Latest 100 Hot Pool Reviews

The hot pool is lost, there is only a small pond that you can barely put your feet in. The GPS is accurate, after I find that big rock, I saw a small pond near by, which I have marked on the picture. There are lots of white fibers in the water, which I assume is the thermophile. The temperature is about 20 degree, which is just ‘warmer’ than the river water. Therefore I strongly suggest not to go. It took me 2.5 hours from the morrisons footbridge to the spot, about 6km. After walking down the bridge, there is a 15mins path in the wood, then you will spend most time on the river bank, with slippery rocks. There are no formal path but only orange triangle signs, so you know you are on the right track. At least twice would you need to cross the river with the water level reaching your knees. And at someplace where is very easy to get yourself hurt, you don’t want to break your legs at that place, so be careful.

Temperature was 20 degrees. Beautiful spot but I’ve heard the temperature fluctuates wildly and with sooo much rain this year it was only barely warmed. BUT -a beautiful place to get wet. Swimming under a waterfall at any temperature is great!

Temperature was 28 degrees and PH of 6.6. It has been exceptionally consistently rainy this year and this has probably contributed to the great swimability of the lake at this time. Swam 20 meters out to near the centre without any fluctuation in temperature. Highly recommended this season- June 2023.

This is a fantastic hot spring experience! The access is super easy- 10 stairs directly into the river. The water was very hot in some areas and just over warm in others. It should be called “Hot ‘n’ Warm”. On a Monday school holiday there was 12 other people amongst 6 pools, so not busy at all!! Most highly recommended- a ‘must do’ when in the Roturua area, and you can’t beat the price for family admission- FREE!

My parents owned it for many years. Sad it closed. Amazing place to grow up

Unfortunately the pools are no more! After visiting them and enjoying the unique experience and location several times on our last visit the track had become truly dangerous and the pools had been completely destroyed leaving only rubble on the rock base Unless someone has made the track safe again and rebuilt the pools then they are gone

Good pools if you plan to spend here at least half day. There are at least 12 small pools then 4 hydroslides which are big fun. Water is over 36 degrees in most of the pools. Modern facilities with excellent showers and toilets. Not good: the free storage for personal items is very small. There is at least one lifeguard watching each pool carefully to not let anyone put his head into the water. WHY YOU CAN GET EASILY EAR INFECTIONS OR MENINGITIS FROM WATER??? In the 2 days there was raining and my head got cold and I slide a bit more deeper with water just over my ears Next day I wake up with a pain in my ear. Now after 4 days is still painful even taking painkillers regularly. Parking is also an issue hard to find close by.

These pools sucked to be honest. I had just visited Hurunui and Mackenzie pools, and this one was a bit of a let down after. The pros: Good camping and pleasant spot right next to it, and remote. Big pools, could fit at least 10 people. The cons: It wasn’t very warm at all! It’s a layered heat, where the top is a great hot temp, and soon drops to cold about 10-15cm down. So you sit in it kind of awkardly thinking, it’s kind of nice, but not really. I even did it at night with candles for ambiance, but it wasn’t vibing as much as the Hurunui hot pool for me. It has a lot of gross algal leaves to strain out, and has a lot of gross sediment.

I just visited this one. It’s a pretty unique spot! It’s fairly technical access though, be warned! The pool is fairly small by default. Sometimes it has sediment, sometimes not. I didn’t have sediment on my trip. If it does have sediment, use the white bags under a rock above access to fill (to act as sandbags). Two sandbags here would greatly improve pool depth. The lower larger pool was part of the river when I went, so it was cold. The temp was perfect of the hot pool though. There were two vents of ~40C water, with a small vent of cooler water to keep it optimal. There’s an even hotter water vent nearby, but not in pool. Direction: On a topo50 map, you are aiming for just above the ‘o’ in Morgan. You follow the old trail via pink, orange and white markers, but, the route down to springs is unmarked. If you reach the M, you’ve gone one valley too far (the next valley from this is the large stream tributary marked on map) You kind if drop into a bushy creek and just follow it all the way down (literally), as the end of the creek is also the start when you have to scramble down to the pool. It’s not for the feint hearted, and you’ll likely need some kind of rope to wrap around the log jam for safety, as this part is super exposed. I used a throwrope with a caribeener. Also, it’s slippery!

I did a hot spring loop along with Mackenzie and Hot Spring Creek pools. This was the best by far. Great for candles at nighttime. Plenty of room for 2 maybe 3 people comfortably. It was about 38-39C for me, I needed to add a trickle from the side cooler stream.

I liked that it was hot, and you could see the venting gas in the rock in the pool itself. There was only one pool that I remember seeing, and only would fit one or two people. It’s in a bit of an awkward location to just hang around, which is one reason I voted it lower. It had a bit of algae in it, but not enough to worry me. It was generally, quite pleasant! You could camp at the forks below (Mackenzie biv side of stream). 3 minute walk to pools from there.

Beautiful spot, often go with a few friends, bottle of wine , no togs required.

I have not visited the Soda Spring since about 1960. My father bought one of Tam Pilbrow’s sections at Lake Rotoma in 1951 (on my 10th birthday), and we spent many happy years in the 1950s, back in the day when you could buy a section and build a bach without resource consents or building inspections. The bach did not need a bathroom, as we could all hop in the car, armed with soap and towel, and head for the soda spring. It was just a spring and a stream running into Lake Rotoehu in those days. You jumped in, and gradually worked your way towards the hot spring as you got accustomed to the temperature. We all had our first lessons in astronomy in the soda spring as we looked at the absolutely clear sky with no city light pollution. I will always look back with fondness for those wonderful days in the 1950s when things were so much simpler.

Much better this time around. Some great people have placed boulders to raise the level of it. I think 2 people could be accommodated in the upper pool by the looks of it.

good afordable price for anyboady( $5.00 adult $3.00) for children great place to relax

have stayed in motor camps, motels and hotels across New Zealand for many years now and the Te Aroha Holiday Park and Backpackers offers a fine facility. I stayed 4 nights in Apple Cottage – it was warm, comfortable and clean and very nicely decorated. The service was also warm and friendly – I will certainly return in the future.

My wife have been coming to the mineral pools off and on for sometime for a spa, last night we had a massage as well and it was awesome. Great staff and complex. Will be back for sure!

Wonderful place to go. I’ve been there many times with my wife or friend’s couple. I will definitely back.

unfortunatley the poor massages that are given lets these fantastic pools down. they are lovely and purely relaxing, but i would not reccommend an AIX massage. neither would others i have spoken to.

Not sure why this camping ground is in the hot pool.co.nz site, The small rock pool no bigger than a king size bed is heated manually, but is was ok to sit in and warm up, we arrived after dark there is no lighting around paths or drive was given the wrong key to get into the cottage when we got the right key we then had to find the switch board as there was no power, found it turned it on and we were set..wrong… it was cold and the heater took ages to heat up.. the staff were very helpful thou and i say thanks for that, the gym gear there for use should be dumped before some one gets hurt its all stuffed and don’t work…couple of other campers we spoke to while there said they couldn’t wait to leave, i will say we were gone early the next day Chances of us going back, not going to happen,