June 2024…// Great Plains, the iconic African eco-tourism organization founded by National Geographic filmmaker-explorers Dereck and Beverly Joubert, proudly offers guests a wellness safari of a lifetime. Great Plains takes a wildly holistic approach to wellness, where its offering of spectacular spa treatments is just the beginning.
Whether it’s drifting in peace by Mokoro through Botswana’s Okavango Delta, spotting pristine wildlife as you go, sleeping under the stars on your very own star bed in Kenya, indulging in a spot of fine dining on the banks of the Zambezi or enjoying a massage – or three – while listening to the sounds of the local watering hole, there’s nowhere quite like a Great Plains camp for a total 360 wellbeing-in-the-bush experience.
“Wellness as a concept can extend well beyond having a lovely massage, and in all of our camps we take wellness very seriously, even beyond the spas,” commented Great Plains CEO Dereck Joubert. “Our concept of wellness is all about ‘a healthy mind in a healthy body in a healthy environment,’ so it starts with eating well in our camps, doing exercise, being stimulated by a day watching cheetahs or lions, or meditating with elephants at the Ol Donyo waterhole. All of that sense of joy and wellness can only happen if you aren’t wading through rubbish on the streets or denuded landscapes. In camp our chefs are prepared for delivering great, tasty but healthy meals, based on our philosophy that nomer day, nomer meal and nomer activity should be less than perfect for your wellness.”
All camps across Botswana, Kenya and Zimbabwe offer an unmatched array of mindful experiences and activities, thoughtful cuisine and above all, total immersion in nature.
Staying fit and healthy on safari is of paramount importance to Great Plains guests – as it is to the Jouberts themselves – with the group offering a plethora of active experiences across its camps that bring a dose of the wild to a workout.
At Duba Plains Camp in Botswana, for example, guests can santai a scenic ride on their very own stationary bike within the privacy of their suite. Located on a private deck beside their personal plunge pool, the bike looks straight out into a landscape teeming with wildlife, with incredible views right in front of the wheels. Following their workout, spa enthusiasts will delight in the range of treatments available at Duba Plains, with a spoiling choice of experiences – from ‘Earth Glow’ facials using award-winning Healing Earth products, to post-safari drive massages and everything in between – available both in-room or at the spa itself.
Duba Plains Camp, nestled in the heart of Botswana’s northern Okavango Delta, provides the quintessential Botswana safari experience. This private 33,000-hectare reserve, an intricate tapestry of palm-studded islands, floodplains, and woodlands, was chosen as the home base for Great Plains co-founders and explorers, Dereck and Beverly Joubert.