Polynesian Spa Rotorua

Hinemoa St, Rotorua , North Island, New Zealand - Phone: 64 7 348-1328
  • Traveler Rating 4.00
    308 reviews 186 travel blogs 62 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Spa

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    5of 36 attractions in Rotorua

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  • 1

    Regn, regn, regnfulde Rotorua

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    Efter et sløjt nytår i Auckland (ikke på grund af de vilde udskejelser, men nærmere det modsatte) var det tid til igen at samle familien. Mette kom tilbage til Auckland efter et hurtigt besøg i Melbourne, og Troels og Birgit kom tilbage til nordøen efter at have kørt rundt på det meste af sydøen.

    Og når nu vi havde besøg af geologerne, s …

  • 2

    Our first wedding anniversary

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    Quite incredible to think that this time last year we were both getting ready for our wedding – although a bit complicated to try to think about that when the time difference is so big! We had a home-made breakfast at the motel in Whakatane, had a mad search for the room key to check out which was eventually found on the back seat of the car …

  • 3

    Stinky and boiling-volcanic and geothermical area

    10 photos


    This time I can also provide small video-clips! Unfortunately you cannot smell what's going on there...

    When I wake up I hear the rain already outside. When I open the curtain it is grey and very wet- but a good day for a visit to the underground. We leave early (8:30 p.m.) and Dominic books his tour at the information center. I walk …

  • 4

    ...And Winding Down

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    Yay, back in Rotorua so no one will notice that everything I own still smells like sulphur, especially after we'd all been to the Polynesian Spa.
    Start the day with a bungy, wind down in the evening sat in a vat of hot water interspersed with cold showers because 40 degrees can make you feel like you're being slowly boiled which isn't a good …

Related BlogsPolynesian Spa Rotorua

  • 1

    What is that smell?

    10 photos

    ... and hot springs and geysers. So it smells. Bad. But got used to it after about 30 minutes and it's alright now. Might go to the Polynesian Spa night where there are natural hot baths in the mineral water. Off to Taupo tomorrow early in the AM. ...

  • 2

    Smelliest Town on Earth.....

    ... or even showers. Everywhere was full. But we made do anyway as usual. There's a thermal spa here called The Polynesian Spa which we payed visit to. We got our own private smelly hot pool and had champagne while we cooked in it. Very luxurious. ...

  • 3

    More Volcanic Activity

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    ... with volcanic hotpools, hissing steam vents and plopping mud pools. We had a relaxing dip in the hot mineral pools of the Polynesian Spa, before heading back to our campsite for steamed fish cooked in the site's own "hangi" steam oven. The next day ...

  • 4

    Gates to Hell

    17 photos

    ... who had missed extinction. After all our reptile avoidance we were in need of pampering, and finished our day at the Polynesian Spa. This was a treat indeed. I soaked in private natural pools overlooking Lake Rotorua, before being treated to a delicious ...

  • 5

    New Zealand - Rotorua

    92 photos

    ... occasionally shooting up to a metre in the air (PICS)!     We dedicated our final full day in Rotorua to relaxation, at the Polynesian Spa. The spa has a number of different areas that visitors can use. The cheapest is the Family Spa (full ...

  • 6

    This Place Stinks!

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    ... other people were cooking alongside us and then cleaning up simultaneously. We decided to be decadent that evening and unwind at the Polynesian Spa just as the sun was setting. A mixture of alkaline and acidic hot mineral baths were carved into a stone ...

  • 7

    Activity Day

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    ... is making comments about my scruffy mcscrufferson beard action.  I shave for the first time in over a month and head to a Polynesian spa to relax after a tough day.  The sulfur pools smell horrible but feel so good and I enjoy the naturally ...

  • 8

    Welcome to the Smelly Lake District

    20 photos

    ... Zorbing smash! Despite my protests of needing a walk the rain meant Erica promised we would do it tomorrow. We therefore headed off to the Polynesian spa, out of 5 years it had been voted one of the world’s top 10 spa’s in 3 of those 5 years. ...

  • 9

    Hope your coffee is still warm

    ... beach, that's where we headed. Within 15 minutes of arriving in town, Marge and I were sitting in the splendour of the Polynesian Spa soaking in one of their 9 open air pools overlooking the lake ranging in temperature from a toasty 37deg to a liver ...

  • 10

    Where to now?

    ... While I was preparing my dinner I met these great German guys, Felix and Boris... so funny! After dinner we headed over the Polynesian Spa for some soaking and relaxing. It was nice, but the smell of sulfur which seems to permeate everything in this city ...