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Sauna and cold plunge builders in the Seychelles

Saunas, steam rooms and cold plunges for the Seychelles: a cabin between boulders above Glacis, a granite plunge at Anse Takamaka, a thermal suite for a Praslin resort. Everything is built in our own Istanbul factory, put together there once to check it, shipped to Port Victoria and carried the last stretch by our own crew — often up a hillside, sometimes across to another island.

Seychelles — Victoria
354,034visitors in the first 47 weeks of 2025, up 12% (NBS Seychelles)
905 mMorne Seychellois — which is why nearly every Mahé plot is on a slope
Every monthneeds a chiller: the sea stays in the high twenties all year
220hotel spa projects completed by our factory since 1987
Why it is different here

Slope, granite and a crossing — three lines on every island quote

Almost every plot climbs a hillside

Before quoting we walk from the last point a vehicle reaches to where the cabin will stand and measure the narrowest gap between the boulders. Panels are made to pass it, and the cabin sits on a granite plinth pinned into bedrock or an engineered steel frame, with a cut-off drain above it.

Granite is the material, not the obstacle

The boulders stay: as a wall, a backdrop, shade, or the stone of a plunge basin with a honed bowl and split outer faces. Behind it sits insulation and waterproofing, because granite is the finish, not the tank.

Nothing here cools a plunge for you

There is no cool month and no cold night, so every plunge has a chiller and we say so before quoting. Shade, insulation and a light lid are the three things that bring the running cost down, and we give you a monthly estimate with the quote.

What we build here

8 rooms, specified for Seychelles

Saunas
from SCR 47k

Saunas

On Mahé most plots climb a slope and most slopes have a granite boulder on them. That decides the plinth, the size of …

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Cold plunges
from SCR 30k

Cold plunges

The sea around Mahé stays in the high twenties most of the year and the nights barely cool. Nothing here reaches plung…

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Granite basins
from SCR 99k

Granite basins

These islands are made of granite, and a plunge basin cut from a single granite block sits on a Seychellois terrace as…

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Hillside & boulder sites
from SCR 18k

Hillside & boulder sites

Mahé rises to 905 metres at Morne Seychellois, and the flat coastal strip was built on long ago. Most villa plots now …

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Steam rooms
from SCR 74k

Steam rooms

A steam room on an island where the air is already humid lives or dies by how it dries out afterwards. On Mahé it ofte…

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Resort spas
from SCR 369k

Resort spas

The Seychelles sells some of the most expensive nights in the Indian Ocean, mostly to guests from Europe: Germany, Fra…

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Infrared cabins
from SCR 28k

Infrared cabins

An Eden Island apartment has level floors, a service lift and a management company with firm rules about alterations; …

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Gym & club zones
from SCR 104k

Gym & club zones

Mahé's fitness scene is small and close-knit: gyms around Victoria and Eden Island, hotel fitness clubs along Beau Val…

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Bands are indicative, in thousand SCR, supplied and installed. Full price guide →

The range

Other rooms we build for Seychelles

Sauna interior, benches and heater — Seychelles
Sauna interior, benches and heater
Commercial cold plunge pool — Seychelles
Commercial cold plunge pool
Home wellness suite: sauna, steam and plunge — Seychelles
Home wellness suite: sauna, steam and plunge
Halotherapy salt room — Seychelles
Halotherapy salt room
Snow room for a resort spa — Seychelles
Snow room for a resort spa
Löyly: water on hot stones — Seychelles
Löyly: water on hot stones
From the sauna door to the cold plunge — Seychelles
From the sauna door to the cold plunge
In the sauna — Seychelles
In the sauna
Chest-deep in cold water — Seychelles
Chest-deep in cold water
The first seconds of a cold plunge — Seychelles
The first seconds of a cold plunge
Timber, stone, brass and mosaic samples — Seychelles
Timber, stone, brass and mosaic samples

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Where in Seychelles

Where we build saunas in the Seychelles: Mahé, Praslin, La Digue

A level marina terrace on Eden Island, a hillside forty steps above the road at Glacis, and an island with almost no cars are three different engineering problems. Each page covers access, power, indicative rupee prices and how our crates get there from Port Victoria.

Eden Island & Victoria
Mahé

Eden Island & Victoria

Saunas, cold plunges and infrared cabins for Eden Island apartments, marina villas and Victoria homes, landed at Port …

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Beau Vallon & north Mahé
Mahé

Beau Vallon & north Mahé

Saunas and cold plunges for Beau Vallon hotels, Glacis and Bel Ombre hillside villas and private islands off north Mah…

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Anse Royale & south Mahé
Mahé

Anse Royale & south Mahé

Saunas and cold plunges for Anse Royale family homes, guesthouses and Takamaka beach houses on south Mahé: honest budg…

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Praslin & La Digue
Praslin

Praslin & La Digue

Saunas, granite plunges and resort spas on Praslin, La Digue and Félicité: one consolidated inter-island shipment, spa…

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How we work

Built in our factory, landed at Port Victoria, carried to your terrace

Our factory has made saunas, steam rooms and hammams in Istanbul since 1987. It has handed over 1,450 projects across 35-plus countries, among them 220 hotel spas and 680 private homes. Production runs under ISO 9001:2015, and the heaters, generators and boards we fit come from EOS, Sentiotec, Wellis and wedi, brands we have officially sold since 2015.

Before leaving Istanbul, every Seychelles cabin is built up in full, inspected, taken down and boxed with its screws, seals and a few spare parts. We clear it through customs at Port Victoria on terms agreed at the outset, and the same crew that carries it up your path installs it, starts it up and shows your household or staff how to run it.

We know salt air: our thermal rooms for the Sofitel Thalassa in Algiers (2022) sit beside a seawater-therapy centre, and our hotel spa floors include projects for Hilton, Hyatt, Rixos and Kempinski.

Every quote separates the carry, the marine specification, any crossing and the services, and comes with a 24-month warranty. Expect an answer by the next business day.

Sauna cabin being dry-assembled in our Istanbul factory before shipping to Port Victoria
Every cabin for the Seychelles is assembled and checked in our factory, then crated for Port Victoria
Journal

Written for people building in Seychelles

Questions

Seychelles: asked before every project

A lorry cannot reach our house. Can you still build?

Yes — that is normal on Mahé. We survey and photograph the path, size the panels to its narrowest point and show the carry as its own line.

Do I really need a chiller?

Yes. In no month of the year will a tub here hold plunge temperature on its own, and we would rather say so before you spend the money.

Can a plunge basin be carved from granite?

Yes. Basins are cut in our stone shop from a single block, and occasionally shaped from a sound boulder on your plot by a local stone contractor. Anything on a suspended structure needs an engineer's sign-off first.

Is there a showroom in the Seychelles we can visit?

No — production is concentrated in our Istanbul plant, which ships to Port Victoria. Instead of a showroom visit you get photographs and films of comparable projects, and a survey on site or by video call.

Do you work on Praslin and La Digue?

Yes. The whole project travels in one consignment on the inter-island boat, and for La Digue the panels are sized for handcarts and bicycles.

When would our sauna be ready?

Manufacturing takes six to ten weeks for one sauna or steam room from drawing sign-off, twelve to sixteen for a complete villa spa; then the voyage to Port Victoria and any island boat.

How often does it need servicing?

Quarterly, everywhere, because every site here is coastal. Each visit starts with a corrosion check. Maintenance contracts follow the 24-month warranty.

We are on rainwater. Does that matter?

For a steam room, a great deal — in a good way. Rainwater is soft and kind to a generator; borehole water can scale one in months. We test the supply before choosing the generator.

Next step

Tell us about the site in Seychelles

Send a photo of the space and its size on WhatsApp — we reply within one business day with photos of similar finished rooms and an itemised quote.

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