Spa & recovery in Pemberton

Two wood-fired saunas built from Finnish cedar, floating on Pemberton Pool in the karri forest, each with a floor-to-ceiling window over the water — and the cold plunge is the pool itself. Shared one-hour sessions take up to six people, private hire is available, and sessions run 7am to 9pm daily. The site is off-grid with no toilets, so bring towels, water and a change of clothes.

Adults-only accommodation in forest about ten minutes from Pemberton, built around private spa time rather than treatments: four units, each with its own jacuzzi or outdoor spa bath, and three with a sauna. The Spa Cottage is a converted vintage rail carriage, and two of the suites look across to Warren National Park. Rates start from $330. Phone reception is limited and some units have no wifi.

The spa at Serenity House on Dean Street, Pemberton, offering massage, botanical facials, hand and foot rituals and reiki in 60 and 90-minute sessions from $130. Longer spa rituals run two to three hours, there is a three-hour couples retreat at $525, and the forest day retreats are priced per person for groups of three to six — $325 to $395 each.

A Belarusian banya on Browns Road, Pemberton, run the traditional way: steam, veniki — bundles of leafy branches worked over the skin — a cold plunge and Ivan tea. Social sessions run on set dates, at sunset or paired with lunch or dinner from the Belarusian kitchen on site, from $70 an adult. Private banya runs any day by appointment. Booking is essential, and deposits are not refunded.