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The pools are incredible. The 1st one in my opinion is the nicest. It has lots of space to sit on the rocks and enjoy the area. The second pool, further up, is better protected from the wind, however there is very little area to sit, and it is on soil, not rocks. The third pool is a significant walk from the second and you need to be confident to climb rocks. Very easy scrambling, not for everybody though.
Baboon Warning* While we were there, two people had their bag stollen by baboons. Both were being careful. We had food snatched out of our hands by baboons, again, we were aware of the baboons and were being careful. In the way there a big make baboon blocked our path. Not sure why, however we had to wait for him to move on. At no stage did I feel that we were in danger. At the same time we did have to be careful. A suggestion is not to go up to the pools to picnic. Also, even if you don’t have food in your bag, don’t put keys and phones in your bag. Both people who we saw with their bags stollen had to get the bags back as they had car keys in them. It adds a...
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The pools are beautiful but the management of this trail is dismal.
I'm an experienced hiker, had GPS and high res maps on my phone of trail and still got hopelessly lost multiple times. What should have taken an hour and a half round trip took two and a half.
Very frustrating as all the trail needs is new markers which are inexpensive. If you're on the trail its totally fine but very easy to come off the trail.
Paid for permits are in place for "conservation", but with the trail as is this is a fallacy as dozens of false trails where others have got lost resulting in ecological degradation. It would be very easy to get lost and seriously injured on one of the steep trails to pools.
I would recommend just trying to get to the first pool as anything beyond is way more...
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Amazing experience. There are limited slots everyday only in season and it gets booked out fast. The walk to the last pool is not challenging but a few sections require a bit of scrambling. There are many more pools which can be explored. It is possible to swim but some pools are very deep so be careful. The trail markers are few and far apart so there are chances of getting lost. Also heard of Baboon issues but luckily I didn't face any. It is recommended not to take food and eat it openly due to this. Also don't leave bags unattended, baboons might steal it. Carry enough water with salts as it can get very hot. There is ample parking opposite the gate. Gate...
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