Karkloof Spa boasts a luxury boutique lodge with 16 individually decorated villas, an expansive world-class Spa and 3500 hectares of bountiful terrain abundant with wildlife, offering you a variety of unforgettable experiences.

Enhanced with the big heart of African sensibility and inspired by flowing water, Karkloof Spa will capture your senses as your stay unfolds. Enjoy your own time – dine when it suits you, indulge in our Spa or explore the landscape at your own leisure; and most of all, just relax and unwind.

Escape from time and surrender to nature’s bespoke offerings.

  • The Good Safari Guide Gala Award - "Best Safari Spa 2010"
     
  • Tatler Spa Award – “Most Exciting New Discovery for 2009”
  • SA Tourism Welcome Award 2009 – Overall winner “Best Accommodation Provider”.
  • Professional Beauty Award 2009 – “The Best Hotel/Resort Spa” 2009
  • Amarula Best Retreats in Africa Award 2009 – “Leading Wellness Retreat”
 
Karkloof Spa Wellness and Wildlife retreat has been privileged to receive numerous awards, but the most exciting accolade has been the acceptance into the Relais & Chateaux Family!

Karkloof Spa was officially inaugurated as a member of Relais and Châteaux at the 35th International Relais and Châteaux Congress held in Biarritz, France on the 16-18th November 2009.

 
Karkloof Spa was the only property in Kwa Zulu Natal and South Africa to have membership to Relais and Châteaux bestowed upon it in 2010 and now takes its place amongst the best properties in the world
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Relais & Châteaux is an exclusive collection of 480 of the finest hotels and gourmet restaurants in 56 countries.

 Established in France in 1954, the Association's mission is to spread its unique art de vivre across the globe by selecting outstanding properties with a truly unique character.

Furthermore, Relais & Châteaux is also a family of hoteliers and Grands Chefs from all over the world who share a passion for and a personal commitment to ensuring their guests are privy to moments of exceptional harmony. To choose Relais & Châteaux is to experience an unforgettable celebration of the senses.

The Relais & Châteaux signature reflects this ambition: "ALL AROUND THE WORLD, UNIQUE IN THE WORLD".

 

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