Gadek Hot Spring
- Location
- Johor Darul Ta'zim, Malaysia
- Water type
- sulfurous
- Temperature
- 35 °C
- pH
- 6.5
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Rich in active gases or metals — a strong mineral character.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Gadek Hot Spring is a natural sulfurous thermal spring in the Alor Gajah District of Melaka state, peninsular Malaysia, where geothermal waters emerge in the agricultural and forest-edge landscape of the state's interior, developed into a recreational bathing facility popular with local Malay families and visitors seeking sulfur water therapy. The sulfurous mineral content of the Gadek springs, known for its skin-treating and antifungal properties in traditional Malay medicine, has supported a modest spa and wellness facility offering bathing pools and basic therapeutic treatments in a semi-rural setting. The location in Melaka state — home to one of Malaysia's most celebrated UNESCO World Heritage city centres with Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial layers — provides a rich historical backdrop for visitors combining thermal bathing with heritage tourism in this historically dense corner of peninsular Malaysia.