Our family have been coming to these pools since my dad was a boy. I believe my Grandfather was involved in building in the concrete enclosures around the pools. The pools differ in temperature from mild to hot hot hot – there is a hot spout for bad backs in one. A visit on a clear night is very special, you can gaze up at the most star strewn sky you have ever seen and if you are patient watch satellites go past. Manupirua is simply magic.