Geothermal
Hell's Gate geothermal park and mud spa
Tikitere, Bay of Plenty
Bubbling mud, steaming vents and a mud bath, with a big hot waterfall on the loop.
- Price
- Entry fee, mud spa extra
- Booking
- Best to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
A geothermal reserve on the road out toward Whakatane, with a loop walk past boiling pools and the Southern Hemisphere's largest hot waterfall. You can add a mud bath and sulphur pool soak. It feels wilder than the Rotorua city thermal sites.
Good to know
- Do the walk before the mud bath
- Bring a towel and a bag for wet clothes
- Best time
- Late afternoon
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- SH30, large car park
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Showers
- Toilets
The location is approximate. Check the official website before you go.
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