Hells Gate Geothermal Park and Mud Spa feature boiling hot pools and erupting waters with temperatures in excess of 100 degrees Celsius, steaming fumaroles, hot water lakes, sulphur crystals and deposits, New Zealand's largest active mud volcano, the southern hemisphere's largest hot waterfall and even examples of land coral. See, feel and understand the awe of Irish Playwright, George Bernard Shaw as he gazed upon the land and gave it the English name "Hellsgate" as he believed he had arrived at the gates to Hell. A primaeval setting displaying the awesome raw power of the earth and its geothermal nature.