Wood-fired saunas run a different shape of löyly to their electric counterparts. Softer at the top of the room, heavier when water hits the stones, with the smell of burning wood as part of the session. The format dominates the new outdoor wave, from UK and Irish coastal barrels to the Finnish-American belt around Lake Superior.
In New Zealand, 16 of the curated saunas fit this cut. See the full New Zealand country guide for every venue, or keep scrolling for just the wood-fired saunas.
Every wood-fired sauna in New Zealand
ekosauna
$$Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Journey Mobile Saunas
$Ngunguru, New Zealand
Ocean Ember Sauna
$$Christchurch, New Zealand
Sauna Collective Orewa
$$Orewa, New Zealand
Saunas West Coast
$Greymouth, New Zealand
ShareHeat Sauna
$$Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Sonder Sauna
$$Auckland, New Zealand
The Sauna Project Coromandel Coast
$$Tairua, New Zealand
The Sauna Project Kaikoura
$$Kaikōura, New Zealand
The Sauna Project Tairawhiti
$Gisborne, New Zealand
The Sauna Project Wairarapa
$Mount Holdsworth, New Zealand
The Sauna Wānaka
$$Wānaka, New Zealand
The Secret Sauna Cardrona
$$$Cardrona, New Zealand
The Secret Sauna Lake Hāwea
$$Lake Hāwea, New Zealand
Wellspace Sauna
$$Queenstown, New Zealand
Woodside Sauna
$$Greytown, New Zealand