• travel_explore Oruanui Change location?
    • image_search Search... Experiences & more
Bookme Review

Wairakei Terraces - Thermal Hot Pools

Posted by wendy gordon from New Zealand on1 Jun 2026
arrow_back Wairakei Terraces - Thermal Hot Pools
wendy gordon said... 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.

When popularity kills the golden goose

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
Great snorkelling Great snorkelling Great snorkelling Great snorkelling
Browse and book the best price for Wairakei Terraces - Thermal Hot Pools 20-90% Off Things to do in New Zealand

More Deals for You Customers who booked this also liked these amazing deals

Ernest Kemp - Lake Taupo and Maori Rock Carvings Cruise

51%
$27.00 Save up to $28.00
checkBook Now

Whakarewarewa - The Living Maori Village Guided Tour

44%
$27.00 Save up to $21.00
checkBook Now

Wairakei Terraces - Thermal Hot Pools

35%
$17.50 Save up to $9.50
checkBook Now
close

Review Photos

close

Property Photos

close

Where to?

Things to do Restaurants Accommodation
New Zealand Australia Fiji

    Popular New Zealand Destinations

    • Fiji Islands - Viti Levu - Mamanucas
    • Cairns - Port Douglas
    • Queenstown - Southern Lakes - Fiordland
    • Whitsundays - Airlie Beach - Townsville
    • Rotorua - Taupo - Waitomo
    • Milford Sound
    • Denarau Island
    • Auckland - Waiheke Island - Warkworth
    • Melbourne
    • Sydney
    • West Coast - Glacier Country
    • K`gari (Fraser Island) - Hervey Bay - Town of 1770
    • Christchurch - Canterbury - Kaikoura
    • Gold Coast
    • Abel Tasman - Nelson - Picton
    • Northland - Bay of Islands
    • Newcastle - Port Stephens - Hunter Valley
    • Noosa - Mooloolaba - Sunshine Coast
    • Dunedin - Coastal Otago - Oamaru
    • Franz Josef Glacier / Waiau
    • Byron Bay
    • Northern Territory - Darwin, Red Centre, Kakadu
    • BOP - Tauranga - Maunganui - Whakatane
    • Wellington - Wairarapa
    • Perth & Western Australia
    • Coromandel Peninsula - Great Barrier Island
    • Greater Adelaide and Barossa Valley
    • Hamilton & Raglan - Waikato
    • Brisbane
    • Broome
    • Gisborne - East Cape to Mahia
    • Tasmania - Hobart and Surrounds
    • Darwin
    • Hawkes Bay - Napier & Hastings
    • Taranaki - New Plymouth
    • Canberra
    • Manawatu - Whanganui to Masterton & Martinborough
    • Southland & Te Anau
    close

    Search

    Search for things near Oruanui

    Clear Show Results
    close

    Bookme Lists

    close

    Ask a Question