Wairakei Terraces and Thermal Health Spa has embodied Maori Healing in their spa. It is both Holistic and Spiritual, allowing us to get in touch with our existence beyond the physical and emotional. Maori Healing cleanses, resets, and aligns the physical body and its being. With rest and hydration, the body is then able to heal itself. Maori Healing is a great way to relieve unwanted stress, physical imbalance cleansing unhealthy cells.

Located just 5 minutes north of Lake Taupo, they are adjacent to the State Highway and bordering the Geothermal Steamfield. The waters of Wairakei plays a vital role in Maori healing because the water and clay are believed to have healing and therapeutic benefits. Guests can comfortably bathe in a series of hot thermal pools just below the silica terraces.

The waters of the pools contain silica, sodium, potassium, magnesium, arsenic, boron and iron. These elements can reverse the aging process, relieve arthritis, convert blood sugar to energy, maintain muscle tissue. Also boosts brain activity and increase resistance to stress to name a few of the healing benefits of these waters.

Wairakei Terraces and Thermal Health Spa is able to enhance your healing experience by incorporating hot stone massage and thermal spa. This adds a whole new level of health benefits.

Aside from the healing experience, this spa is able to share with you the Maori experience. It let you personally experience their culture and custom. In addition, you will experience first hand their heritage, lifestyle, and rituals as you are welcomed and embraced by the Maori people. This experience is intense, powerful and emotional and will leave you with lasting memories of a culture that is alive and growing.

Come to Wairakei Terraces and thermal health spa for a mind, body, and soul healing experience.

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Different ways to relax at Waiora Lakeside Resort

Waiora Lakeside Spa Resort invites you to a luxurious, 4.5-star stay on a lakeside. There are a plenty of ways that you can relax here. You can choose to stay at the deluxe studio and enjoy the garden and pool view. You can also stay on the covered patio where you can relax in or get a superior suite that offers a more generous space.

During your stay, you should take advantage of all the facilities that they offer. They have various indoor to outdoor activities, excellent food and drink menu, and a highly recommended spa experience.

Spa Packages

This is the experience that you don’t want to miss. It is the only Cultural Destination Spa Resort in New Zealand that offers “Wai Ora” which means “healing waters” in Maori. They combine Rotorua Spa and New Zealand Spa history to achieve healing. Their massage therapists practices historical Mirimiri healing, a historical practice by the local Maori people. You can choose from a wide variety of spa packages that they offer. And while you are being pampered you can also add a manicure, pedicure, a fragrant steaming, or an herbal sauna. They also offer couples’ spa treatment. To extend your relaxing experience you can purchase the spa products that utilize the uniqueness of Rotorua’s mineral-enriched mud.

Dine at Mokoia Restaurant

Finally, to complete your stay with us, eat at the highly-recognized fine dining restaurant. Mokoia Restaurant is known to be the best pacific-rim, fine dining restaurant. The menu only uses local and fresh picked ingredients, which all come from the Wai Ora garden and wild herb beds. While having an appetizing meal you get to enjoy a majestic view of Lake Rotorua.

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Kerosene Creek is a hot spring and a freshwater stream that flows through naturally. It is geothermally heated and offers a relaxing and therapeutic time. The hot spring is proved to provide relief on muscle aches and pains. After a long walk or trail, they suggest a visit and take a bath here in Kerosene Creek. However, please be mindful of all your belongings and bring them with you. Don’t leave any valuables in your car.

How to get to Kerosene Creek

Kerosene Creek is 35 minutes south of Rotorua. To get there follow the State Highway 5 South of Rotorua going to Taupo about 30 km. Then you will turn off to Murupara located at your left while Lake Ngahewa on your right. Turn left to Old Waiotapu Road. Carefully follow the gravel road for about 2.2 km or approximately 3 minutes. You will have a grass view on you right where you can park your vehicle. Then take a short walk down to the creek.

Safety Rules to Remember

Since Kerosene Creek is free of charge and accessible to everyone. All guests just need to be respectful of other bathers throughout their stay. Also, remember the safety rules such as:

• Do not put your head underwater.
• Do not leave your trash anywhere.
• Bring your valuables with you.

Kerosene Creek is really a great place to enjoy and relax! So just remember these safety rules to ensure your ultimate relaxation experience.

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Hells Gate Geothermal Park and Mud Bath Spa features New Zealand’s Geothermal attractions that date back for more than a century. You can have a tour with the boiling attractions, literally. Or relax and experience the geothermal mud. It has different qualities that were proven to provide relief to various muscle pains, arthritis, and rheumatism. It also has proven to exfoliate your skin and leave your skin healthy. The raw power of the earth will leave you with an exceptional feeling and awesome experience.

The various activities and sights to see will leave you an amused and awesome experience. You can choose to see the following:

• Inferno which is also known as “The Hell’s Gate show”. It is an area with five separate pools with 70 to 110 degrees that are 5 to 15 meters deep.

• Kakahi Falls is a wonderful hot shower in the largest waterfall in the Southern Hemisphere.

• Bush Walk is a 45-minute to an hour walking experience where you will see different and unique plants that are native to New Zealand.

• Mud Volcano is an active volcano that literally spits mud.

• Steaming Cliffs is the hottest pool in the reserve with 122 degrees and reaches up to 3 meters during the boiling point.

• Cooking Pools is a historically black pool that the Rotorua Maori used to cook food with a constant 930 degrees temperature, it can cook vegetables. Don’t worry it won’t taint your food.

• Medicine Lake is a place of healing that was proven for more than a hundred years.

You may also try out and experience these activities:

• Mud experience gives a geothermal mud experience with the Sulphur Spa, Mud Bath Spa, or Twilight Spa.

• Spa Therapy allows you to relax, enjoy, and heal with the Miri Miri Massage or choose to have a mud facial.

• Interactive Culture is a good activity to relax your feet in the mud foot pool after a tiring tour. You can also learn or enhance your skills in wood carving.

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Accessible Location

Birchwood Spa Motel is conveniently accessible to various attractions and activities to try when in Rotorua. You can walk to the Redwood Forest and experience the biking trails and tracks. You can also walk 100 meters to the Rotorua Golf Course or visit Whakarewarewa Thermal Village. The location is also accessible to various restaurants and conference venues. You can do more while you stay with us.

Different Room Options

They offer various unit choices that suit your needs. For couples or a group of 3, you can choose to stay at the studio bath unit or the studio spa pool unit. They also offer one bedroom spa pool unit that can accommodate up to 4 persons or a two bedroom spa pool unit that can house up to 6 persons. For more privacy and an off the street location, they have two-bedroom executive townhouses that can house 4-5 persons. They guarantee a pleasant and relaxing stay for all of our guests.

Accommodation Amenities

All of the units are equipped with free WiFi, Sky TV, a library of DVDs and its players. You can also request an X-Box or video players, and choose from their wide selection of video games. Upon checking in, they will also provide guides to local attractions and help you with booking your chosen activity. Complimentary milk and biscuits will also be available, as well as a Robert Harris Plunger coffee. Breakfast will also be delivered to your unit upon request. They can also accommodate children needs and offer a babysitting service. Lastly, you can make use of the barbeque area and relax in the outdoor seating area. They assure a comfortable stay for you and your companions.

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Relax in the geothermal hot pools of Malfroy Motor Lodge Rotorua. They are offering accommodations for large group check-ins. Their location is accessible to the city, as well as with other nature tripping spots.

At Malfroy Motor Lodge, they are happy to serve all of your needs for your stay. They ensure to provide you with clean and comfortable rooms and facilities. Give a try to their Mineral Hot pools, too. They are the products of natural geothermal heat that will surely revitalize your body.

Accommodation options and amenities to provide you comfort

For as low as NZ$138, you can now enjoy their exquisite accommodations. Features include a free high- speed WiFi access, fully- furnished apartments, geothermal – heated rooms, and a queen-sized bed. They are also providing important appliances plus personal comfort and shower rooms.

Their accommodation rooms are situated near the semi-tropical gardens, carvings, beautiful murals, and their very own hot pools.

Malfroy Motor Lodge’s Massage Spa is also waiting for you. Their massage therapists are sure experts in making you rejuvenated. Don’t miss this chance to relax!

Convenient Location

Their spot is close to a lot of attractions and geothermal valleys, and the City Centre. Here, you can avail beautiful souvenirs and other items, cafes, and mouth-watering dishes from the best restaurants in town.

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Are you looking for a place to relax? Come and soak yourself here in Lake Rotoiti Hot Pools. They are glad to give you the comfort you need, and an amusing nature encounter you will never forget.

Breathtaking location

Surrounded by the clear blue lake waters of Rotoiti, only boats and other water vehicles can reach their place. Bringing your family and friends here is a great idea because there is a wide variety of activities to do and enjoy within their space. Dipping into the hot pools or watching the waves at the shore, it is up to you to choose between them or better to do it both.

Never miss their thermal pools

At Lake Rotoiti Hot Pools, they are currently operating 6 thermal pools where you can adjust the temperature. Continue to rejuvenate yourself until you finally want to cool down.

Having a good swim at the grand lake will help you to cool down after some hours of warmth. Also, plunging through their water slide and getting straight into the lake waters will bring you such thrill.

Avail now of the Season Pass!

Visit them as often as you want through their Season Pass. This costs $495.00, good for 5 people on the boat.

Regular rates for an adult is $20.00 and $10.00 for children 5-6 years old. For children below 5 years of age, admission is free.

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Guaranteed great times at DeBretts Spa Resort in Taupo

DeBretts Spa Resort is the place to go when you think of outdoor accommodation and campervans. Located at 76 Napier-Taupo Road, they offer a distinctive New Zealand experience. From the mineral waters of the historic Taupo Hot Springs to their modern Living Waters Spa, they cater to all budgets and travel plans.

At Taupo DeBretts, you can choose what you want to do. The picturesque Lake Taupo is a short distance from the spa. Also, their accommodation options range from luxury cottages to camping depending on your own budget and preference. They will always have something in store for you.

They keep your relaxation in mind, they have a café to serve you your favorite breakfast or snacks. Indulge in their spa treatments, they offer massages, body and facial treatments and manicure, pedicure and beauty treatments as well as day and group packages spa. They guarantee the most relaxing and stress-free holiday for you.

The hot pools cater to a variety of guests. They have two huge mineral pools they have cooled down a little to a more inviting and relaxing temperature while they preserved the health-enriching mineral component to soothe your tired and aching muscles.

Furthermore, they have a kid’s warm water playground and hydro slides for both the young and old to enjoy. They also cater to couples who want to spend their special time together, they have 12 indoor private mineral pools in varying temperatures. It is easy to feel the hot water wash your worries away.

There is no better place to spend your holiday but in Taupo DeBretts, they offer you the best accommodation, couples, and family deals. Their friendly and accommodating staff is there to help you.

They guarantee that your holiday cannot get any better in Taupo DeBretts.

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The Terume Hot Spring Resort is a Japan-inspired healing spa and accommodation in Rotorua. Bathers benefit from the resort’s curative waters that are sourced from an underground of 160 meters deep. You will feel healed due to the rich minerals in its waters. It is proven to relieve body pains and provide you with other health benefits.

Hot pool options

You can enjoy while indulging in our three hot bath options – two indoor family hot pools and an outdoor communal hot pool. Our onsens are well-maintained. We never reuse the waters in the pool to ensure a great bathing experience. Every day, we drain and refill the pools with fresh water.

Japanese Outdoor Hot Pool Rules

It is also important to remember the rules and guidelines in using the onsens. The resort follows the traditional Japanese onsens where all the swimmers soak in nude.

Thermal Mineral Pools and Accommodation

You can also check-in on different guest rooms at a very affordable price. All available rooms are equipped with shower, television, Wi-Fi, complimentary tea and coffee, and many more. We do not have smoking rooms available.

We also offer other services such as laundry and transfers for an additional fee. You can contact us or visit our website for further information.

Terume Hot Spring Resort is a great place to soak all your stress away!

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Pamper your soul in the curative geothermic waters of Rotorua’s Polynesian Spa! Its 28 heated pools source from two famous springs – the Priest and Rachel Springs. Both of these springs provide pure untreated mineral waters that are proven to improve body wellness. The waters from Priest Spring alleviate your body pains while Rachel Spring waters nurture your skin.

Relaxing hot pool options

Polynesian Spa is great for couples, family, and friends who want to escape from the stressful city. You can dip in a variety of bathing options which include the following:

• Deluxe spa
• Adult pools
• Deluxe private pool
• Standard private pool
• Family pool
• Romantic Double dipper
• Deluxe double dipper
• Family double dipper

Adventures around Rotorua

If you are into adventures, you can also grab the Zip and Soak combo. With this premium package, you get to enjoy flying over the native forest’s spectacular panorama of the Rotorua Canopy Tour and soaking in the selection of the mineral warm pools of  Deluxe Lake Spa. You can also relax in the ambiance of nature with the stunning view of the lake.

Polynesian Spa is one of the top spas not just in New Zealand, but in the world. Don’t miss the chance to experience this famous hot pools and spa.

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