Wairakei Thermal Holiday Park

Wairakei Thermal Holiday Park sits at the heart of the Taupō Volcanic Zone on New Zealand's North Island, one of the most geothermically active regions on earth and a landscape of steaming vents, volcanic craters, and glowing mineral streams. Naturally heated bicarbonate and silica-rich waters are piped directly into outdoor thermal pools, offering guests a restorative soak amid steaming vents and rugged volcanic terrain shaped by millennia of eruption and geothermal activity. The park adjoins the famous Wairakei geothermal power station — a working demonstration of the region's immense underground energy — and ancient crystal-clear thermal streams threading through native tōtara forest. An affordable and authentically New Zealand experience of the country's volcanic thermal heritage.