A body of naturally hot water, typically formed by a thermal spring.
the hot pools in the middle of the bush are a favourite winter spot
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At the northern edge of the park you can view an area of geothermal action with hot pools, boiling mud and clouds of steam.
There's sulphur in the air and, on top of a rock buttress that rises almost sheer from the Hurunui River, I'm bathing naked in a wild hot pool.
And who could believe that soaking in the natural spring hot pools is free too.
The hot pools attract a lot of trampers so there is a large hut there.
It is not known which of the hot pools the boy fell into.
The one activity that everyone enjoyed was swimming/soaking, so a daily pilgrimage to a hot pool was made.
Spent the day at the hot pools today.
They were talking about painter and poet who drowned in a hot pool in Rotorua.
The controlled operation will help protect campers and holidaymakers from loose rocks falling towards the Mount Maunganui hot pools and motor camp this summer.
But after an afternoon on the slopes sitting, naked, in an outdoor hot pool under a clear night sky with snow all around is pretty perfect.