🏨 Hells Gate Excite Experience & Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland Experience Activity

Hells Gate Excite Experience & Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland Experience

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From $422.79

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 13 hours

Departs: Auckland, Auckland

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Experience a land where myth and legend come to life, where the earth boils, mud heals, and steam disappears into the clouds above. More than just a place of myth and legend, this land has the power to heal and excite anyone who meets it, just as it’s done for centuries. Come and discover New Zealand’s most unique geothermal experience. Your body and soul will feel revitalised after this soothing experience.

What's Included

A local English-speaking tour escort throughout the tour

Admire the Primrose Terraces, a set of glistening steps

Admission to Hell's Gate Excite Experience including geothermal walk & Māori carving

Admission to Lady Knox Geyser

Admission to self-guided experience at Wai-o–Tapu thermal wonderland

Bathe in world-famous mud baths, soak in the sulphur spas & cool plunge pool

Carry on past the Champagne Pool, a bubbling hot spring famed for its brilliant orange rim

Complimentary pick up and drop off from Auckland CBD

Complimentary refreshments and water on board

Experience the magical qualities of the nutrient rich mud pool at Hell’s Gate

Explore the amazing Wai-o-Tapu Thermal Wonderland geothermal walk

Explore the incredible Lady Knox geyser eruption with heights of 10 to 20 metres

Find a spot with the perfect mix of hot and cold temperatures for you

Fully guided return transfers from Auckland

Luxurious temperature controlled transportation in a minibus

Relax and rejuvenate yourself in the sulphur spa and cool plunge pool

Walk through the surreal lunar-like environment to witness the volcanic wonders

Witness the frightening display of geothermal chemistry, the Devil’s Bath

What's Not Included

Access to Wi-Fi on board for a small surcharge

Breakfast

Dinner

Lunch

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 2
CHILD: Age: 3 - 11
ADULT: Age: 12 - 99

Additional Info

Both children and adults need to be comfortable with the heat, and Hell’s Gate recommends taking regular breaks to ensure overheating does not occur
COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Guides required to regularly wash hands
If the guest has had or is suffering from any of the following medical conditions, we strongly advise that they seek advice from their doctor prior to using the geothermal pools.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Lengthy immersion in the hot pools may cause dehydration and fainting. Please remain hydrated at all time by drinking the water available in the spa facilities and inform staff immediately if any discomfort is felt. When exiting the pool, take care and us
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Please remove all jewellery before entering the pools as Hell’s Gate accepts no responsibility for tarnished jewellery.
Public transportation options are available nearby
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Both children and adults need to be comfortable with the heat, and Hell’s Gate recommends taking regular breaks to ensure overheating does not occur
COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Guides required to regularly wash hands
If the guest has had or is suffering from any of the following medical conditions, we strongly advise that they seek advice from their doctor prior to using the geothermal pools.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Lengthy immersion in the hot pools may cause dehydration and fainting. Please remain hydrated at all time by drinking the water available in the spa facilities and inform staff immediately if any discomfort is felt. When exiting the pool, take care and us
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Please remove all jewellery before entering the pools as Hell’s Gate accepts no responsibility for tarnished jewellery.
Public transportation options are available nearby
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland

Experience a land where myth and legend come to life, where the earth boils, mud heals, and steam disappears into the clouds above. An area in which the landscape has been sculptured by geothermal activity and where unique volcanic features can be viewed from well-defined tracks. More than just a place of myth and legend, this land has the power to heal and excite anyone who meets it, just as it’s done for centuries. Come and discover New Zealand’s most unique geothermal experience. Experience this land like our ancestors have done for centuries. Discover its beauty, its healing properties and its awe-inspiring power.

Thermal Wonderland is a series of brightly coloured geothermal pools, stinky sulphur mud baths and explosive geysers, directly in the middle of this volcanic zone. Our first destination is Wai-O-Tapu - Thousands of Years in the Making... "One of the 20 Most Surreal Places in the World"

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Hell's Gate Geothermal Reserve & Mud Spa

Come along and you’ll soon discover why Hell’s Gate is New Zealand’s most unique and active geothermal reserve and mud spa.

Enjoy this thermal wonder land with our interactive guided or self-guided tour before relaxing in the geothermal mud and sulphur waters. Get down and dirty in a mud bath or unwind in a Sulphur spa overlooking a spectacular geothermal landscape, before cooling off in a beautiful spring-fed waterfall and plunge pool. Featuring hot-water lakes, New Zealand’s largest mud volcano and the largest hot water waterfall in the Southern Hemisphere, the Hells Gate Valley is the place to be for an indulgent experience that is almost sinful. With the only geothermal mud baths in New Zealand, the Hell’s Gate Spa is a highly therapeutic experience. You can slather yourself in the warm geothermal mud before jumping in the sulphur pool – with minerals that help to clear and detoxify.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

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