Gadek Hot Spring

The pools

The spring rises at about 56°C with a small flow of around 5.4 litres a minute. A December 2025 Google review describes the public area well: some pools are hot enough to steam, some are warm, and some are not heated at all, which suits children. The children's pool is shallow and filled with warm spring water. Hot Springs Guides says swimwear is required in the pool areas and outside food and drinks are not allowed there.

Reviews shown on the resort's own site are frank about the public pools. One says the main public pool is cloudy and shallow, better for children, while the private pools at the chalets are properly hot. Another, from late December 2025, found it quiet on a weekday.

Rooms, chalets and private pools

You can stay the night. Hot Springs Guides counts 20 hotel rooms and 8 chalets, each chalet with its own pool fed from the spring. Rates on the official site start at RM165 for a Single Room, RM170 for a Deluxe Room, RM240 for a 1-room chalet and RM360 for a 2-room family chalet. Check-in is 3pm and check-out 11am. Cancel room bookings at least 7 days ahead or you lose the payment.

If you only want a private soak, book the Private Pool (Pool With No Room). It costs RM150 on weekdays and RM180 on weekends and public holidays, and covers the pool only, 6pm–11pm, with no bed. The official site lists massage among its facilities, and Hot Springs Guides mentions steam and sauna rooms and a family spa. No prices are published for any of these.

History and the 2024 rebuild

The complex opened in 1987 under the Alor Gajah District Council, which ran it until the end of 1992 before handing it to the Melaka Corporation. The rebuild was funded under the 11th Malaysia Plan and finished on 25 October 2024. The resort says it started operating again on 16 December 2024, and the Chief Minister launched it in January 2025. The site covers 4.16 hectares, holds about 800 visitors at a time, and logged 11,772 visitors in its first month.

The resort's history page says locals first took notice of the pool when British officers and soldiers lived nearby.

Best time to go

Weekday mornings and afternoons are the quietest. One December 2025 reviewer mentions songs and fireworks at night. The resort rents six vendor lots on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and school holidays, in a morning session (8am–1pm) and an evening session (6pm–11pm); reviewers mention people selling food and drinks.

The public pools close every Monday for draining and cleaning. Only hotel guests can use the public pool on a Monday, once it has been refilled. September 2026 reviewers say Tuesday is the day to go for the cleanest water; by later in the week it turns slightly murky.

Other September 2026 reviews say outside food cannot be brought in, but there are food outlets on site, including a shop beside the surau, and a large inflatable for children. On weekends the children's pool area stays open until midnight. Rooms are often full, so book early if you want to stay; one chalet guest found the bathroom smelly. In October 2026 one weekday visitor thought it pricey for only two pools but liked that it was clean and uncrowded.