• These big bunkrooms aren't so great when there are snorers in the middle. | Awaroa Hut, Coastal Track, Abel Tasman National Park
  • It's more attractive when the tide is high in the estuary but you are not able to cross then. | Awaroa Hut, Coastal Track, Abel Tasman National Park
  • Plenty of wood to be seen in these 1980s Lockwood style huts. | Awaroa Hut, Coastal Track, Abel Tasman National Park
  • The orange blobs show where to head from the other side of the estuary. | Awaroa Hut, Coastal Track, Abel Tasman National Park
  • Attractive setting for the Awaroa Hut just adjacent to the estuary. | Awaroa Hut, Coastal Track, Abel Tasman National Park

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Awaroa Hut | Abel Tasman Coastal Track

Awaroa Hut was built by the Abel Tasman National Park Board in 1973 as one of three Coastal Track huts. The other two at Anchorage and Bark Bay have since been replaced.

It is parked on the edge of the Awaroa estuary, so it’s handy while waiting for the tide to recede, that’s if you’re on the hut side.

If not, you can at least look at it and dream you are there.

Check the tide timetables before you book. You can only cross Awaroa Inlet in daylight, and within 1 hour 30 minutes before and 2 hours after low tide. Once the tide starts coming in, it is a rush. Deeper channels run midway across, so you can’t get through outside those times. No, you can’t.

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category . . . Great Walk hut

hut fee . . . from 1 July 2026

New Zealand residents | Summer | 1 October to 30 April
Adult (18+ years): $55.00 per night
Child/Youth (5-17 years): $28.00 per night
Infant (0-4 years): free

International | Summer | 1 October to 30 April
Adult (18+ years): $84.00 per night
Child/Youth (5-17 years): $42.00 per night
Infant (0-4 years): free

New Zealand residents & International | Winter | 1 July to 31 August
Adult (18+ years): $33.00 per night
NZ Child/Youth (5-17 years): $17.00 per night
NZ Infant (0-4 years): free
International Child/Youth/Infant (0-17 years): $17.00 per night

New Zealand residents & International | Shoulder | 1 May to 30 June, 1-30 September
Adult (18+ years): $42.00 per night
NZ Child/Youth (5-17 years): $21.00 per night
NZ Infant (0-4 years): free
International Child/Youth/Infant (0-17 years): $21.00 per night

Backcountry Hut Passes and hut tickets are not valid at this hut.

booking . . . required all year for all trampers, including infants. book here

hut warden . . . hut warden in residence

bunks . . . 34 mattresses in two bunk rooms

built . . . 1973

heating . . . woodburner, firewood supplied

water . . . tap above inside sinks, also filtered water tap

toilet . . . flush toilets