• The hut is on the top of a mound on the valley floor. | Eric Bivouac, Hakatere Conservation Park
  • The track from the valley floor is well marked. | Eric Bivouac, Hakatere Conservation Park
  • The timber match-lining doesn't extend much up the walls. | Eric Bivouac, Hakatere Conservation Park
  • No mattresses on the bunks so bring your own sleeping mat. | Eric Bivouac, Hakatere Conservation Park

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Eric's Bivvy | Hakatere Conservation Park

Not many stay at this old hut that was built from the remnants of an older hut further down the valley in 1937.

Built primarily as an emergency shelter for when the rivers are up, when it’s not possible to cross.

Fairly minimal amenities, windows or mattresses are omitted, but it does have a roof.

The barrel filled with stagnant water looks dodgy and is a long trudge down to a flowing stream.

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category . . . Canterbury Mountain Club hut

hut fee . . . free

elevation . . . 900 m

bunks . . . no mattresses on two small sleeping platforms. Room for four

built . . . 1937, renovated in 2015 with bunks and benching, painted

heating . . . none

water . . . 100 litre open barrel with murky rainwater

toilet . . . none