• Hut dwellers have a choice of four separate bunk rooms. | Perry Saddle Hut, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
  • That firebox can really crank out the heat, particularly when the windows are double glazed and the hut well insulated. | Perry Saddle Hut, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
  • There's a reasonable sized cooking area in Perry Saddle Hut. | Perry Saddle Hut, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
  • The newly built Perry Saddle hut is out of the bush. | Perry Saddle Hut, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
  • The new hut is an impressive sight looming up out of the low cloud. | Perry Saddle hut, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park

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Perry Saddle Hut | Heaphy Track

Perry Saddle Hut is the first Heaphy mega-flash, five-star Great Walk variety hut, ie, big picture windows, four separate bedrooms, double glazing, mega-insulated, countless gas rings, and best of all, a couple of long communal tables that enforce evening socialisation.

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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 . . . 28 mattresses in four bunk rooms

built . . . 2013

cooking . . . 12 gas rings, 4 per cooktop

heating . . . woodburner, firewood supplied

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

toilet . . . 2 x long drop