Reserve voted best in SA in international Wellness Travel Awards 2015 | The Planner

Bushmans Kloof ScenicBushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat has been named the ‘Best in South Africa’ winner in the Country Awards category of the international Wellness Travel Awards 2015. The announcement was made at the World Travel Market in London on 4 November 2015.

Founded in 2014 by Spafinder Wellness 365, the Wellness Travel Awards recognise the demand for healthier travel options and honour hotels, resorts, destination spas and retreats worldwide offering exceptional wellness holidays and experiences. Winners were selected by a panel of 33 travel and wellness industry editors and experts, who nominated 504 properties for consideration before narrowing the field to finalists in 53 countries and regions, and by over 10 000 consumers and travel agents who voted for their favourite locations across 20 categories.

BK Spa Gazebo 015 SThe Spafinder Wellness 365 brand is part of Spafinder Wellness Inc, the world’s largest marketing, gifting, incentives and rewards company for the wellness industry.

Only 270km from Cape Town, the five-star Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat is a haven of staggering beauty at the foothills of the Cederberg Mountains. Wide-open plains, majestic rock formations and crystal clear waterfalls provide a natural playground to set the scene for a unique wilderness experience in this South African Natural Heritage Site, where abundant wildlife roams free. Within a setting that is therapy in itself, the Bushmans Kloof Spa combines ancient wisdom with modern expertise, offering guests pause to revitalise the senses, re-align body and mind, and restore a harmonious balance. With a holistic healing and wellness focus that is deeply rooted in nature, spa treatments offer solace for the soul, inviting guests to surrender to the power of nature from the panoramic Riverside Spa Gazebo.