Two cedar barrel saunas beside a cold-plunge pond with snow-capped Cardrona mountains behind, at The Secret Sauna Cardrona

Waiorau Nordic Road, Cardrona 9382, New Zealand

NZ$55
Sauna
Cold Plunge

Availability

Hours

By reservation; shared and private sessions offered daily. Book online in advance.

Policies

Mixed

Swimsuit required

About

The Secret Sauna's Cardrona location is a wood-fired mountain sauna set high in the Cardrona Valley — about 45 minutes from Queenstown airport and 20 minutes from Wānaka. Custom-built cedar barrel saunas look out over the Southern Alps, paired with cold-plunge pools fed by a fresh mountain creek for an adventurous contrast-therapy experience amid the mountains. Book a shared session from NZ$55 per person for a 1.5-hour experience (in a 12-person sauna), or reserve a private sauna for your group: a 6-person sauna from NZ$300, a 10-person from NZ$400, or the 12-person XL sauna from NZ$500 (1.5-hour experiences; longer 2.5-hour options also available). Note the full experience runs roughly 30 minutes longer than your booked sauna time, allowing for arrival, settling in, and cooling off. Bring swimwear and a towel. Sessions run daily by reservation — book online in advance. Contact: [email protected].

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