After-Sun Aloe Vera Treatment – 90 Minutes
A cooling 90-minute aloe vera gel massage designed for skin that has had too much Thai sun — one of the spa's best-selling treatments.
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- Max group
- 2 pax
Everyone overdoes the sun in Thailand at least once. This ninety-minute treatment exists for exactly that day: a full-body massage using cool aloe vera gel rather than warm oil, worked gently into skin that is hot, tight and unhappy.
Aloe is the traditional answer to sunburn for good reason — it cools on contact, calms redness and rehydrates skin that has lost a lot of moisture. Applied over ninety minutes with a therapist's hands rather than dabbed on from a bottle, the effect is dramatically better: the gel is worked evenly into the whole body, the pressure is kept light and soothing, and the cooling sensation lasts long after you leave.
It is also simply a very pleasant treatment even without sunburn, particularly in the hot season between March and May when everyone in Chiang Mai is looking for anything cold. There is no heat, no steam and no deep pressure involved, which makes it the gentlest treatment on the menu and a good choice if standard Thai massage feels like too much.
The treatment takes place in a private room with a warm massage bed at a small garden spa in the heart of the old town, minutes from Chiang Mai Gate. Free hotel pick-up around the old town is included, along with herbal welcome tea, towels and showers. It is one of the spa's best-sellers, so book ahead where you can.
- 90 minutes of cooling full-body aloe vera gel massage
- Designed specifically for sun-exposed and sunburnt skin
- One of the spa's best-selling treatments
- No heat, no steam, no deep pressure — the gentlest option on the menu
- Ideal in the hot season or after a beach or trekking trip
- Private treatment room with a shower
- Garden spa in the old town, minutes from Chiang Mai Gate
- Free hotel pick-up around the old town area, plus herbal welcome tea
What's included
- ✓ Free hotel pick-up within the old town area (confirm at booking)
- ✓ Private treatment room with a warm massage bed
- ✓ Herbal welcome tea
- ✓ Natural Thai herbal products
- ✓ Loose spa clothing and towels where required
- ✓ Shower facilities
- ✓ 90-minute full-body aloe vera gel massage
- ✓ Cooling aloe vera gel
- Hotel pick-up from outside the old town area (ask us to check)
- Gratuities (voluntary; 50–100 THB is customary in Thai spas)
- Retail spa products
- Food and alcoholic drinks
- Travel insurance
- 0:00
Arrival and welcome tea
Arrive or be collected from your hotel. Herbal welcome tea and a consultation about how sun-exposed your skin is and where it is most tender.
- 0:10
Change and settle
Undress to your comfort level with draping in a private room.
- 0:15
Aloe vera gel massage (90 minutes)
Cool aloe gel worked gently over the whole body with light, soothing pressure — legs, back, shoulders, arms, neck and face area as appropriate.
- 1:45
Rest and tea
Rest with herbal tea while the gel absorbs. Free drop-off around the old town if you were collected.
That is precisely what it is for, provided the skin is not blistered or broken. Tell your therapist which areas are worst and they will keep pressure light. If the burn is severe or blistered, see a pharmacy first and book the spa for later in your trip.
None. No steam, no hot compress and no warm oil — the whole point is cooling. Pressure is light throughout.
Yes, especially in the hot season. It is a hydrating, cooling full-body treatment and the most gentle option on the menu, which also makes it a good first spa treatment for anyone nervous about massage.
Yes — free pick-up around the old town area is advertised on the brochure. Give us your hotel name when you book and we will confirm the arrangement and the collection time. If you are staying outside the old town, tell us and we will check.
Yes, we recommend booking at least 24 hours ahead, and more in high season (November to February) when the good spas in Chiang Mai fill up in the evenings.
Yes — private rooms are available, including couples' rooms. Say so when you book so the right room is held for you.
Bring almost nothing. Loose spa clothing, towels and everything else needed is provided, and there are showers on site. Comfortable clothes to change back into afterwards are the only real recommendation.
Never expected, but it is customary in Thai spa culture and always appreciated. Fifty to a hundred baht for a therapist you were happy with is normal.