Luxury Day Spa
Polynesian Spa
Maori revere the health benefits of the natural spas in Rotorua
which emanate from one alkaline spring and one acidic.
The Polynesian Spa has expanded the services it offers over recent
years to make it a world-class health spa. Its treatments include
the Aix massage (pronounced 'aches') which features a soak in the
beautiful and progressively warmer alkaline pools, and water therapy
massage given with warm coconut oil under a Vichy shower.
Enjoy tranquil bathing and lake views in four shallow alkaline rock
pools, each with different temperatures (36˚C to 42˚C). Here you
are surrounded by revitalizing native New Zealand flora, natural
rocks, the sound of two waterfalls and a grotto. The pools are filled
with soothing alkaline mineral water leaving your skin soft and
supple.
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The spa treatment
Hot Tub Dining
According to the experts, potato chips are the worst food you can
eat in the hot tub. If you drop one, it will make a gummy, gluey,
disgusting mess. Popcorn, on the other hand, floats.
Am I Soup, Yet?
People on average sit in spas for 20 minutes. Much longer than this
and the body begins to feel feverish. A study of women ages 18 to 38
published in the Canadian Journal of Medicine found that the core
body temperature reaches 38°C after soaking for 40 minutes.
A Feline Favorite
An arthritic Bengal tiger at the Phoenix Zoo has a spa of its own to
soak in, thanks to local dealer Hot Spring Spa of Prescott. The model
of the spa? A Bengal. The brand? Tiger River.
Tiny Bubbles
The average spa jet emits about 789,607 bubbles each second. That
means if you spend 20 minutes in a spa that has 10 jets you'll receive
the relaxing benefits of - get this - 9.5 billion bubbles.
A Dog's Life
Women like spas and men like spas. It turns out that even man's best
friend likes spas. At least that's the case with Justice, a police dog in
Passaic County, N.J. When the Belgian Malinois came down with
a crippling hip condition, his two-legged partner in crime fighting
went out and bought him a portable spa.
Source: spadoctors.com
Open daily 8am – 11pm
1000 Hinemoa Street, Rotorua
www.polynesianspa.co.nz
