Warm Baths Attractions Warmbad

The spa of Warm Baths (founded in 1921), 100km/62mi north of Pretoria, is famed for the healing powers of its thermal springs. The area was known to the Tswana as Biele Bela (the "Boiling Place"). The water, containing sodium chlorate, calcium carbonate and other salts, gushes out at a temperature of 62°C/144°F, at the rate of 23,000 liters (5060 gallons) an hour. It is used in the treatment of rheumatic conditions. Every year some 260,000 people come here to seek relief from their ailments.

Round the springs has grown up a holiday complex with accommodation of various categories, treatment facilities, a restaurant, a café and tennis, squash and badminton courts. People also come here in winter not for medical treatment but to enjoy the pleasure of bathing in thermal water at a temperature of 32°C/90°F.