Hunters Hut
Standard hutHarihari area, West CoastDOC data as at 20 September 2026
About this place
This is a standard six-bunk hut in the Glaciers area.
Trip options
Walking times computed leg by leg from DOC track descriptions, from car-accessible trailheads.
8 options · 2 to 8 nights
Mid Wairoa Hut
Walking in
10 hr 30 min (via Top Wairoa Hut)
Walking out
10 hr 30 min to Mid Wairoa Hut (via Top Wairoa Hut)
Walking in
10 hr 30 min (via Top Wairoa Hut)
Walking out
11 hr to SH63 (via Porters Creek Hut, Red Hills Hut)
Tracks used: Red Hills Route → Richmond Ranges Te Araroa route
Walking in
10 hr 30 min (via Top Wairoa Hut)
Walking out
13 hr 30 min to Tophouse Road (via Porters Creek Hut, Red Hills Hut)
Tracks used: Red Hills Route → Richmond Ranges Te Araroa route
Walking in
10 hr 30 min (via Top Wairoa Hut)
Walking out
45 hr to Roadend (via Captains Creek Hut, Middy Creek Hut, Rocks Hut, Browning Hut, Hacket Hut, Starveall Hut, Slaty Hut, Old Man Hut, Mt Rintoul Hut, Tarn Hut, Mid Wairoa Hut)
Tophouse Road
Tracks used: Red Hills Route → Richmond Ranges Te Araroa route
Walking in
13 hr 30 min (via Porters Creek Hut, Red Hills Hut)
Walking out
10 hr 30 min to Mid Wairoa Hut (via Top Wairoa Hut)
Roadend
Tracks used: Red Hills Route → Richmond Ranges Te Araroa route
Walking in
45 hr (via Captains Creek Hut, Middy Creek Hut, Rocks Hut, Browning Hut, Hacket Hut, Starveall Hut, Slaty Hut, Old Man Hut, Mt Rintoul Hut, Tarn Hut, Mid Wairoa Hut)
Walking out
11 hr to SH63 (via Porters Creek Hut, Red Hills Hut)
Walking in
45 hr (via Captains Creek Hut, Middy Creek Hut, Rocks Hut, Browning Hut, Hacket Hut, Starveall Hut, Slaty Hut, Old Man Hut, Mt Rintoul Hut, Tarn Hut, Mid Wairoa Hut)
Walking out
13 hr 30 min to Tophouse Road (via Porters Creek Hut, Red Hills Hut)
Walking in
45 hr (via Captains Creek Hut, Middy Creek Hut, Rocks Hut, Browning Hut, Hacket Hut, Starveall Hut, Slaty Hut, Old Man Hut, Mt Rintoul Hut, Tarn Hut, Mid Wairoa Hut)
Walking out
45 hr to Roadend (via Captains Creek Hut, Middy Creek Hut, Rocks Hut, Browning Hut, Hacket Hut, Starveall Hut, Slaty Hut, Old Man Hut, Mt Rintoul Hut, Tarn Hut, Mid Wairoa 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 BR25
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
On these tracks
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Contact
Westland Tai Poutini National Park Visitor Centre
69 Cron Street, Franz Josef Glacier 7856
Regional DOC service centre.
Nearby stops
Red Hills Hut
Standard • 6 bunks • Nelson/Tasman • 247.7 km
Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush • Water from tap - not treated
Porters Creek Hut
Standard • 6 bunks • Nelson/Tasman • 254 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Top Wairoa Hut
Standard • 6 bunks • Nelson/Tasman • 261.9 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Mid Wairoa Hut
Standard • 8 bunks • Nelson/Tasman • 267.9 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Tarn Hut
Standard • 5 bunks • Marlborough • 272.1 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
All details
- Facilities
- HeatingMattressesToilets - non-flushWater from tap - not treatedboil before useWater supply
- Bookable
- No
- Category
- Standard
- Location
- Harihari area
- Fireplace
- Yes
- Mattress
- Yes
- Capacity
- 6
- 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.43.22648° S, 170.75187° 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.