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Coming in at number 7 in the top 10 fitness programs and locations in the world.

• 1.  Bikini Boot Camp                              Mexico
• 2.  Rancho La Puerta                             Mexico
• 3.  Body & Soul Adventures                   Brazil
• 4.  The Camp                                         Spain
• 5.  KamaLaya resort                              Thailand
• 6.  WellFit                                              St Lucia
• 7.  Kangaroo Island Health Retreat    Australia
• 8.  Camp Biche                                      France
• 9.  Sunfit                                               Canary Islands
• 10.Wild Fitness                                     Kenya & Greece

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Kangaroo Island Health Retreat

The term unspoilt does not do justice to the isolated and rugged Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia, just over 110 Km south west of Adelaide, it is the perfect place to chill out and regain rude health.  The Dynamic Detox package involves a challenging combination of pilates, swimming and walking. Over the course of the 5 days you will clock up between 60 to 80 km on the beach and in the bush.  Abandoning addictions nicotine, alcohol, caffine and junk food and eating a variety fruits, vegetables, pulses, seeds and nuts, this is the other key elements to this course. This simple combination of a healthy diet and exercise, inconjuction with yoga, mediation and massage often reaps excellent results.

5 day packages, Dynamic or Moderate Detox programs $2700 Australian, including: regional flights, accommodation, meals and 2 therapies per day, visit www.kihealthretreat.com

Kangaroo Island Health Retreat listed number 4 on the list of Top 10 fitness holidays, a round-up of the top ten places in the world to re-invigorate and detox yourself, with a busy schedule of fitness, healthy eating and fresh air.

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Destinations De-Stress Kangaroo Island Health Retreat, SA For a total health retreat away from the stresses of daily life, head for the hills overlooking exquisite Emy Bay. This retreat offers a six night detox, including fitness, yoga, pilates, meditation sessions, return flights from Adelaide, accommodation and all meals. It also offers culinary and cooking classes, anatomy and nutrition lectures, massage and reflexology.

A typical day starts 7.00a.m. with body preparations, skin brushing, glorious sunrise and sunset walks, beach and bush walks, all classes, and then afternoon relax with therapies, and the all important anatomy and nutritional lectures. Great location, pristine and unspoilt.

The kick-your-butt-into-gear Health Retreat KIHR is tucked away on Kangaroo Island 16 Km off the Fleurieu Peninsula and known for its unspoilt wilderness, beautiful beaches and pristine waters. The retreat accommodation, Shamrock Lodge, caters for six people and offers private bedrooms and bathrooms and ocean views. Guru Sue McCarthy, who has owned and managed health retreats for 27 years, across Australia, has had the honour of having this one listed in the worlds top 100 getaways by UK lifestyle magazine Harpers and Queen. Not bad. It's not for the faint hearted though. Sue says the focus is on healthy diet, exercise and education - and any addictions (nicotine, alcohol, fast food and work) can be left at the door. Want to live to 100 plus and give disease the flick? Then this is your kind of retreat.

Sue McCarthy, the woman behind Kangaroo Island Health Retreat, ran a day spa in WA back when the rest of the country thought a body wrap was a doona. She believes it all comes down to two things: having a clean, concise mind and a high immune system. Sue says she could lie on a hot tarmac road and get the same affect as that from a hot stone treatment; "Spas are lovely and they make you feel fuzzy and good, but they're not life-changing. Yes, they're therapeutic, but what I'm doing here is so much harder and more rewarding. And you do need willpower."

Visit Kangaroo Island Health Retreat and leave all your addictions at home. Sue's course isn't easy or cheap and it lasts for a week, but - because she's spend her life exploring heath and wellbeing - she promises guests they'll find what they came for.

And you can't beat the surrounds: 16km off SA's Fleurieu Peninsula, Kangaroo Island is recognised as a unique unspoilt wilderness, with beautiful beaches and an abundance of wildlife. Hell of a place to be pampered.