Packhorse Hut | Te Ara Pātaka/Summit Walkway
One of the four rest houses on the 35 km Te Ara Pātaka/Summit walkway that wanders along a Banks Peninsula ridge with plenty of big views of Lyttleton Harbour. A great place to take kiddies for their first overnight adventure.
Designed by Christchurch architect Samuel Seger with the idea to represent New Zealand character and built in 1919 from locally quarry of volcanic stone, it has now been well restored. Certainly plenty of character.
category . . . serviced hut, requires booking via the “DOC online booking system”:https://bookings.doc.govt.nz/Web/Default.aspx#!park/769/
bookings . . . Bookings are required all year to stay at the hut. Bookings are not required to camp at the hut.
hut fee . . . Backcountry Hut Passes can be used at this hut.
Adult (18+ years): $30 per night
Youth (5–17 years): $15 per night
Child/Infant (0–4 years): free
camping fee . . . Fees to camp at this hut are paid using hut tickets or a Backcountry Hut Pass or Campsite Pass. Before you go, buy 1 Standard Hut Ticket (blue for adults, red for youth) for each night’s stay. Put this in the honesty box at the hut.
Adult (18+ years): $10 per night
Youth (5–17 years): $5 per night
Child/Infant (0–4 years): free
elevation . . . 455 m
bunks . . . 9 mattresses on bunks and a sleeping platform
built . . . 1919
heating . . . woodburner, firewood supplied
water . . . tap above outside sink from two 3000-litre rainwater tanks
toilet . . . longdrop
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