The hot springs certainly have to soak in mud baths! The "Hell's Gate" volcanic mud hot springs (Hell's Gate Geothermal Mud), is a unique geothermal mud bath in New Zealand, and no one will miss Rotorua's most famous mud baths. The local Maori people were well aware of the effects of geothermal mud and hot water early on, and found their healing effects when European migrants arrived. The sulfur tastes particularly strong!