Natural hot springs

Below the viewing platform for Trafagar Falls runs a creek of steaming hot spring water. There are several natural pools, where you can dip in and enjoy a hot spa in the most perfect jungle setting you can imagine.
These hot springs are also mentioned under the Trafalgar Falls, but since they are so darn perfect, they get their own entry.

The fishing village of Soufrière has a wonderful colourful church standing next to the beach. There the water is slightly warmer than elsewhere, as volcanic steam bubbles through the sand and creates a natural spa. A pool have been made and there is small snack shack for the mostly local visitors.

This warm water lake is actually an extinct volcano crater with slightly radioactive water. The water temperature can reach 38 degrees in summer and never drops below 22 degrees during winter. The thermal lake is apparently the largest "biologically active, natural thermal lake in the world" and has been a private health spa since 1795. The depth is from 2m to 30m, so people float around in inner tubes among the water lilies. Though it's a very popular spa - particularly for elders - and has been going through several upgrades (like chip wristbands), it still has this traditional Eastern bloc spa feel about it.

Iceland has a plethora of geothermal pools, but Blue Lagoon is not quite like any of the others. This is both good and bad – there is far more to do here than at most other pools in Iceland, but it is also much busier and more crowded. However, Blue Lagoon easily lives up to its hype. Not always blue (this requires a blue sky, so expect milky white water on an overcast day), Blue Lagoon boasts a large network of pools at varying temperatures (find yourself a hot-water outlet to get some serious heat), excellent saunas, in-water massage treatments (incredibly relaxing), out-of-water beauty treatments and a good restaurant – try the sushi. While in the water, enjoy a complimentary silica face-and-body scrub, have a drink by the bar, or pick up a rejuvenating algae masque. Renting a robe is highly recommended, as the air gets pretty chilly in Iceland even in summer. For a novel experience, make use of the late opening hours (to midnight) during summer.

The Mývatn Nature Baths are sometimes called the Blue Lagoon of the north, but this is hardly a fair comparison. Mývatn has less to offer in terms of extras (beauty treatments and the like), but on the other hand you will not need to cue up for an hour just to get inside. Much of its appeal is about location: a backdrop of steaming vents, black lava formations, Lake Mývatn and surrounding mountains make for a very dramatic setting. There are steam rooms, ample space in the pools as well as a restaurant, and these baths make for a perfect end to a day of running around belching mud pools and gushing steam vents – the baths are open late every day of the year. Whatever you do, don’t forget to wash vigorously and fastidiously before entering the water.

Coming from Sugar Beach and going back to the main road you pass the Spring Waterfalls. It's a hot spring with a couple of concrete pools with different temperatures and a little waterfall with hot spring water. It can get pretty crowded in the pools, if you arrive at the same time as one of the cruise ship buses.

If you expect a beautiful setting with a natural rock pool, this hot spring might not be for you. Garam Chashma is a strange health spa for locals, particularly for those with skin problems. Men and women each have their open air pool separated by a natural “mud wall”. Warm spring water splashes into the pools where people sit naked and soak. Some rub mud all over their body and then dry in the sun, not something you necessary find appealing after many days on the dusty road.