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    Amethyst Hot Springs

    Tourist AttractionsWest Coast, West Coast New Zealand 🇳🇿

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    10 Reviews

    Anonymous
    Jan 21, 2026
    Positive

    Part at the power station and walk down the road. You will have to scale some rocks though a bit of a rain forest. We had to cross the river, it was lightly raining and we did it quite easily. The water is so hot in some spots. The sand flies were horrendous!! Take repellent.

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    Anonymous
    Oct 7, 2025
    Positive

    Park next to the power plant and follow the road down until you get to the second orange arrow follow the left track until you reach the river then scramble down the rocks and follow the river to where it meets the main river hot pools are on your left amazing hot pools but be careful of the flys and the water can be quite hot

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    Anonymous
    Apr 19, 2025
    Positive

    Avoid during heavy rain! If you see ANY waterfalls forming across the river, run and leave immediately. You cannot see how high or fast the main river forms from the hotspring. Had to swim the river, bush wack, etc. Great glow worms though. 10/10 don't recommend and almost died during a rainy day But! The hot springs were legendary. On a dry day, 100% recommend. But yes, friendly warning, if it's raining, don't go

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    Anonymous
    May 15, 2024
    Neutral

    Walk through the gates and past the first road left (so you continue up along the river). You will see a post to your left with an orange triangle on it and a road leading you away from the river. Take that small road all the way down (it is about a 10 minute walk). At the bottom of that road there will be a very small cliff you have to go down. From there, walk on the rocks down the river towards the big main river. The hot pool will be to the left where the rivers meet!

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    Anonymous
    May 9, 2024
    Positive

    Parked at the power plant, walked down road that was blocked off with rocks, walked down the riverside. Follow the road on the left with a orange rock into the bush. It has a wooden post wire fence. Walk Pass the first left turn road (with the orange triangle), it is the next one. Take that left and follow the road to a broken bridge. Trot across the rocks down to the springs mouth into the river. Hot pool is on the left. It was great! Even for a cold May Morning i Loved it!

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    Anonymous
    Feb 21, 2024
    Negative

    Not accurate anymore, found the stone and the pools but they were dry. One small remaining but we did not try to dig, the area was full of sandflies

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    Anonymous
    Dec 13, 2023
    Neutral

    This place would be a paradise if there wouldn’t be so many sandflies! We were not able to take off our clothes because we got attacked by sandflies. Maybe it’s better on a sunny day. The water is really hot and the pools are fantastic though! It took us 20 minutes until we reached the pools.

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    Anonymous
    Dec 12, 2023
    Positive

    Nous avons trouvé les sources après 45 minutes, le temps de comprendre toutes les indications sur ce jeu de piste. Nous sommes passés par la forêt en suivant les indications sur les pierres. Il faudra à un moment retirer les chaussures pour traverser la rivière :). Petit signe qui annonce l’approche des sources : des traces jaunes dans l’eau (souffre / fer). Il n’y a pas de matériel, pelle ou autre mais les anciens voyageurs ont déjà creusé des emplacements encerclés de pierres. Superbe expériences en dehors des sentiers battus avec une vue incroyable. Prenez bien votre spray sandfly car une fois en maillot, elles se jettent sur vous.

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    Anonymous
    Dec 6, 2023
    Positive

    Great little spot for a soak and relax! Sandflies weren't a problem for me once in the pool, even if exposed. There were 3 main pools feeding into one another when I was here. The main pool is like 50-60C! The next one was too hot as well, but the one near water is customisable for temp if you play with rocks. The comment below misses the main entry point of the track, which is AFTER crossing the stream. You can go down it, but the track is literally just after the stream to the right. You'll see a flat rock with writing on it in the grass.

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    Anonymous
    Nov 9, 2023
    Neutral

    Do not attempt if it is raining or has been raining. We got to the river by following the rock signs but you have to cross, the water rises and goes very quick with the rain so we decided to turn around. We meet a couple on the way down that said they left the hot springs when it started to rain and they had to cross with the water up to their waist already and the rocks were slippery. Park at the power plant and walk through the gate, walk for about 10min then you will see an orange arrow that points to the left, follow that trail which goes to the trees,( there is a rock on the ground pointing that way for the springs as well but it’s easy to miss). Follow the trail all the way down you will end up at the river which you must cross, there is a big rock with instructions near the trees/river.

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