Lake Terawera hot beach

We stayed at a hobby farm motel in Rotorua which the kids loved - lots of animals to interact with just outside the city and not too smelly.  While we were there we spoke to our host about the best places to go to have a natural hot spring dip - which was the best thing we did the whole holiday.  


We travelled about 30mins out of Rotorua to Lake Terawera and hired a water taxi to the other side of the lake to the National Park and experienced the 'hot beach'.  The beach was soo hot we didn't stay (if your toes went in too deep into the sand they got burnt and the water was too hot also).  Our driver then took us further around to a walking track that lead to a gorgeous hot water spring which the locals had made into an outdoor spa with a timber jetty - heaven!

Kid friendly motor lodge

The shores of Lake Terawera

Hot beach

Walking track to the bush spa

Ahh

Having fun jumping off the rocks into the freezing water