Historic Price Flat Hut
Basic/bivvies hutKokatahi River - Whitcombe River area, West CoastDOC data as at 20 September 2026
About this place
This is a basic four-bunk hut in the Hokitika area. Located on the Whitcombe Pass Route, this hut provides a historic link with the area's early deer culling days.
Trip options
Walking times computed leg by leg from DOC track descriptions, from car-accessible trailheads.
2 options · 2 to 4 nights
Car park
Walking in
13 hr 30 min (via Rapid Creek Hut, Frew Hut)
Walking out
9 hr to Whitcombe Pass (via Neave Creek Hut)
Walking in
13 hr 30 min (via Rapid Creek Hut, Frew Hut)
Walking out
13 hr 30 min to Car park (via Rapid Creek Hut, Frew Hut)
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai track descriptions.
Getting there
- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet BW18
- Grid reference
- E1437756, N5225424
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
All details
- Facilities
- Toilets - non-flushWater from streamWater supply
- Bookable
- No
- Category
- Basic/bivvies
- Location
- Kokatahi River - Whitcombe River area
- Fireplace
- No
- Mattress
- No
- Capacity
- 4
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- No
- 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.43.10654° S, 171.00606° 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.