Khaya team installing a sauna in Cape Town

About

Made in the Cape.
For the Cape.

Our story

A Podhaus
obsession.

Khaya Spas is a division of Podhaus, a Cape Town design and build studio with over a decade of experience making modular structures people love.

The problem with saunas in South Africa was clear: either you bought an imported prefab that wasn't built for the Cape's climate, or you commissioned a custom build that took months and cost a fortune. There was nothing in between that was actually good.

So we made one. Built in Cape Town. Designed for Cape Town weather. Installed in a day. A luxury product without the luxury wait.

Sauna being built in the Khaya workshop
Inside the Khaya sauna during a real photoshoot

What we stand for

Four words.
Four promises.

Built here

Every sauna is made in Cape Town. Not imported, not assembled from flat-packs — built by hand, in the Cape.

Built to last

Cape Town's weather is brutal. UV, salt air, the South-Easter. We engineer for all of it from the start.

Built fast

Installed in a day. No weeks of disruption, no delays. The sauna arrives ready.

Built for you

Made to order. Your space, your materials, your brief. No off-the-shelf compromises.

The Podhaus connection

A decade of
design behind us.

Podhaus has spent years designing and building structures across the Western Cape from Winelands retreats to trail cabins along the Cedarberg. Khaya Spas brings that same rigour, taste, and obsession with detail to every sauna we make.

You're not just buying a box. You're buying into ten years of knowing how to build something properly.

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Sauna in natural setting

The team

The people
behind the heat.

Tristan Johns

Director, Podhaus

Architect and designer with over a decade building structures people love to live in.

Zara Holden

Operations Manager, Khaya Spas

Runs the day-to-day with precision, warmth, and a preference for cold plunges.

Let's build
something together.

Custom quotes in 48 hours. Installed in a day. No nonsense.

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