Cold plunge tubs and ice baths for Mahé and Praslin villas

Why every Seychelles plunge has a chiller

A tub without a machine settles at air temperature within a day or two, pleasantly cool for a few seconds and useless for contrast after a sauna. So the tub gets foam insulation on every face including its underside, a lid that is easy to close after each dip, and a shaded spot — a takamaka canopy is worth more than a larger compressor — before the chiller is chosen, one size above a temperate-climate figure.

The chiller sits in a closed cabinet behind a washable filter so its coil breathes clean air rather than sea spray, and all wetted metal is titanium or marine-grade A4.

Tub, granite or pool

An insulated timber tub is the lightest option and the easiest to carry down a hillside path. A carved granite plunge basin weighs tonnes and needs rock or an engineered slab under it. A built-in plunge pool is what resorts and larger villas choose when several guests use it at once.

Cold plunge prices in the Seychelles

Bands are indicative, supplied and installed, and confirmed after a survey; carry, slope access and any inter-island leg are listed separately.

Cold plunge in Mahé and Praslin

On Mahé the buyers are hillside villa owners at Glacis and Bel Ombre, Eden Island apartment owners with a terrace slab to check, and resorts along Beau Vallon and the south coast that want luxury cold plunges beside the pool or in a thermal suite. Resort tubs get commercial filtration, a rinse shower at the entry and a daily log.

On Praslin, from Côte d'Or to Anse Lazio, most requests come from villas and resorts that must receive everything by inter-island boat, so the whole tub, chiller and spares travel together in one load. Tell us where the tub would stand and roughly how big you want it; back come photographs of plunges we have finished on the islands and an opening budget.

Chiller sizing in Seychelles

In the Seychelles a chiller never gets a cool night off. One chosen from a temperate chart runs constantly, sounds strained and fails early; sizing it for this climate is most of the job.

Unit, cabinet and mounts

An outdoor-rated unit with a titanium heat exchanger, in a closed cabinet with a washable intake filter against salt, standing on anti-vibration feet because hillside plots carry sound downhill on quiet evenings. Pipes connect through the lower wall of the tub, where nobody sees them.

Sized for a load that never lets up

We begin one size above a temperate figure and then adjust for shade, lid, insulation, volume and setpoint. A tub held at 4 °C and one held at 10 °C need noticeably different machines, and when a client is undecided we price both.

Before you commit you get an estimate of monthly kWh for your tub, so the electricity bill is expected rather than discovered.

Maintenance between islands

Maintenance contracts are available on every chiller. Praslin, La Digue and the outer islands are visited in groups so several properties share each crossing; every visit starts with a corrosion check and a clean filter.

Chiller supply and installation on its own: indicative SCR 18k – 116k. How we size chillers across Africa →

In short

• A chiller in every Seychelles plunge — we say so before quoting
• Insulated shell and floor, a light lid, shade planned before the machine
• Titanium heat exchanger and a filtered cabinet as standard
• Timber tub, carved granite or built-in pool, depending on the structure