Reviews of Orakei Korako

We've added a number of reviews from our customers for you here which highlight various aspects of the park. If you're trying to decide which geothermal parks you want to visit, read through a few of these or visit our TripAdvisor and Google+ pages.

What a hidden treasure, a MUST to visit, if you like geothermal areas! The best!

Monday, 2 July 2018

I had seen a lot of thermal area in Hawaii, in Iceland, in China, in Yellowstone... and all over New Zealand, but I would say this was right on the top !! A privately owned place but its a beauty. Its a bit off the regular track, kind of hard to find but when you arrived, you would not regret! It was like a paradise out of the world. The welcome center was a nice cute ope, airy, modern building. Theres a gift shop and cafe. You could sit, enjoy a coffee and view the lake and the surrounding formation. What a retreat!

You need to ride on this open glass covered ferry boat across the lake to visit the thermal area. Even though the ride was short, I really enjoyed it on a warm sunny day with blue sky and glittering water. Also there was no set schedule for the ferry, it just shuttled people back and forth. There was not a crowd either at this place and everything was at a slower pace. The path was well marked with signs and even benches for you to rest and enjoy the spectacular nature. This is an artist paradise with so many different colors palette and the colors were so intense and fascinating. No-one can mix those colors except our creator. This place is so beautiful, I spent hours and hours, enjoying, breathing in every bit of beauty and taking tons of photographs. May be after this review, this place will attract more visitors, enjoy before it got ruined.

itcheetam, TripAdvisor

Stunning!!

Thursday, 15 February 2018

A friend recommended we visit this Park and we are glad we did. Stunning setting by a river. To get to the thermal pools, you had to cross the river by boat from the Visitors Centre. The walk around the park was very well signposted and the boardwalk was very safe with lots of steps. To walk around took us an hour before returning to the Visitors Centre for excellent tea and cake.

7oakslady, Trip Advisor

Must do - truly amazing place

Monday, 29 January 2018

Absolutely wowed by this place. Fantastic colours, pools and thermal activity. Best place we've been to in a 5 week tour of NZ.

GraceJ99, Trip Advisor

Uncrowded Beauty

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

After the chaos of Roturua, bus crowds and yelling guides herding hapless tourists around gift shops, this quiet corner is wonderful. Easy to find if you ignore your GPS and actually follow the road signs (regardless of what some negative reviewers say). The short boat ride across the lake from the visitor centre to the thermal field adds to the sense of leaving the world behind. It has all the things you would expect to find in a thermal field. Unlike some places, there are no geysers 'on tap', artificially turned on at regular intervals, so you may not get an eruption. That's nature. The walking tracks are lovely. Enjoy a snack afterwards on the shaded lakeside deck. Love the toilet signs - 'Guysers' and 'Galsers'.

Andrew P, Trip Advisor

A hidden treasure

Saturday, 7 October 2017

This geothermal park has been kept as close as possible to nature, with only a well organised wooden walkway taking visitors through the native bush to the many natural treasures including terraces and geysers, and a rare geothermal cave hidden across a lake. There was so much to take in that I wasn't troubled by the 500+ steps (moderately fit 81 y.o) which were well spaced. The whole family voted it the top natural site after Huka Falls we visited in the Rotorua area.

Mary Jann T, Trip Advisor

Pages