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The Lost Spring

Whitianga, Waikato

Adults-only geothermal pools and a lagoon-side restaurant in Whitianga.

Price
From about NZ$75 for a 2 hour pool pass
Booking
Best to book
Time to allow
3 hours

Warm mineral water, up to about 41 degrees, comes from a bore and runs through landscaped pools. It suits a wet-day soak or an evening out, and it's a gentler option than digging your own at Hot Water Beach. Pool passes are sold in two-hour slots and it is adults only.

Good to know

  • Book online, weekends and evenings fill
  • Open Thursday to Sunday at last check, so plan the day around it
  • Pool pass was NZ$75 for two hours at last check
Best time
Evening, or any wet day
Open
All year
Getting there
Sealed road in town, own car park
Vehicles
Campervans fine

Facilities

  • Showers
  • Toilets

Data: Roadtrip. Things change: check opening times, prices and rules before you go.

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