Hooker Hut
Serviced hutAoraki/Mount Cook National Park, CanterburyDOC data as at 20 September 2026
About this place
Hooker Hut is an eight-bunk serviced hut. It is the oldest hut in Aoraki/Mount Cook.
Know before you go
Hut facilities
There is a gas cooker and fireplace in the hut, and firewood in a locked woodshed. Pick up the key to the woodshed at the Aoraki Mt Cook Visitor Centre. There is also a detached toilet.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Fees and bookings
1 May - 30 September
1 October - 30 April
Weekdays
Weekends
1 December - 29 February
Weekdays
Weekends
Backcountry Hut Passes and Backcountry Hut Tickets cannot be used at this hut.
Bookings for Hooker Hut will open 9.30 am Wednesday 5 August 2026 for stays from 1 September 2026. Book Hooker Hut online .
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Contact
Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Visitor Centre
1 Larch Grove, Aoraki/Mount Cook 7999
Regional DOC service centre.
Nearby stops
Sefton Bivouac
Basic/bivvies • 4 bunks • Canterbury • 1.8 km
Toilets - non-flush • Water from tap - not treated • boil before use
White Horse Hill Campground
Standard • Canterbury • 2.1 km
Non-powered/tent sites • Shelter for cooking • Toilets - flush
Bivouac site
Canterbury • 2.8 km
Mueller Hut
Serviced Alpine • 28 bunks • Canterbury • 3.3 km
Cooking • Mattresses • Lighting
Hooker Hut (removed)
Canterbury • 4.4 km
All details
- Facilities
- CookingHeatingMattressesToilets - non-flushWater from tap - not treatedboil before useWater supply
- Bookable
- Yes
- Category
- Serviced
- Location
- Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
- Fireplace
- Yes
- Mattress
- Yes
- Capacity
- 8
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- untreated
- Reservations
- required
- 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.43.69915° S, 170.09269° 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.