Blue Heart Springs. This once secret oasis along the Snake River has exploded in
popularity thanks in part to drone technology. Aerial views of Blue Heart
began popping up all over social media of this cool, deep blue oasis, tucked away
in Southern Idaho. But these aerial images also lie a little bit. Looking at
a photo of Blue Heart may have you thinking this pool is only accessible to
the most seasoned Idaho explorer. In reality this is one of the easier day
trips in all of South Idaho. Much easier than the paddle to Shoshone Falls. And if
you haven't seen our video on paddling to Shoshone and want to check it out
I'll leave a link to it in the description below. Blue Heart Springs is
located on a portion of the Snake River that runs along Idaho's Highway 30 part
of Thousand Springs Scenic Byway. Along this highway find Banbury Hot Springs
between Hagerman and Buhl. It's super easy to find, signs everywhere, you can't
miss it. If you're looking to stay the night and make a weekend getaway out of
this trip there are campsites at Banbury as well as at its sister site across the
road Miracle Hot Springs. Miracle also has yurts for rent if you don't mind
sleeping next to an alligator. Banbury Hot Springs is where you start your
journey to Blue Heart and if you need them you can rent S.U.P. boards and kayaks at
Banbury. Visit their website for pricing, link in the description below. If you
have your own stuff and just need the dock it's $5 for parking and day use. Also
something to be aware of is that Banbury isn't open on Sundays to rent gear but
the camp host is still available to collect your parking fee if you want to
use the dock for the day. And now that we have all of that out of the way we can
finally start our journey, to Blue Heart Springs.
Alright, so we're starting our long journey down to Blue Heart Springs. It's a hot day so
we bring plenty of water and some backup sunblock and I got a little snack in my
box here. they say that the best chance of rolling your kayak is while you get
into it. Sweet, I'd like to see that.
Oh, man we've got extreme athleticism going on here folks. Let me show you the
proper way to get into a kayak. Okay I'm afraid to get up actually. Center of gravity
needs to stay low so you're gonna place your bottom on the kayak itself first. You
stay in the center and you just slide your feet up over like this see. And
that's the way you do it. From Banbury, Blue Heart will be on your
right hand side one and a half miles up a calm, relaxing section of the Snake
River where you'll be able to see waterfalls and wildlife. There's two
dragonflies *bleep* on my kayak. That's it's a real National Geographic show here.
So we made it to Blue Heart Springs right along the Snake River. Why is it called
Blue Heart Springs you ask? Well, because of its shape, it's shaped like a heart. And
because the water is blue as you can see. We're not exactly sure why the water is
blue, but we do know it doesn't mix with the river. That allows it to stay nice
and calm, nice and still, and also stays at a great temperature. A nice crisp
temperature of 58 degrees. So on a hot day like today it's a great place to
swim, you can scuba dive, you can fish. It's also fed by these really cool
underwater sand geysers that you can swim around and check out. But yep,
Blue Heart Springs. That was more of a belly flop than a dive. Well, that's my thing.
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