Kay Creek Hut
Basic/bivvies hutGreenstone and Caples Conservation Areas, OtagoDOC data as at 20 September 2026
About this place
This is a basic four-bunk hut in the Queenstown/Wakatipu area.
Know before you go
Windfall on Kay Creek Track
The track to the Kay Creek hut has significant and extensive windfall. Expect longer tramping times.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Fees and bookings
Free
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Getting there
- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet CB09
- Grid reference
- E1224038, N5028359
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Contact
Whakatipu-wai-Māori/Queenstown Visitor Centre
Regional DOC service centre.
Nearby stops
Upper Caples Hut
12 bunks • Otago • 5.3 km
Lake Mackenzie Hut
Great Walk • 50 bunks • Fiordland • 6.7 km
Cooking • Heating • Mattresses
Lake Mackenzie Campsite
Great Walk • Fiordland • 6.8 km
Non-powered/tent sites • Shelter for cooking • Water from tap - not treated
Routeburn Flats Hut
Great Walk • 20 bunks • Otago • 8.6 km
Cooking • Heating • Mattresses
Routeburn Flats Campsite
Great Walk • Otago • 8.7 km
Non-powered/tent sites • Shelter for cooking • Water from tap - not treated
All details
- Facilities
- HeatingToilets - non-flushWater from tap - not treatedboil before useWater supply
- Bookable
- No
- Category
- Basic/bivvies
- Location
- Greenstone and Caples Conservation Areas
- Fireplace
- Yes
- Mattress
- No
- Capacity
- 4
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- untreated
- Reservations
- No
- Website
- This place on doc.govt.nz
- Source data
- View source data
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.44.79914° S, 168.24639° 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).
- OpenStreetMap Huts · ODbL (Open Database License)Contains information from OpenStreetMap, made available under the ODbL.
- DOC Huts · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.