Really nice. After walking the St. James track we went to the resort and it was bliss. We had NO sandflies (winter, May) and we were the only people in the public pools. I prefer these natural pools to the crowded, commercial Hanmer and the snowy mountain view is just grand. The only tiny negative I had was the shower temperature in the Japanese bath-house; it was warm enough to comfortable shower but after the toasty hot pool I’d been in, I would have liked it hotter.
Okoroire Hot Springs Hotel
Lower pool with gravel base
Okoroire Hot Springs Hotel
Lower riverside pool
Okoroire Hot Springs Hotel
Top pool, formally enclosed prior to recent redevelopment.