Kwendalo founder, John Cavill - a successful tech entrepreneur - has been a lifelong student of the journey towards a more comprehensive approach to wellness. While engaged in a career as a high-growth business coach, academic and strategist, John travelled the world, seeking holistic wellness treatments - growing and learning from his experiences.

But it was to Plettenberg Bay in South Africa that UK-born John returned year after year. In the easy-going coastal lifestyle, John found regeneration and inspiration in the natural surroundings, sun-kissed days, and fresh air. Over the years, John connected with thought-leaders in wellness, biodiversity and nutrition, and the seed of an idea was sown. What if - in this unique paradise - there was to be found a personal cure for individual unwellness? John nurtured this idea and, on the day that he viewed a singular estate - then known as Rietvlei - settled comfortably against a hillside outside Plettenberg Bay with views of the Tsitsikamma Mountains and the warm Indian Ocean, that the idea finally bloomed into… Kwendalo.