USP Get your back done with African beads and explore the local wildlife.

AMBIENCE Calm and discreet. On its own private quay at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, a harbour area with dozens of restaurants and a large shopping mall.

EXPERIENCE A steam room, sauna, and a hydrotherapy bath allow you to indulge in Xhosa bead massages or relax after a jog around the harbour. You can get health food and gym equipment delivered to your hotel room.

FOOD There’s an emphasis on local produce, such as Cape Malay scallops, and energy drinks that blend chai tea, pineapple, mint, pine nuts, ginger and lemongrass.

IN CROWD Well-off families, thirty-something couples and older couples.

WALLET WATCH Cheapest treatment is a 50-minute reflexology massage, 395 rand (about £35). All-day packages include Man of Africa, R1,950 for a 4-hour treatment. My African Face and Body massage cost R975. Latitude, the luxury tour operator, is offering a four-night stay at the Cape Grace hotel from £1,385 per person including airfare and breakfast.

NEED TO KNOW Cape Grace (+27 21 410 7100; www.capegrace.co.za), Latitude (0870 4434483; www.latitude-online.co.uk)

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