Mangwanani Winelands – Stellenbosch | Full-Day African Spa with Meals & Drinks for 1

What an amazing experience. You have not experienced a proper massage until you have been to Mangwanani. Peaceful and tranquil. It is more than a massage. It is an experience of a lifetime. Relaxes your body and soul. It is a must experience in your life that you need and deserve. - 3/03/2025 

From our first encounter with your staff to the last, was an absolute pleasure!
We had a Full spa day with you today and enjoyed it so much!
All our treatments were wonderful!
We will definitely be back! - 7/31/2024 

The experience was nice & the ladies are nice. However, the place needs serious renovations. It has such good potential but aesthetically it’s a no no . Even at the entrance there’s a weird shack that I do not expect to see if I’m going on a spa date. The place needs massive renovations. If you pay so much , the aesthetics should match ! - 5/01/2025 

My first full day couple's experience was great after a stressful school term. Really worthwhile on a weekday. - 7/17/2025 

Loved every single minute in this place, the mangwanani staff are absolutely brilliant and very kind.
They took care of me the whole day.
You get 2 options
Half day (3 massages)
Full day (6 massages)
I took the full day with my friends and it was an experience.
They welcome you with a song 🎵 😌 - 7/31/2024 

Great relaxation place. Love the services and how Fridayly and helpful the team her. Also you get some special song about out if your are celebrating something.. Will certainly visit again - 7/31/2024 

Wonderful experience. No complaints. - 7/01/2025 

The scenery is stunning. The service wasn't bad either. Think they can improve in the food department and they need more air conditioning in certain massage areas, the place is a scorcher in summer. - 7/31/2018 

The beautiful scenery and deco topped with tantalizing meals. I loved the tranquility, and the staff were super awesome. They definitely know what they are doing. Thank you for the exceptional service you guy delivered. It was definitely more than we paid for. Your staff made us feel at home, and they even had a laugh with us when we had a moment of laughter. The ending of our 3-hour session ended with an exotic meal and traditional music that they conducted themselves. They were cheerful and vocal, then leading us to our final head massage, and off we went home. I had so much to tell, but one thing foreshore.....u will definitely recommend this place and absolutely 💯 coming back. - 7/31/2023 

Off the bat I have to say this is going to be a mixed review. I am going to be blatantly honest considering the costs of the treatments. I believe in getting value for money.
I purchased a Black Friday couples full day spa voucher. The first irritation was that we were forced to redeem it at the winelands branch and it needed to be used in the week. This meant I needed to take a days leave to use it.
This was not my first visit for the full day treatment but the last visit was in winter and this was in the heart of summer.
The welcome was warm and staff were friendly. We were shown our table and then taken to the change rooms to put on our robes and slippers. The cotton robes were lovely as it was hot for towelling. The slippers seemed a bit cheap but they did last the day. A thought would be to use the slippers as a marketing exercise and invest in a better quality, brand it so guests can take them home as a keepsake.
Breakfast was served and it was a bowl of muesli with yoghurt, a muffin and a scone with butter. In retrospect this breakfast could have been broken up by giving the muesli first and the muffin and scone a bit later maybe after the first or second treatment. To eat all 3 items at 08h30 is a bit much and many people sent the muffin and scone back so there is quite a bit of wastage.
The head and neck massage was enjoyable. But a big issue with the venue is that the aircons were not working so it got very hot really quickly. They opened doors and windows but that just allowed more heat in. One of the guests actually fainted during the first treatment.
The second issue is that they have ice water dispensers but very few glasses. They kept running out of glasses throughout the day. And guests needed to keep asking for glasses and they would only bring out one.
They decided to do the hand and foot treatments outside under the trees which was a pleasant experience as it was cooler with a bit of a breeze.
But the full body exfoliation and hot stone massage was done inside. It was so killer hot that our therapist decided to finish our treatment 10 minutes early because even they couldn’t stand the heat.
Also there are no oils or scents being burned in the treatment rooms, the staff are running around whole day in the heat and get sweaty. By the afternoon that odour is not pleasant and that takes away from the relaxing experience.
The other issue is that they did our hot stone full body massage the morning and the full body exfoliation the afternoon. It makes more sense to do it the other way round so that you end off with the massage.
Lunch was lovely, the chicken wrap was delicious and nutritious. Desert was yummy too.
We were asked to complete a feedback sheet after each treatment but there were no pens or pencils on the tables. Guests were constantly asking for pens.
The bathrooms are fine but the toilet seats are skew and flimsy. They move when you sit down. There is no staff checking bathrooms so when toilet paper is up it does not automatically get replaced, you need to ask for more.
Our experience in winter was much better because we did not have the heat issue. So that is something to consider when making a booking. For the price and brand name they should consider these issues or people will go elsewhere. - 7/31/2024