Cedar Flat Hut
Basic/bivvies hutKokatahi River - Whitcombe River area, West CoastDOC data as at 20 September 2026
About this place
This is a standard twelve bunk hut in the Hokitika area.
Trip options
Walking times computed leg by leg from DOC track descriptions, from car-accessible trailheads.
8 options · 1 to 5 nights
Roadend
Walking in
4 hr
Walking out
4 hr to Roadend
Tracks used: Toaroha, Hokitika, Lower Whitcombe Track → Toaroha/Zit Saddle/Kokatahi/Lathrop Saddle/Styx River Route
Walking in
5 hr
Walking out
4 hr to Roadend
Walking in
5 hr
Walking out
5 hr to Roadend
Walking in
4 hr
Walking out
24 hr 30 min to Grassy Flats Hut (via Top Kokatahi Hut, Crawford Junction Hut, Top Crawford Hut)
Tracks used: Toaroha, Hokitika, Lower Whitcombe Track → Toaroha/Zit Saddle/Kokatahi/Lathrop Saddle/Styx River Route
Walking in
5 hr
Walking out
24 hr 30 min to Grassy Flats Hut (via Top Kokatahi Hut, Crawford Junction Hut, Top Crawford Hut)
Tracks used: Toaroha, Hokitika, Lower Whitcombe Track → Toaroha/Zit Saddle/Kokatahi/Lathrop Saddle/Styx River Route
Walking in
4 hr
Walking out
30 hr to Road End (via Top Toaroha Hut, Poet Hut, Bluff Hut, Frew Hut, Rapid Creek Hut)
Walking in
5 hr
Walking out
30 hr to Road End (via Top Toaroha Hut, Poet Hut, Bluff Hut, Frew Hut, Rapid Creek Hut)
Grassy Flats Hut
Tracks used: Toaroha, Hokitika, Lower Whitcombe Track → Toaroha/Zit Saddle/Kokatahi/Lathrop Saddle/Styx River Route
Walking in
24 hr 30 min (via Top Kokatahi Hut, Crawford Junction Hut, Top Crawford Hut)
Walking out
5 hr to Roadend
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai track descriptions.
Fees and bookings
Before you go, buy Hut Tickets for each night's stay. Put these in the honesty box at the hut. Or buy a Backcountry Hut Pass that gives unlimited use at most Standard and Serviced huts for a 12 month period. Retailers that sell hut tickets and passes
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Getting there
- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet BV19
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
On these tracks
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Contact
Paparoa National Park Visitor Centre
4294 Coast Road, Punakaiki, RD 1 Runanga 7873
Regional DOC service centre.
Nearby stops
Top Kokatahi Hut
Basic/bivvies • 4 bunks • West Coast • 4.3 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Top Toaroha Hut
Standard • 6 bunks • West Coast • 5.7 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Crawford Junction Hut
Basic/bivvies • 6 bunks • West Coast • 7.3 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Poet Hut
Standard • 4 bunks • West Coast • 8.1 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Bluff Hut
Standard • 6 bunks • West Coast • 9.4 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
All details
- Facilities
- MattressesToilets - non-flushWater from tap - not treatedboil before useWater supply
- Bookable
- No
- Category
- Basic/bivvies
- Location
- Kokatahi River - Whitcombe River area
- Fireplace
- No
- Mattress
- Yes
- Capacity
- 2
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- untreated
- Reservations
- No
- Website
- This place on doc.govt.nz
- Source data
- View source data
Map and tracks
Track lines: DOC Te Papa Atawhai. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.42.96295° S, 171.14422° E
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Sources
- DOC Huts (API) · CC BY 4.0Crown Copyright: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai. Data sourced from the DOC Developer Portal (api.doc.govt.nz).
- DOC Huts · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.
- OpenStreetMap Huts · ODbL (Open Database License)Contains information from OpenStreetMap, made available under the ODbL.