The President Hotel in Bantry Bay has teamed up with South African spa brand Healing Earth for a one-day Wellness Escape on Saturday, 17 October 2026 — a five-hour programme built around the Atlantic Ocean and Lion's Head rather than a spa floor.
The day starts early and gets cold: guests meet at Saunders' Rock, the tidal pool just below the hotel, for a morning dip in the ocean, then thaw out in a sauna. From there, the schedule moves through a mindful yoga flow led by Leigh from House of Yoga, a wellness brunch prepared by Cape Town health food outfit Wildsprout, and a Healing Earth Beauty Kitchen session. That last part is hands-on — you mix your own body scrub from natural African botanicals to take home, with some background on the ingredients and rituals behind the brand's products. It runs 9am to 2pm and costs R890 per person.
If a day isn't enough, the hotel is packaging the same retreat into a Wellness Staycation on the night of Friday 16 or Saturday 17 October 2026, from R4,590. That version adds an overnight stay with breakfast, welcome herbal tea, a Healing Earth gift, dinner, a 60-minute holistic full-body massage, the full retreat and brunch, and closes with a Sleep Retreat turndown — a calming in-room ritual meant to set you up for proper rest.
Why it's worth a look: the Atlantic Seaboard is one of Cape Town's most scenic stretches, and this format makes the most of it. A tidal-pool swim below Lion's Head, a sauna, slow yoga and brunch is a genuinely low-effort reset — no hiking fitness required, and everything happens within a few hundred metres of the hotel. It suits solo travellers after a quiet day, couples pairing it with a weekend in the city, or locals who want a structured excuse to switch off. Bookings go through the hotel's wellness email address, and the staycation package can be booked online.
If you're flying in, you could easily tack this onto a longer Cape Town trip — the Seaboard puts Sea Point's promenade, Clifton's beaches and the Table Mountain cableway all within easy reach, so the retreat day slots neatly into a broader week of city and coast.
