Spa Thermal Park — Attraction in North Island

I love this Park! Been going there since I was 11yrs old so somewhere around 30+ years!!! Excellent for Kids too enjoy, loads of playgrounds for every age group! Has agility courses aswell an a flying fox! Massive playgrounds... Has skateboard/bike course which is heaps of fun.. Acres of beautiful land too excercise too your hearts content! Sports or events no worries here... Excercising dogs go for it there's so many different areas too enjoy... Go on one of the many bush n river walks... Beautiful scenery, lovely walks an views. Gorguss trees an tonnes of picnic areas too enjoy. Ample areas for every activity! There's also cycle trails too enjoy which go from spa park too huja falls an further into aratiatia damns 😜 wonderful swimming spots an the famous Hotspot Geothermal swimming hole very popular with the Locals an the Tourists. Tonnes of parking. Rest rooms are clean an tidy. Pretty sure there's alittle Coffee bus that goes there too 💗 if you have a large family of all ages this is where I recommend you go! Truly...

Walked from Spa Park to Huka falls with our 3 & 5 year olds - slowly & with breaks. The 3 year old is a good walker but didn't quite make it to the end. I was very nervous at the points where the path was basically a cliff on the one side with a very large drop into fast moving water: I wouldn't recommend taking young kids along this path to Huka due to this.

Starting from Spa Park (if you're only doing one way) there's a little more downhill than uphill (there's plenty of uphill and downhill in both directions). There was a bench at about a third of the way in at a lookout point, and then a good area for sitting off the path at about halfway.

My favorite part of the walk is in Spa Park itself and down to the hot pools (which you can kind of swim in but it doesn't look great for young kids).

The path sometimes is muddy but it wasn't too bad this time. There's about...

Really short walk to the thermal pool && pond. Thermal stream all the way along the walkway too. Beautiful lush thermal ferns. The owner/reception staff is very lovely and friendly. The room smells just like the rest home. I had to leave the windows open while out and sleep with cracked windows so as not to smell that odd rest home scent . The quality of the space is subpar. The bathroom looks rather D.I.Y. and the shower box wall has cracked paint at the bottom. The tiles look unclean not because it is, but because the feeling it exudes. The driveway is rough and has huge dents that could damage the wheels of the car.

The hotel building is far below usual hotel standard, it looks worn and like an unfurnished left-as-is old Barn, the exterior looks quite seemly. For that price , one could stay at a beautiful hotel / motel with a view and 4star quality, beautifully...