Helicopter Flat Hut
Standard hutKahurangi National Park, Nelson/TasmanDOC data as at 20 September 2026
About this place
This is a standard 10-bunk hut in the Motueka area.
Trip options
Walking times computed leg by leg from DOC track descriptions, from car-accessible trailheads.
8 options · 2 to 6 nights
Rolling River car park
Walking in
10 hr (via Kings Creek Hut, Stone Hut)
Walking out
10 hr to Rolling River car park (via Kings Creek Hut, Stone Hut)
Walking in
10 hr (via Kings Creek Hut, Stone Hut)
Walking out
14 hr 30 min to Wangapeka Road car park (via Taipo Hut, Belltown Manunui Hut)
Tracks used: Leslie-Karamea Track → Wangapeka Track
Walking in
10 hr (via Kings Creek Hut, Stone Hut)
Walking out
18 hr 45 min to Karamea Bend Hut
Flora car park
Tracks used: Leslie-Karamea Track → Wangapeka Track
Walking in
23 hr (via Karamea Bend Hut, Crow Hut, Venus Hut, Thor Hut, Trevor Carter Hut)
Walking out
10 hr to Rolling River car park (via Kings Creek Hut, Stone Hut)
Tracks used: Leslie-Karamea Track → Wangapeka Track
Walking in
23 hr (via Karamea Bend Hut, Crow Hut, Venus Hut, Thor Hut, Trevor Carter Hut)
Walking out
14 hr 30 min to Wangapeka Road car park (via Taipo Hut, Belltown Manunui Hut)
Walking in
23 hr (via Karamea Bend Hut, Crow Hut, Venus Hut, Thor Hut, Trevor Carter Hut)
Walking out
18 hr 45 min to Karamea Bend Hut
Walking in
23 hr (via Karamea Bend Hut, Crow Hut, Venus Hut, Thor Hut, Trevor Carter Hut)
Walking out
23 hr to Flora car park (via Karamea Bend Hut, Crow Hut, Venus Hut, Thor Hut, Trevor Carter Hut)
Wangapeka Road car park
Tracks used: Leslie-Karamea Track → Wangapeka Track
Walking in
14 hr 30 min (via Taipo Hut, Belltown Manunui Hut)
Walking out
23 hr to Flora car park (via Karamea Bend Hut, Crow Hut, Venus Hut, Thor Hut, Trevor Carter Hut)
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 BQ23
- Grid reference
- E1546533, N5414809
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
On these tracks
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Contact
Nelson/Tasman/Marlborough information
Regional DOC service centre.
Nearby stops
Trevor Carter Hut
Standard • 12 bunks • Nelson/Tasman • 3.1 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Thor Hut
Basic/bivvies • 6 bunks • Nelson/Tasman • 9.5 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Kings Creek Hut
Standard • 20 bunks • Nelson/Tasman • 11.4 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Venus Hut
Standard • 12 bunks • Nelson/Tasman • 12.8 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Belltown Manunui Hut
Standard • 10 bunks • West Coast • 13.6 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
All details
- Facilities
- HeatingMattressesToilets - non-flushWater from streamWater supply
- Bookable
- No
- Category
- Standard
- Location
- Kahurangi National Park
- Fireplace
- Yes
- Mattress
- Yes
- Capacity
- 10
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- No
- Reservations
- No
- Fee
- Yes
- 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.41.41603° S, 172.36131° E
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Sources
- 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.
- 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).