The island's natural springs are remote
Vancouver Island's best-known natural hot springs — like Hot Springs Cove near Tofino — sit at the end of a boat or seaplane journey. Beautiful, but hardly a Saturday afternoon.
Sooke, BC · Opening 2027
Looking for hot springs on Vancouver Island? Here's the honest answer.
The island's natural hot springs are spectacular — and hours away by boat. Vasto brings the same mineral-warm soak to Sooke, within easy reach of Victoria and Langford.
No natural hot springs near Victoria — but something better is coming.
People search for hot springs on Vancouver Island because they want what a hot spring gives you: deep warmth, quiet nature, and an unhurried afternoon that resets the whole week. Vasto was built to deliver exactly that — with the comfort, consistency and full thermal circuit that a wild spring can't.
Vasto's pools are precision-heated to 104°F
Two 20×12′ therapy pools hold the same enveloping warmth as a natural spring, with hydrotherapy jets and underwater massage stations — no boat required.
In Sooke, 45 minutes from Victoria
Set in a rare bamboo forest on the island's south coast, Vasto is an easy drive from Victoria, Langford, and the Westshore — close enough for an after-work soak.
A complete thermal cycle, not just a soak
Hot pools, a 57°F waterfall cold plunge, Aufguss sauna, aromatherapy steam and lounge decks — the full hot-cold-rest circuit that natural springs can't offer.
More than warm water
A natural spring gives you heat. Vasto gives you the whole cycle.
The restorative power of hot springs comes alive when heat is paired with cold and rest. At Vasto, a 104°F soak flows into a bracing waterfall plunge at 57°F, then a long rest on a cedar lounge deck in the bamboo forest — the same thermal cycle tradition behind Europe's great bath culture.
Opening 2027
The hot springs experience, without the boat ride.
One flat rate, all day, every amenity included. Reserve your visit and be among the first to soak in Sooke.