Best Baths in Africa | Africa Showcase

Travellers come to Africa for a variety of reasons: to get away from urban crowds, to feel, touch and smell nature at its purest and also, deservedly so, to relax.

You can never be as relaxed as you are as in your bath. The Uyaphi team have a selected a portfolio of properties where this basic pleasure can be enjoyed in the most beautiful surroundings. Whether these are outdoor baths hewn out of rock or the most contemporary, elegant baths with outstanding views; we feel sure that you will find something to satisfy your senses and relax your bones.

All these properties can be incorporated as part of your personal and bespoke itinerary.

Cottars 1920s Camp

Cottars 1920s offers a bath time reminiscent of Africa's explorer days, a bath that is both simple and basic but the views are something to behold. Would you say no to a bath like this? We certainly would not!
Saruni Samburu

Soak up the magnificent views over Samburuland whilst watching elephants in the waterhole below, sit back, relax in private, and take in the scenery. This our friends is what Saruni Samburu is all about.
Elsa's Kopje

The bathtubs at Elsa’s Kopje offer clear views over Kenya's "Meru National Park" in a uniquely rustic style all one of the most elegant lodges in Africa offering something unique to all that visit. The views stretch on over some of Africa's finest vistas.
Tongabezi Lodge

Relax in a bath of bubbles with bubbly in hand as the Zambezi River and her wildlife pass you bye. With large sunken and freestanding baths, Tongabezi is in our top 3 for the most fantastic bath experiences in Africa.
Ruckomechi Camp

Described as the "bath with a view", positioned in a completely private area of Ruckomechi Camp this scenic bath is one of the many highlights you will encounter. Bath time with hippos and elephants passing just a few metres away, what could be better?
The Hide

Hide Safari Camp offers only two tented suites with baths that offer views over the wildlife-rich waterhole, so relax with a glass of wine (or beer) in hand and watch some of Hwange's famous wildlife come down for a drink.
Ongava Lodge

One of the most stylish bathrooms in Namibia where the bath takes centre stage, relax with views that go on for what seems like ever and the ever-thirsty wildlife congregating around the waterhole below.
Abu Camp

It is not surprising that one of Africa's most luxurious (and expensive) camps offers up one of Africa's best baths. The views from the tub are spectacular, lying there in absolute privacy watching the Okavango Delta's wildlife and birdlife, what could be better.
Pom Pom Camp

The above photograph says it all, a bath in a 100% natural environment. But there a catch, only one tented suite that offers this, so when booking make the point that you want the room with the best bath ever.
Baines Camp

Each and every one of the five luxury suites at Baines' Camp has a special treat install, and that is a star bath. Indulgent in a soak after your afternoon safari in the privacy of your own deck under the African stars.
Jacana Camp

Jacana Camp has a right royal treat install for those with romance in mind "The Honeymoon outdoor bath". Private and secluded the ultimate in African bath-time retreats, to our minds this is up there with the best in the world.
Londolozi Granite Suites

That fact that each suite at Londolozi Granite Suites has a private, heated swimming pool is not enough, the masters that are Londolozi have added some of the best baths in the whole of Africa, never mind the Kruger region of South Africa.
Tintswalo Atlantic

Without question, the views from any of the baths at Tintswalo Atlantic are the best that Cape Town can offer, ask anybody who has stayed here and ask them what the best room is - they will always say the bathroom.
Sable Alley

The honeymoon suite at Sable Alley offers guests a bathtub with some of the best views in the Okavango. A quiet and private wooden deck sports an outdoor shower and a free-standing bathtub large enough for two adults, a truly romantic area.

Kruger Park Lodges

Our specially selected portfolio of properties in one of the world’s largest and premier wildlife reserves, stretching across the two provinces of Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Adjoining are many smaller private game reserves or concession areas with wildlife flowing freely between the two.

Cape Town Hotels

Here you will find our list of hotels, guesthouses and B&B's in and around Cape Towns many popular areas. These include the city centre, Camps Bay, the V&A Waterfront, False Bay and of course the Constantia Valley. These establishments have all been hand picked and come highly recommended.

Linyanti & Selinda Lodges

There is a limited number of Lodges and Camps within this pristine and remote region of Botswana, privacy and exclusivity are part and parcel of your safari here. The Linyanti area abounds with Lion, Elephant, and Buffalo as well as in summer some of the best bird watching in Southern Africa.

Namib Desert Lodges

Together with its vast open areas, imposing dunes and salt pans, the Namib Naukluft Park is ranked the fourth most significant conservation region on earth. The famous Sossusvlei dunes at over three hundred meters are the highest on earth. You will find three primary sightseeing attractions in the area: Sossusvlei, Sesriem, and Naukluft.

Livingstone Lodges

To view the Victoria Falls is to experience one of the iconic sites of Africa. One runs out of superlatives to describe this wonder of nature. Named Mosi-Oa-Tunya, "the smoke that thunders" by the local Kololo tribe, you can view the falls from various vantage points both on the Zimbabwean and Zambian sides.

Serengeti Lodges

The Serengeti (meaning an "extended place") is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequalled for its natural beauty and wildlife value. With the annual migration consisting of more than two million wildebeest, half a million Thompson's gazelle, and a quarter of a million zebra, it has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa.