The Plettenberg Bay tourism industry is excited about this wonderful new addition to the town, the Kwendalo Wellness Centre. Wellness Tourism is one of the largest and fastest growing industries globally, and it attracts tourists interested in seeking out wellness offerings to improve health and an enhanced quality of life.
Just in time for summer, Kwendalo opened the doors of the Kwendalo Wellness Centre, on the former Rietvlei Country Estate. Nestled against a fynbos-covered hillside on the 16ha estate, the Kwendalo Wellness Centre will offer a range of world-class treatments, classes, retreats and therapies designed around a holistic approach to wellness that includes a signature Six Key Dimensions of Wellness: physical, emotional, spiritual, mental, social and environmental wellness.
Kwendalo founder, Dr John Cavill, has recruited a team of top professionals including Wellness Centre manager, Nico Weeber – who specialises in counselling, reiki and sound therapy – and homeopath, Dr Hanli Rautenbach, both of whom previously worked with Mrs Cowley at the St Francis Health Centre in Port Alfred. John says: “After years of travelling to various wellness destinations across the globe, I could find nowhere better to rejuvenate body, mind, and soul than Plettenberg Bay. When I found Rietvlei Country Estate, the land was crying out for a more balanced purpose and I found myself drawn to the concepts of wellness and learning, and how we might find harmony in learning from nature and from each other.”
The following therapies are available at Kwendalo Wellness Centre: Homeopathy , Sound Therapy, Ozone Therapy, Reflexology, Colon Hydro-Therapy, Aromatherapy & Emotional Journey Therapy, Massage, Infrared Sauna and many more.
The Kwendalo Institute, Kwendalo’s centre for learning has, for the past two years, been piloting the unique nature-based learning philosophy of The Harmony Project at local Bahia Formosa School with encouraging results. The institute will play an important role in Kwendalo’s overarching approach to wellness, bringing subject specialists to the estate for retreats and workshops on a wide variety of topics including natural health and wellness, horticulture, plant-based cuisine, nature appreciation and more.
For more information visit www.kwendalo.com
