 572 1609<\/p>\n<h2>The Caledon Spa, Hermanus<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-54604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CALEDON-SPA.jpg\" alt=\"CALEDON SPA\" width=\"775\" height=\"516\" \/><br \/>\nIf you enjoy your mineral waters in masochistically-hot temperatures and like a bit of adventurous dipping, the Caledon Spa will satisfy. Numerous cascading Khoi San pools start at a searingly- hot 65 degrees celsius at the top, have a Jacuzzi at the middle level and are pleasantly warm at the bottom.<br \/>\nEnd your DIY hydrotherapy in the exotic mosaic-encrusted steam room.<\/p>\n<p>1 Nerina Way, Western Cape<br \/>\nCall: 028 214 5100<\/p>\n<h2>Avalon Springs, Montagu<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-54601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AVALON-SPRINGS.jpg\" alt=\"AVALON SPRINGS\" width=\"775\" height=\"436\" \/><br \/>\nA river nearby, mini waterfalls and dozens of exotic birdlife are a few of the features adding to the tropical flavour at Avalon Springs resort near Montagu. Book the Mountain chalets and you\u2019ll also get underfloor heating and a private Jacuzzi. Once you\u2019re all warmed up at the main pool, get an aerial view from Lovers Walk on the surrounding sandstone cliffs.<\/p>\n<p>Uitvlucht str, Montagu<br \/>\nCall: 023 614 1150<\/p>\n<h2>Riemvasmaak Hot Springs, Northern Cape<\/h2>\n<p>Travel is more about the journey than the destination, so it\u2019s said. In Riemvasmaak\u2019s case &#8211; it\u2019s both. Far from the madding crowd, this mineral hot spring is raw and remote. Deliciously-isolated roads (high-clearance vehicles advised) lead to the spring spot between granite cliffs that au naturels will take to like a duck to water.<br \/>\nTread water under a canopy of stars if you choose to overnight at the venue\u2019s comfortably-rustic, electrified wood-and-stone chalets.<\/p>\n<p>Riemvasmaak<br \/>\nCell: +(0)83 873 7715 (Clarissa Damara)<\/p>\n<h2>Bushmans Kloof Spa, the Cederberg<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-54603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BUSHMANS-KLOOF-2.jpg\" alt=\"BUSHMAN'S KLOOF\" width=\"413\" height=\"620\" \/><br \/>\nIt\u2019s only natural that the signature treatment at the multi award-winning Bushman\u2019s Kloof Spa uses fynbos and rooibos. Located in the Cedarberg mountains, this is rooibos country, after all. Their signature treatment includes a Rooibos milk foot bath foot and a face and scalp massage. Indulging in it at the heated, secluded riverside Gazebo with its gurgling waters and birdsong is a bonus.<\/p>\n<p>Agert Pakhuis Pass, Cederberg Mountains, Clanwilliam<br \/>\nCall: 021 437 9278<\/p>\n<h2>Mangwanani Spa at Zevenwacht Winery, Stellenbosch<\/h2>\n<p>You may feel like you\u2019re on a body assembly line during your collective, seated foot massage at Mangwanani in Stellenbosch \u2013 but it\u2019s intriguing nontheless. Enjoy variety? You\u2019ll get a different therapist for all six of their full day spa treatments. The pleasure package also includes a welcome sherry and lunch. Take a buddy to bond with.<\/p>\n<p>Cairngorm Rd, Stellenbosch<br \/>\nCall: 0860 55 0055<\/p>\n<h2>Goudini Spa, Rawsonville<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-54605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GOUDINI-SPA.jpg\" alt=\"GOUDINI SPA\" width=\"775\" height=\"516\" \/><br \/>\nBecause their focus is on family fun, expect wet, exhilarated kids to accost you at every turn en masse at Worcester\u2019s Goudini Spa. Large enough to lose your mother-in-law in, numerous hot pools and Jacuzzis are indoors and out. Slanghoek Villas purportedly have the best valley views, but staying in the resort\u2019s original rondavels is a novel experience.<\/p>\n<p>Wyzersdrift Road, Rawsonville<br \/>\nCall: 023 349 8100<\/p>\n<h2>The Baths, Citrusdal<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019ve only just got started with your liquid love affair, you won\u2019t want to miss the sweet, crystal-clear healing waters of The Baths set in Citrusdal\u2019s orange country just a 3 minute walk from the start of the Buchu hiking trail. Pumping 105 000 litres of water hourly through the artesian well, the self-catering stone buildings with their Victorian wrought iron balconies surrounding the bath houses is historic eye candy.<\/p>\n<p>Citrusdal<br \/>\nCall: 022 921 8026<\/p>\n<h2>Camelot Spa, Le Franschhoek Hotel, Franschhoek<\/h2>\n<p>A warm body beanbag welcome precedes the Camelot Spa\u2019s Universal Signature Massage at the Le Franschhoek hotel. A five-in-one, your arms will travel to Bali in the cupping strokes, your legs and back to Hawaai with Kahuna and hot rocks respectively and your head will be relieved with an Indian massage. Frangipani candle oils add to the bliss. Extra pleasurable as a couples treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Le Franschhoek Hotel, 16 Minor Rd, Franschhoek<br \/>\nCall: 021 876 8900<\/p>\n<h2>Abalone House and Spa, Paternoster<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-54618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ABALONESPAcropped.jpg\" alt=\"ABALONESPAcropped\" width=\"780\" height=\"400\" \/><br \/>\nIf the sound of the sea is essential to your spa experience, Paternoster\u2019s Abalone House is the place. Cosy will become your middle nose with three fireplaces, underfloor heating and the rooftop Jacuzzi to combat chilly Cape days. Some rooms have sea views, but everyone gets to enjoy superlative food here.<\/p>\n<p>3 Kriedoring St, Paternoster<br \/>\nCall: 022 752 2044<\/p>\n<h2>The Hydro at Stellenbosch<\/h2>\n<p>Go vegetarian, get healthy or fit \u2013 and stay warm simultaneously! Do your detox in the understated elegance of The Hydro. Mountain and vineyard views add to the inspirational garden. Superlative body treatments, aqua classes, an in-house chiropractor, daily vegetable juices, yoga, walks and talks make this a renowned retreat. Singles will feel completely at home.<\/p>\n<p>High Rustenberg Estate, Lelie Road, Idas Valley, Stellenbosch<br \/>\nCall: 021 809 3800<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This winter treat yourself to a comforting body treatment alongside a roaring fire or wallow in the mineral-rich waters of the Western Cape&#8217;s hydrotherapeutic offerings \u2013 both natural and manmade. Spend a weekend luxuriating or pop into a day spa in the city. 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