Often Hotel / Resort Owners and Managers beleive that the salt cave can be an additional ‘component’ of the SPA. Based on our experience and doctors’ opinions below please find Changeland’s view on the subject:

a. It is recommended that Salt Cave Guests, when they complete their halo therapy session, they are exposed neither to any other SPA facilities nor to the swimming pool for a couple of hours; the reason is that inside the salt cave, among other positive benefits, the lungs are cleaned and open; therefore they should not inhale any chloral or other chemical substances; hence, if the salt cave is located inside the SPA, the salt cave session should be the last service they receive.

b. Often Guests prefer to visit the resort’s salt cave (for 30 – 60 minutes) instead of going to the swimming pool or to the beach, especially during the hot hours of the day (because they avoid the heat, strong sun, noise, sand, air, etc.).

c. The temperature inside the cave is always 19o – 22o Celsius. Guests need to be dressed, otherwise they will feel ‘cold’.

d. A salt cave can offer a variety of services to people of all ages (always with the clothes on):

  • Halo therapy, Color therapy, Music therapy
  • Shiatsu massage, Reflexology massage, Head massage
  • Children theater (Health and Entertainment), Music concerts, even business meetings and/or family gatherings

The above services guests normally prefer to receive not inside a SPA environment.

e. When guests visits the resort’s salt cave for the 1st time, they experience they Unique benefits of Halo therapy, and as a result, they will certainly want to visit the salt cave at least once per day throughout their stay at the resort. This in many cases is not possible if the cave is inside the SPA.

f. The use of oils/aromas is prohibited inside the cave because the salt will absorb all the smells and after a while the cave will smell bad. Therefore, it is not recommended to consider delivering massage services to undressed guests using oils.

g. Normally the space inside a SPA is limited. For example, if the room for the salt cave is 28 sq. m. then :

  • If the Model of the salt cave is Crystalotherapy then it can host 7 guests per 30 min session or 14 guests per hour or 140 guests per day (10 hours per day).
  • If the Model of the salt cave is Crystalotherapy Light then it can host 7 guests per 45 min session or 93 guests per day (10 hours per day).

For illustration purposes, if the SPA with the salt cave of 28 sq.m. is at a resort with a capacity of 400 people, and normally these people stay at the resort 7 days and/or long weekends, then the model Crystalotherapy Light will not be able to host enough guests. For such a resort, normally Changeland's recommendation would be:

  • inside the SPA, to decorate the Relaxation area and/or a Sauna with mineral salt panels
  • do not install a salt cave inside the SPA
  • if the cave’s size is < 40 m2, select a Crystalotherapy model
  • if the cave’s size is > 40 m2, select a Crystalotherapy Light model - install either 1 larger cave or 2 smaller caves in different locations.

Please feel free to send us for any additional questions or queries.