• There are four separate bunk rooms at the new Heaphy Hut, with big pigeon holes for packs. | Heaphy Hut, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
  • A washing line, hose for washing off sand from boots out the back, a woodshed, all handy. | Heaphy Hut, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
  • The new hut was built just next door to where the old hut used to be. | Heaphy Hut, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
  • With facilities like this, including electric lights, it's no wonder it costs $32 a person a night. | Heaphy Hut, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
  • Plenty of gas cook tops and bench space in the new hut, and space to sit at the table. | Heaphy Hut, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
  • Brand new, you beaut, five star accommodation at the mouth of the Heaphy River. | Heaphy Hut, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park

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Heaphy Hut | Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park

Heaphy Hut is new, of the mega-flash, five-star Great Walk variety, ie, big picture windows, four separate bedrooms, double glazing, mega-insulated, solar lighting, countless gas rings, and best of all, sufficiently long communal tables to enforce evening socialisation.

It’s all mega.

Hey, that kinda sounds like the Perry Saddle and James Mackay Huts.

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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): $44.00 per night
Child/Youth (5-17 years): $22.00 per night
Infant (0-4 years): free

International | Summer | 1 October to 30 April
Adult (18+ years): $66.00 per night
Child/Youth (5-17 years): $33.00 per night
Infant (0-4 years): free

New Zealand residents & International | Winter | 1 July to 31 August
Adult (18+ years): $30.00 per night
Child/Youth (5-17 years): $15.00 per night
Infant (0-4 years): free

New Zealand residents & International | Shoulder | 1 May to 30 June, 1-30 September
Adult (18+ years): $38.00 per night
Child/Youth (5-17 years): $15.00 per night
Infant (0-4 years): free

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

booking . . . required book here

bunks . . . 32 mattresses, in four bunk rooms

built . . . 2013

cooking . . . 12 gas rings

heating . . . woodburner, firewood supplied

water . . . tap above inside sinks

toilet . . . 2 x flush