Best National Parks Spa Days: Our Top 5 Worldwide

1.National Park Hike & Finnish Smoke Sauna Experience with Campfire Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 182 reviews · 6 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $199Our pick

Leave central Helsinki with a guide such as Alex, Jeff, or Didi for a 6-kilometer forest hike near Kuusijärvi and Sipoonkorpi National Park. Eat a Finnish lunch by the fire, then alternate between a wood-fired smoke sauna and a cold lake swim before returning to Helsinki.

“An amazing experience! Helena was a great tour guide. The national park is beautiful that we hiked. Learned a lot about mushrooms. We had a great lunch by a fire pit. Then did the sauna experience.”

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2.2in1: Los Haitises National Park + Yanigua Waterfall-SPA

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 97 reviews · from $129

Spend 10 to 11 hours visiting Los Haitises National Park and Yanigua Waterfall from Juan Dolio, Boca Chica, San Pedro, or Santo Domingo. Your guide leads the boat and nature visits, while you swim, try the natural clay spa, taste Dominican cocoa and coffee, and enjoy lunch.

“The guides were very kind amd did a great job making sure that everyone understood what was going on, even with multiple languages in the group”

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3.Hike and Sauna in Sipoonkorpi National Park

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 85 reviews · 6.5 hours · from $194

Join a small group of up to eight from Helsinki for a 6-kilometer guided walk in Sipoonkorpi, a campfire barbecue, and a traditional smoke sauna at Kuusijärvi Lake. Guides such as Alex, Jeff, Ronja, and Helena share local nature and Finnish customs. Towels, sandals, and transport are included.

“Love Didi, she is so warm. And the sauna experience is amazing, we all have fun then”

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4.Bansko: Easy snowshoeing Pirin National Park & thermal spa

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 19 reviews · 6 hours · from $100Best value

Leave Bansko, Razlog, or Pirin Golf with an English-speaking guide such as Maria or Mari for an easy to moderate snowshoe walk in Pirin National Park. After mountain views and, sometimes, a hut stop, warm up in Banya’s mineral pools. Snowshoes and poles are included, but spa entry and food cost extra.

“The whole experience was perfect from start to finish. We cannot thank Mari enough for the most amazing day. The hike up the mountain was really good fun. We stopped half way on the mountains for some lunch, which was a perfect location with amazing views. We learned lots of facts about the area and its history from Mari, she is extremely knowledgeable and speaks great English. As a group of 4 friends, this was a great activity, which ended at a thermal spa before being dropped back to our hotel. We highly recommend! MASSIVE THANK YOU TO MARI, YOU REALLY MADE THE EXPERIENCE PERFECT FOR US AND WE ALL…”

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5.2in1: Los Haitises National Park + Yanigua Waterfall-SPA

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 17 reviews · 1 day · from $125

Spend a full day in the Dominican countryside with guide Henri or Henry, sailing Los Haitises mangroves, viewing Taino cave art, visiting cocoa and coffee plantations, and swimming beneath remote Yanigua Waterfall. Expect a long day, active walking, and several memorable stops.

“très belles visites. notre guide Henri était excellent avec une facilité de donner des explications malgré plusieurs nationalités. lors de ma réservation j'avais une prise en charge a notre hôtel. la veille de l'excursion sultana tour m'a indiqué qu'il n'y avait pas de prise en charge à l'hôtel. après contact téléphonique avec sultana tour j'ai eu la confirmation de la prise en charge a mon hôtel et je les remercie pour leur professionnalisme et réactivité. l'activité au départ de dominicus n'est pas a conseiller départ 6h et retour 21h00 cependant cela reste une très belle excursion”

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