Maclennan Hut | Catlins Conservation Park
Another DOC biodiversity support hut, now used for trapping and monitoring orange-crowned parakeets and other birds, although it is older than the other Catlins huts.
A beautiful walk through mature silver beach forest, but you get your feet wet crossing McLennan River once you’ve spotted the hut across the clearing.
A compact two-bunk hut with no heating. It does feature plenty of windows to notice your isolation.
You need permission to cross private land to get to the start of the Thisbe Valley Track and MacLennan Hut. Contact: Josh Carins 027 534 3866
category . . . basic huts/bivvies
hut fee . . . free
booking . . . not required
elevation . . . 220 m
bunks . . . 2 mattresses in bunks
built . . . relocated there in 2006, then extended
heating . . . none
water . . . from the stream, 60 m each way
toilet . . . longdrop, more than 60 m away!
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