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Jamala Royal Spa & Fitness Centre

The Jamala Royal Spa

The Jamala Royal Spa offers bespoke treatments rooted in South African heritage - designed to restore the mind, body, and soul to nature. Open daily from 08:00 to 17:00.

Smiling therapist pouring tea at the spa

The Jamala Royal Spa

The Jamala Royal Spa is a calming retreat within the lodge – a place to be still while the reserve moves outside. Treatments are bespoke and unhurried, drawing on South African ingredients and a menu that is entirely African in character.

Signature treatments are unique to Jamala Madikwe – not adapted from a generic spa menu, but developed around the philosophy of reconnecting guests with the natural world they came to experience. The experience is intimate by design: small, personalised, and shaped around you.

Bespoke treatments,
entirely African

Rest the body
Return to stillness

Our spa offers a full menu of treatments, available by prior arrangement. All treatments are performed by qualified therapists in the tranquil surroundings of the Jamala Royal Spa, a space designed to reconnect you with the rhythm of the bush.

Beauty
Treatments

Full Body
Relaxation

Full Body
Detox

Jamala
Experience

Jamala
Full Body Journey

For
Him

A curated treatment experience designed specifically for him – results-focused, restorative, and tailored to the male form.

All treatments available by prior arrangement · Please request at time of booking or on arrival

Therapist pouring massage oil into her hand

Our Products

The Jamala Royal Spa uses Charlotte Rhys, LaMelle and Kalahari Lifestyle, three proudly South African product houses whose formulations draw on the continent’s most powerful botanical ingredients. Baobab Oil, Kalahari Melon Seed Oil, Aloe Ferox Leaf Extract, and LaMelle’s topical growth factors combine to nurture, restore, and reconnect guests with the natural world around them.

Charlotte Rhys products are available to purchase from the Jamala Madikwe Curio Boutique.

LaMelle products used in your facial treatment are available on request.

Water feature along a stone wall at the spa, with flowers in a glass jar
Close-up of a shoulder massage at the spa
Therapist floating frangipani flowers in a spa bath

The Fitness Centre · Complimentary for all guests

Fully equipped.
Complimentary. Always open.

The Jamala Fitness Centre is available to all guests throughout your stay at no additional cost. Fully equipped with modern cardiovascular and strength training equipment, it is designed for guests who want to maintain their routine in the bush or simply move their body between drives.

View from the fitness centre across the pool deck to elephants at the waterhole
Fitness centre with weights, a cable machine and cardio equipment

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