Climate and exposure
Coast, island, desert, highland or bush. It sets the metal, the cavities, the ventilation and the service interval.
What things cost, across Africa
Honest indicative bands in US dollars, supplied and installed. These are our own prices rather than a currency conversion — every country page carries the same list in local currency, and the quote you receive is calculated for your site.
- Bands are supplied and installed, excluding civil works and the cable run from your board or inverter.
- The exposure package — marine specification on a coast, a dust package in the harmattan or the dry season — is inside the figure, shown as its own line.
- Access and shipping are separate lines: hand carry, a service lift, a barge, a fly-in leg. On some sites this is the largest single variable.
- Local currency, local duty and local trades move these numbers by country. Open your country page for the real table.
Saunas
| Item | Indicative USD | What is inside |
|---|---|---|
| Infrared cabin, 2 person | 2 000 – 3 400 | Plugs into a normal socket, assembled in an afternoon |
| Sauna, 2 person, solid walls | 3 300 – 4 800 | 6 kW heater, timber lining, stone or brick plinth |
| Sauna, 4 person, one glass wall | 5 000 – 7 500 | 9 kW heater, glass loss inside the sizing |
| Sauna, 6 person, charred exterior | 7 600 – 11 200 | Structural glass, tower heater, steel sub-frame |
| Commercial sauna, 10–14 person | 12 000 – 25 000 | Three tiers, commercial controls, external switch |
Steam, hammam and cold
| Item | Indicative USD | What is inside |
|---|---|---|
| Steam room, 2–3 person | 5 200 – 8 200 | Tanked, tiled, generator sized on volume and finish |
| Steam room or hammam, 4–6 | 8 600 – 16 800 | Pitched or domed ceiling, humidistat extract, heated slab where it is a hammam |
| Plunge tub, insulated, no chiller | 2 100 – 3 450 | Honest only where the nights genuinely do the work |
| Plunge tub with chiller | 3 800 – 8 200 | 1–2 HP, filtration and ozone included |
| Carved stone plunge basin | 7 000 – 13 000 | Granite, basalt, coral rag or alabaster; structure checked first |
| Plunge pool, 6–8 person | 15 500 – 30 000 | Bench, ladder, plant room rather than a corner unit |
Complete suites
| Item | Indicative USD | What is inside |
|---|---|---|
| Home wellness suite, one wall | 11 000 – 23 000 | Sauna, plunge and rest along one drainage line |
| Villa wellness suite, full | 24 000 – 51 000 | Sauna, steam, plunge, plant behind one access panel |
| Gym recovery zone, 2 tubs + sauna | 7 300 – 15 500 | Throughput, channel drain, slab checked |
| Hotel thermal suite, small | 26 000 – 56 000 | Isolation on each room, documentation, staff training |
| Resort or hotel spa, full | 59 000 – 138 000 | Duplicated plant, spares on site, service contract |
Lines that depend on where you are
| Item | Indicative USD | What is inside |
|---|---|---|
| Marine specification | 1 800 – 4 300 | A4 stainless throughout, sealed filtered enclosures, deeper cavities |
| Dust package | 1 200 – 2 900 | Washable pre-filters, sealed plant housing, shorter service interval |
| Access and carry | 900 – 6 000 | Hand carry, service lift, temporary track, crane where one can reach |
| Island or fly-in shipping | 1 400 – 7 000 | Consolidated single load, packed to a checklist, spares kit |
| Power and circuit work | 1 500 – 5 500 | Board, breaker, cable run, inverter and changeover integration |
Service
| Item | Indicative USD | What is inside |
|---|---|---|
| Sauna service visit | 160 – 300 | Stones, elements, thermostat, cut-out, vents, timber |
| Steam room service | 220 – 400 | Descale, probe, trap, silicone, humidistat extract |
| Chiller service | 190 – 350 | Condenser, pressures, cartridge, ozone cell, water test |
| Remote or island surcharge | 150 – 800 | Shared between properties booked in the same week |
| Re-lining an old cabin | 1 900 – 5 400 | Strip, check barrier and insulation, new lining and heater |
Local currency
The same list, in eight currencies
Each country page carries the full price table in its own currency, plus the lines that only exist there — the ferry to Zanzibar, the carry up a Glacis hillside, the inverter work in Lagos, the EU duty exemption in Morocco.
Moroccothousand MAD
Egyptthousand EGP
South Africathousand ZAR
Mauritiusthousand MUR
Kenyathousand KES
Tanzaniamillion TZS
Seychellesthousand SCR
Nigeriamillion NGN
What moves the number
Four things decide your number
Access and shipping
A truck to the gate, a lift, forty steps, a barge or an aircraft. Surveyed before we quote and priced as its own line.
Your supply
Grid, three-phase, inverter and batteries, or solar and a generator. It decides what heater is realistic and how it is scheduled.
Stone and glass
A carved basin and a structural glass corner are the two items that move a cabin from the middle of a band to the top of it.
Next
Get a number for your own room
The configurator sizes the heater and the chiller the way we would and gives you a band in minutes.