New Zealand's only 'mud bath' complex using some of the finest muds in the world.

Long before the 1840's when Europeans found and described the medicinal properties of Tikitere as having 'quite remarkable curative properties', Maori warriors returning from battle bathed to salve their wounds. Now you too can take the waters and experience the unique muds in the new spa at New Zealand's only mud bath complex.

Before immersing yourself in the unique mud and spa experience, take a guided tour through Hells Gate - New Zealand's most active geothermal field. Feel the Earth's raw power directly beneath you, as you wind your way through sights never before seen. This mystical journey will take you past pools of boiling mud, exploding waters, steaming fumaroles, hot sulphurous lakes, the only accessible mud volcano in a geothermal park and the largest hot waterfall in the Southern Hemisphere - a sacred place where warriors gone would salve their wounds in the sulphurous water and heal themselves after battle.

Hells Gate has been a treasured place of healing and revitalising by Maori for more than 800 years.  Maori have used the special muds and sulphurous waters in traditional healing practices for centuries. Since the 1840’s Europeans have found and described the medicinal properties of Tikitere (the Maori name)  as  “ having quite remarkable curative properties.”   

Experience New Zealand’s historic MUD SPA.  Immerse yourself in the unique “silky smooth” geothermal mud as warriors and maidens of old have done.  Luxuriate in the geothermal MUD THERAPIES -  wash away the cares of the world in the healing sulphurous geothermal water - or relax with a traditional MIRI MIRI MASSAGE, based on ancient healing techniques.  Connect with this unique land, mud and water and understand the often voiced comment “through hells gate to heavens door”.

Hells Gate Geothermal Park & Mud Spa, Rotorua Enquiry Form

Address:

361 State Highway 30
Tikitere
Rotorua

Phone: +64 7 345 4117

Fax: +64 7 345 9117

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RATES: Quoted in NZ$, Subject to Change

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Hells Gate Geothermal Park & Mud Spa, Rotorua Enquiry Form