



Experience Wairakei Terraces hot pools - a geothermal wonderland with healing and curing properties and one of New Zealand's premier geothermal locations... Adults Only (14yrs +) Opening hours Friday to Wednesday: 8:00am - 9:00pm Thursday: 8:00am - 7.00 pm
Experience Wairakei Terraces hot pools - a geothermal wonderland with healing and curing properties and one of New Zealand's premier geothermal locations...
Adults Only (14yrs +)
Opening hours
Friday to Wednesday: 8:00am - 9:00pm
Thursday: 8:00am - 7.00 pm
Come and revitalize your mind, body and soul at Wairakei Terraces hot pools - A geothermal wonderland located at the heart of the North Island.
Maori have bathed in the waters of Wairakei for generations and its healing and therapeutic benefits are now receiving worldwide acclaim in the field of natural holistic therapies.
The waters, rich in silica, sulphate, magnesium, potassium and a whole host of other valuable minerals, can assist with a whole array of health ailments. Positioned underneath the silica terraces and a beautiful waterfall, the pools dazzling blue waters provide the perfect surroundings for the ultimate in rest and relaxation.
Let life's daily stresses run free from your mind as you bath and hear the melodic calls of native birds in their natural setting of beautiful cascading water's, breathtaking gushing geyser's and billowing steam's. Come and experience for yourself Wairakei's remarkable healing and curing properties at one of New Zealand's premier geothermal locations.
POOLS ARE ADULT ONLY-14 years and over
Opening hours
Friday to Wednesday: 8:00am - 9:00pm
Thursday: 8:00am - 7.00 pm
All prices are shown inNZD ($)
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Great to just lie in the hot water and relax
A beautiful spot -we drive 2 hours plus for this experience. We prebooked but had to wait 15-mins in a queue to get pat the front desk. Then in the pools we felt like hippos in a hippo pond. Far too many people. We couldn’t really move in the pools - not nice! Then when we got out - cutting our experience short, there were so many people in the changing rooms we were hitting each other while dressing. Only one shower for 50 odd people in the area and 2 toilets. Awful. Men only had one urinal and one shower my husband reported. I know we all came to enjoy this lovely spot but- was it greed here on the part of the management? Not enjoyable at all on this occasion.
Excellent experience would do it again
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katem68 from New Zealand wrote on 01 June 2026
Thermal pools
Love the Wairakei pools. The staff are really welcoming and friendly and the pools are s perfect temp for relaxing and rejuvenating muscles.