Thermal Pools Tofua Tonga

Tofua, a remote volcanic island in the Ha'apai island group of the Kingdom of Tonga, is historically famous as the site where Fletcher Christian and the Bounty mutineers landed in 1789, and where the only fatalities of the mutiny occurred before Captain Bligh's loyal crew embarked on their legendary open-boat voyage to Timor, an extraordinary feat of Pacific navigation. The Thermal Pools of Tofua draw on sulfurous geothermal waters from the active caldera lake of the island's central volcano, whose fumaroles and hot spring vents create a dramatic volcanic thermal experience accessible only to the handful of adventurous visitors who reach this remote and rarely inhabited Tongan island. The active caldera lake, the hardened lava flows of Tofua's recent eruptive history, and the extraordinary isolation of this volcanic island in the Ha'apai lagoon create one of the Pacific's most adventurous and historically charged natural thermal spa destinations.