Tswalu Spa at Tswalu Kalahari Private Game Reserve in South Africa has received two awards in the 2013 World Luxury Spa Awards: the Continent’s Best Luxury Safari Spa, and the Continent’s Best Luxury Beauty Spa.
The announcement was made last week by the organisers who say that the awards recognise “those spas that have raised the bar of service excellence within a highly competitive industry over the past year.”
“The announcement of the winners marks the highlight of a year-long search for the very best spas on the global front,” says Marinique de Wet, executive manager of the World Luxury Spa Awards. “The awards aim to raise service standards within the luxury spa industry.”
The winners and finalists were selected by means of an annual voting process where thousands of spa guests worldwide were given the opportunity to vote online in order to have the fairest judging process possible.
Award-winning spas are announced on a country, continent and global basis and judging criteria are based solely on service excellence. The size of a spa is not taken into consideration during the nomination or voting phases.
Tswalu Kalahari Spa was awarded Best Safari Spa by the in the 2011 Les Nouvelles Esthétiques Spa Awards, and Spa Manager Corli Schoeman was named runner up in the “Spa Management Excellence Award.”
The spa is a combination of sensual spaces which combine to create an inspirational venue for what must be one of the most unusual spa experiences in Africa.
The outdoor treatment area is within an indigenous spa garden where guests may find the occasional antelope grazing alongside them and be lulled into a deep state of relaxation by the sound of birdsong.
The indoor spa area is a natural extension of the earth, inspired by nature and the splendour of the Kalahari, with natural finishes and fabrics and simple spaces which together create a sense of tranquillity and barefoot elegance.
Guests may also choose to have their treatments at an outdoor tsala, where a rustic structure protects one from the elements and is positioned to give a bird’s eye view of the open grasslands of the reserve against the backdrop of the Korannaberg Mountain range.
Treatments at Tswalu Spa include exfoliation treatments using fine red Kalahari dune sand or desert mineral crystals from the natural mineral rich salt pans of the Kalahari, infused with plant-based emollient rich aromatic oils.
To view a complete list of 2013 World Luxury Spa Awards winners and finalists log onto http://www.luxuryhotelawards.com/winners/2013-spa-awards.
About Tswalu Kalahari
Tswalu Kalahari is South Africa’s largest private game reserve, covering an area of over 100,000 hectares in the “Green Kalahari” of the Northern Cape. Owned by the Oppenheimer family, this vast and magical landscape is the ancestral home of the San people and conservation is its first priority. Nicky Oppenheimer’s vision is simply to “restore the Kalahari to itself”.
With the focus on conversation tourism, Tswalu is able to offer superlative game and sightings of some of South Africa’s rarest and most extraordinary wildlife, including the desert black rhino, black-maned Kalahari lions, meerkats, cheetah, rare antelope, and the elusive aardvark, aardwolf, pangolin and porcupine.
Catering for just 30 guests in two luxury lodges, the emphasis is on privacy, flexibility and exclusivity, and your safari experience is tailored to suit you.
Design your own itinerary with game drives, bush walks and horseback safaris, animal encounters, star-gazing and sleep-outs. Indulge in spa treatments in the Indigenous Spa Garden. Dine in the bush, the Boma, or on your own private deck. Enjoy sundowners in the dunes.
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Author: Jeannine Orzechowski from Tswalu Kalahari Spa. Originally distributed by MyPR.co.za.
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