Private saunas in Canberra, Australia
Floating Sauna Lake Burley Griffin
The Canberra outpost of Tasmania's Lake Derby Floating Sauna sits on a pontoon off Yarralumla Beach East on Lake Burley Griffin. It has two independent wood-fired sauna rooms of Finnish cedar, each seating up to six, with floor-to-ceiling windows over the lake. Guests join a shared session or book a private one and cool off with a dip in the lake or a cold shower on deck. Open daily 7am to 9pm; sessions cost $55. The site is off-grid with no toilets.
Reju
Reju is a recovery clinic on Lonsdale Street in Braddon, run by rehabilitation practitioners, that offers both traditional and infrared sauna sessions in a private room with a shower, alongside massage, cryotherapy, hyperbaric oxygen and compression therapy. Off-peak sauna sessions run Monday to Friday 11am to 3pm for $32, or $48 with a friend, and a sauna membership covers two sessions a week.
Reverie
Reverie in Campbell bills itself as Australia's first 24/7 private wellness sanctuary: guests book online and enter a private suite by app, with no reception. Its Reverie Sauna sessions combine infrared heat with chromotherapy and red and LED light towers, and Contrast Therapy pairs the sauna with a cedar and steel ice bath. Sessions cost $59 for 45 minutes or $69 for 60 minutes, and a friend can join sauna bookings at a discount.
Sauna Float ACT
Sauna Float ACT is a small wellness studio on the Lake Ginninderra foreshore in Belconnen. It offers 45-minute private infrared sauna sessions from $50 and a 60-minute private Bathhouse with a handcrafted Finnish sauna, ice bath and magnesium salt float tank for individuals, couples or families, from $120. Red light therapy and flotation are also offered. Open Monday 12–3pm, Tuesday 6–9pm, Wednesday to Friday 12–9pm, Saturday 12–6pm and Sunday 10am–6pm.
Floating Sauna Lake Burley Griffin
The Canberra outpost of Tasmania's Lake Derby Floating Sauna sits on a pontoon off Yarralumla Beach East on Lake Burley Griffin. It has two independent wood-fired sauna rooms of Finnish cedar, each seating up to six, with floor-to-ceiling windows over the lake. Guests join a shared session or book a private one and cool off with a dip in the lake or a cold shower on deck. Open daily 7am to 9pm; sessions cost $55. The site is off-grid with no toilets.
Reju
Reju is a recovery clinic on Lonsdale Street in Braddon, run by rehabilitation practitioners, that offers both traditional and infrared sauna sessions in a private room with a shower, alongside massage, cryotherapy, hyperbaric oxygen and compression therapy. Off-peak sauna sessions run Monday to Friday 11am to 3pm for $32, or $48 with a friend, and a sauna membership covers two sessions a week.
Reverie
Reverie in Campbell bills itself as Australia's first 24/7 private wellness sanctuary: guests book online and enter a private suite by app, with no reception. Its Reverie Sauna sessions combine infrared heat with chromotherapy and red and LED light towers, and Contrast Therapy pairs the sauna with a cedar and steel ice bath. Sessions cost $59 for 45 minutes or $69 for 60 minutes, and a friend can join sauna bookings at a discount.
Sauna Float ACT
Sauna Float ACT is a small wellness studio on the Lake Ginninderra foreshore in Belconnen. It offers 45-minute private infrared sauna sessions from $50 and a 60-minute private Bathhouse with a handcrafted Finnish sauna, ice bath and magnesium salt float tank for individuals, couples or families, from $120. Red light therapy and flotation are also offered. Open Monday 12–3pm, Tuesday 6–9pm, Wednesday to Friday 12–9pm, Saturday 12–6pm and Sunday 10am–6pm.