Set in amongst desert mountains and the waters of the Orange and Molopo Rivers, this community owned project is well worth visiting. Badfontein lies west of Aliwal North on the banks of the Orange River.
HOT SPRINGS FREE
FREE STATE Badfontein Guest Farmīadfontein is a private guest farm with a rondawel or two and a campsite that serves as a good alternative to the Aliwal North Spa (which when we last looked was in dire need of a new coat of paint and a great deal of TLC). The Cradock Spa, alongside the upper Fish River, also offers an outdoor Olympic pool, camping sites and hiking trails. Today you can take the sulphur waters in an indoor hot pool. In the old days these natural ‘hepatic wells’ were used to wash wool and do the town’s laundry. We’ve selected 12 thermal hot springs in South Africa… Most of the springs exist on private properties. On average the hot springs expel36 000 kilolitres of water a day. Eight thermal springs exist in the northern part of Limpopo alone another 11 in the Western Cape.Īround 20 of the country’s springs have been converted into thermal resorts, and three of these – Warmbaths (Bela-Bela), Badplaas and Caledon – offer sophisticated health and wellness treatment facilities. In South Africa there are around 87 documented natural hot springs, most of them in the northerly reaches of the country in what was once the Transvaal (across the Vaal River). Today we head to hot springs mostly for recreation – lots of lolling around in hot pools, plenty of slides and activities for the kids, and the odd hot stone massage thrown in for good measure. In South Africa the hot springs at Bela-Bela were used by the Tswana people hundreds of years ago for healing, and The Baths were pivotal to the San, evidenced by rock art found near The Baths (the hot springs on the Olifants River). Visits to spas in Europe during the 18 th and 19 th centuries were all the rage, for health and wellbeing.
In ancient times thermal springs were believed to have supernatural and healing powers, and archaeological digs reveal how thermal springs were used as communal baths in ancient cities like Mohenjo-Daro in India, the palaces of Knossos in Crete, and the Egyptian royal city of Tall al ‘Amarinah.
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