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Hell's Gate Mud Bath & Spas Experience
4.4
309 Ratings
Rotorua
Indulge in the ancient tradition of the Hell’s Gate Mud Bath & Spas. Rejuvenate your body and soul with the unique mud bath and sulphur spas, while admiring the geothermal reserve.
Indulge in the ancient tradition of the Hell’s Gate Mud Bath & Spas. Rejuvenate your body and soul with the unique mud bath and sulphur spas, while admiring the geothermal reserve.
Duration:
1 hour
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- 351 State Highway 30 - Experience the healing and rejuvenating powers of the world-famous mud baths and Sulphur Spas at Hell’s Gate. Open and clean your skin by lathering it in our unique mud, before cleansing with a soak in the sulphur spa. Your body and soul will feel revitalised after this soothing experience. Towels & swimwear can be hired at reception on arrival, or you are more than welcome to bring your own.
- 351 State Highway 30 - Experience the healing and rejuvenating powers of the world-famous mud baths and Sulphur Spas at Hell’s Gate. Open and clean your skin by lathering it in our unique mud, before cleansing with a soak in the sulphur spa. Your body and soul will feel revitalised after this soothing experience. Towels & swimwear can be hired at reception on arrival, or you are more than welcome to bring your own.
What's Included
- Bathe in Mud Bath & Sulphur Spas
- Bathe in Mud Bath & Sulphur Spas
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Swimwear and Towels available to hire onsite
- Food and drinks
- Swimwear and Towels available to hire onsite
Additional Information
Experience the rejuvenating powers of the world-famous mud bath & sulphur spas at Hell’s Gate. Used by local Maori for over 800 years, open and clean your skin by lathering it in the unique mud, before exfoliating and cleansing with a soak in the sulphur spa. While you relax, take the opportunity to admire the geothermal reserve. Your body and soul will…
Experience the rejuvenating powers of the world-famous mud bath & sulphur spas at Hell’s Gate. Used by local Maori for over 800 years, open and clean your skin by lathering it in the unique mud, before exfoliating and cleansing with a soak in the sulphur spa. While you relax, take the opportunity to admire the geothermal reserve. Your body and soul will feel revitalized after this soothing experience.
- Operating days and hours may vary, please see the Hell’s Gate website for latest updates and last entrance times.
- We recommend that women do not use our bathing facilities whilst pregnant. However, it is an individual’s choice and we recommend that you seek advice from your health professional if you are wanting to bathe.
- Not recommended for travelers with heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- The minimum age for the Mud Bath is 2.5 years, and for the Sulphur Spa is 6 months.
- Children are considered those aged 5 -15. Under 4s are free when accompanied by a paying adult.
Location
351 State Highway 30
State Highway 30
Hell's Gate is located just outside of Rotorua's city centre. From the city simply travel east on State Highway 30. At approximately 5 minutes past the airport, you will turn right towards Whakatane. Hell's Gate is 3kms down this road.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(309 Ratings)
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Hannah_d
Sep 11, 2024
Relaxing Soak - The 20-min mud bath is such a relaxing treat. The temperature of the bath is at the perfect temperature. Additionally the other geothermal pools that have no time limit is also a treat to relax in and enjoy the views of the surrounding areas.
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C
Sep 9, 2024
Fascinating and fabulous ! - A fabulous tour. Fascinating landscape and well marked path around with a written guide .
We managed to join Luuk’s tour towards the end and I would highly recommend trying to get there for the start of this .
The mud bath was a glorious wallow 🦛
Highlight was the carving with Luuk . Thank you !
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C0linval
Aug 25, 2024
Total Fun - We were gifted a spa treat here and what a wonderful experience it was. From the moment we arrived the staff were incredibly helpful, friendly, and fun. The mud was a new experience to us and one we would happily repeat. The other pools are equally as great. A real treat
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Dina_d
Jul 30, 2024
Interesting trip - It’s the first time we had mub bath,it is interesting. There's plenty of room to shower,very convenient
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Charism575
Jul 30, 2024
Excellent - Highly recommend - Went for the mudbath first thing in the morning and then soaked in the mineral pools. Would totally do again. Mornings are great as less people.
Key points: Mudbaths are time limited, however the mineral hot pools are not. Soak in the mudbath, shower then relax away to your hearts content in the hot pools.
Pro tips:
1. Hire the towels there, don't take your own - the mud and pools are high in mineral content so it takes ages to wash out that muddy smell just from your togs. Trust me just hire the towels
2. They do supply soap wash there in the showers, which if you're going first thing in the morning take a while to warm up. Would recommend you take your own though and spend a decent time leisurely cleaning yourself before you leave
3. The minerals can be strong in the eyes in the hot pools, as such imagine what it does to jewellery. It's common knowledge not to wear jewelry in any mineral pool for this reason. Silver will take a while to return to its normal color, lower grade even longer, 24k gold generally won't but anything lower will get a rose tint before returning. If you want to test the authenticity of your jewelry this would be it 🤣
4. Afterwards have a good drink of water to replenish at the cafe. The shop here is one of the cheaper priced stores at tourist spots so recommend buying here.
Enjoy your beauty soak!
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Mathilde_n
Jul 28, 2024
Mud bliss - Having a mud spa had been on our Wishlist for a long time and we finally did it! The mud is silky smooth and feels beautiful on your skin, my skin still feels nice and smooth 4 days out. The temperature of the water is very comfortable. You can stay in the mud pool for up to 20 minutes, after that you can go in the mineral pools for as long as you want. We stayed in the mineral pools for another 20 minutes. You do soak up the sulphur and it comes out of your pores for days, all our clothing we wore afterwards came out of the wash (so after the wash cycle with fabric softener added) smelling like sulphur, and our jewellery still turned black when putting it on after 24hrs. Btw, 24 hours in Coca Cola does nothing, it’s a myth. Having said all this, I wouldn’t have missed it for the world, it was an amazing experience. I might go again but skip the mineral pools after. It brings home too how much we absorb through our skin!
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I1893uvjosieh
Jul 26, 2024
A great place to relax and unwind - The perfect way to relax and enjoy an afternoon, facilities were clean and well organised and there were plenty of mud baths and hot springs to choose from with great views of the geothermal pools as well. Would recommend the cold plunge at the end it really clears your head!
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Dream64539003291
Sep 19, 2024
Relaxing time - The mud bath was nice, we got fresh mud while in our mud bath and the staff were all lovely. The sulphur baths has different temperatures which was good, and the cold plunge was a must after. The showers are also good after, recommend taking your own stuff for a good wash. Definitely don’t put on jewellery until more than a day after, it really does tarnish even after mud bath.
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757ar_nt
Jul 14, 2024
Very nice baths and spa - The baths and spas were very relaxing, it was not too crowded, so it was perfect. I give 4 stars only because they haven't booked the shuttle I asked, but still, the staff was very nice and friendly
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Voyage65990516935
Jul 12, 2024
Great fun but be aware of the effects on the eyes from the minerals in the water - We had a great time relaxing in hot mud pools, lathering mud over our face and bodies, jumping into an ice cold plunge pool with waterfall and then finally relaxing in more hot pools. The only downside was the minerals/sulphur in the water really stung the eyes so it would have been great if we were advised to avoid wiping our eyes or putting mud too close to them as my husband literally covered his entire face in mud and spent the rest of the day and night suffering with burning, runny eyes...
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