Kuala Kubu Bharu Hot Spring

The pool

One concrete-lined pool, with a separate walled section where the spring water comes up. A UiTM study published in 2013 measured the water at 40.0°C, which puts it in the "thermal" band rather than hyperthermal, cooler than Selayang or Hulu Yam. Malaysia Traveller describes it as hot but bearable. Google reviewers in 2026 mostly call the pool small, and one in July 2026 found the water less hot than expected.

The same study recorded pH 7.3 and the lowest dissolved solids of the Selangor springs it tested: 225 mg/L, with about 45 mg/L sodium, 24 mg/L potassium, 10 mg/L sulphur, 13 mg/L chloride and almost no sulphate. It is suitable for bathing, not drinking.

Facilities

The Hulu Selangor council built two gazebos and a small toilet block and put up direction signs. When Malaysia Traveller visited (undated), the toilet block had no toilets fitted. In May 2024 residents told Free Malaysia Today the pool needed better maintenance and asked for public toilets, and the July 2026 SAYS listing mentions only changing stalls and a gazebo. Assume there is no working toilet.

Google reviews from June to October 2026 describe the pool as clean and quiet, and credit the Taman Arif residents, the council and volunteers with keeping it that way. On toilets they disagree: in July and August 2026 two reviewers found only changing rooms, while another found a toilet with no light at night. Two said there is no tap to rinse off. After dark the lights are on motion sensors, so the area stays dim.

There is a small free car park. No source mentions food stalls or shops at the pool.

History and neighbours

Malaysia Traveller says the spring was found only about ten years before its visit and that residents kept quiet about it. The pool sits between houses, so keep noise down at night.

A 1997 national survey listed a 45°C spring at the Pusat Latihan Polis (police training centre) in Kuala Kubu Bharu. We could not confirm whether that is this spring, so we use only the 2013 reading here.