Small but pleasant pool situated halfway down a mountainside overlooking the Mohaka River. Water is drawn from the hot stream via a pvc pipe so you can adjust the temprature by filling fresh hot water into the tub. Makes a nice day trip/picnic. [Mike, NZ]
Mangatutu Hot Springs
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Directions
From Napier drive to the Kaweka State Forest. You will pass through Patoka and Puketitiri and then onto metal road. Keep going until you think you’re lost. There is actually a sign at that time! Once you’ve forded a couple of small rivers you’ll come to a car park/bbq area. Park there and follow a track down the cliff towards the Mohaka river until you find the pool. [Mike, NZ]
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Bather Reviews
Beautiful spot, often go with a few friends, bottle of wine , no togs required.
Jules -
Napier
/10
When here, and what an awesome place, couple of people were there, no swim suits required, I’m pretty conservative, however decided to strip off also. Just glad I had just got a Brazilian week before lol
Julie Thompson -
Auckland
/10
Great place, no swimsuit needed as many people swimming nude, so we did the same
Ann van Engelen -
Holland
/10
A long, but pleasant drive into the bush clad hills. The road is very twisty and narrow but sealed for most of the way, the last 23k’s are unsealed, starting off quite wide but narrowing as you get deeper into the bush. Once the road narrows, drive slowly and carefully, there are idiots who drive way too fast and head…
Ian -
Hastings
/10
Just beautiful, I’m not sure what is wrong with children seeing naked bodies though, we all came that way? Surely hiding something only makes a child feel that there is something to be ashamed of?
Liz -
napier
/10
I am posting this review to get a nice new one up on the top of the list, the previous post is of people that cant appreciate the place for what it is. They would rather post negative reviews lime that have nothing better to do with there lives. So what! there were nudists there when you went. Big deal!…
Darin reid -
Whangarei / Hawkes bay
/10
If this is a clothing optional area please make this very clear on the website as its gutting to get up there to find the place overrun with 30 nudists.And we had 3 little kids with us!!
Lyn -
Hastings
/10
19/5/13. Wife and I went to pools. people already there. Both had cars and it was raining. No problem crossing concrete ford in river. Has red post to tell you it is too high to cross, and the river level nowhere near it. Nice clean pools, great temp, about 38.5 degrees. Would have stayed longer, but clothes getting too wet.
Wayne -
NZ
/10
am planning my next trip back here already – overnight stay from puketapu it took just over an hour to drive out to the hot springs car park – a 200m walk gets u to the hot springs if you’re worrying about not having a 4×4, don’t. I managed to get up there no troubles in my 3 series –…
Matt -
NZ
/10
very lovely and nice place for relaxing and chill out. I stayed overnite and this one of the best moment of my life.
rajiv -
india
/10