Rotorua Thermal District
- Location
- Rotorua, New Zealand
- Water type
- carbonated, bicarbonate, sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 38 °C
- pH
- 6.5
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
The Rotorua Thermal District in the heart of New Zealand's North Island is one of the most geothermally active landscapes on Earth, built directly above the Taupo Volcanic Zone. The entire city steams with geysers, boiling mud pools, silica terraces and hot springs that erupt from the ground in backyards, parks and lakeshore — a living geological spectacle like nowhere else on the planet. Rotorua's thermal waters, which range from warm and mineral-rich to boiling and acidic, have been central to Māori culture for centuries, used for cooking, heating and healing within Te Arawa tribal traditions. Today the district offers world-class geothermal parks, luxury thermal spas and wild-swimming experiences in hot rivers and crater lakes, making it a truly unmissable thermal destination.