New Zealand Hot Pools Welcome Flat Hut

This is the special part of the Welcome Flat Hut. It's a free natural hot pool based on geothermal activity, which is amazing to take a bath in after a long hike.

Take a towel or microfiber towel with you. The steam of the pools will make the glass of the lens fogged up.

This is quite a long hike through forests, sometimes flooded sections and rivers. One way covers approx. 18km with 700m elevation. You need to reserve the hut in advance to get a spot. Better be early. Sometimes this area can be closed due to floods - check always with DOC about the conditions. The hot pools are free of charge. Take a mosquito net for your head with you!