I’m not really a spa guy but I got to say between the massage and mud baths and the soaking in the thermal pools it’s appealing. 

 I’m in Rotorua a city sitting on top of huge geothermal activity. Place smells like sulphur and everywhere there are bubbling vents.

 The Airbnb I stayed had a pool and hot tub both getting their water directly from underground. The pool temp was 90• and the spa was literally boiling ..you had to add cold water for 20 minutes to sit in it. 

 I took the skylift to the top of a local mountain to get a look at the whole valley. It’s essentially a caldera that erupted centuries ago and formed the lake but volcanic activity is still everywhere. In 1890 a nearby volcano erupted killing hundreds and creating two new lakes nearby.

 Rotorua is also the center of Maori culture ..more on that later 

 Lots of Beautiful gardens with steam and Victorian buildings. It once aspired to be the spa town of the British Empire but wars and distances made that impossible. 

It’s off season and still a bit brisk for spring but I enjoyed sitting in the pools and hot tub Enjoy the pics