Mangatepopo Hut
Great Walk hutTongariro National Park, Central North IslandDOC data as at 20 September 2026
About this place
This is a 20-bunk hut located on the Tongariro Northern Circuit in Ruapehu.
Know before you go
Tongariro Alpine Crossing booking system
Day visitors to the hut should book to use the Tongariro Alpine Crossing Track . Hut users with a booking to stay overnight do not need to book to use the track.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Trip options
Walking times computed leg by leg from DOC track descriptions, from car-accessible trailheads.
2 options · 1 to 3 nights
Mangatepopo Carpark
Walking in
25 min
Walking out
25 min to Mangatepopo Carpark
Walking in
25 min
Walking out
13 hr to Whakapapa Village (via Oturere Hut, Waihohonu Hut)
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai track descriptions.
Fees and bookings
Te Araroa – The Trail Pass Te Araroa Trail Pass
In the Great Walks season: Book Mangatepopo Hut online , or contact the Tongariro National Park Visitor Centre. Read the terms and conditions before you book. Outside the Great Walks season, bookings are still required but are at a reduced rate and have reduced services. If no availability shows online for your dates, the hut is fully booked. No spaces are kept for visitors arriving without a booking. Phone and in person bookings made at a visitor centre incur a $10 service fee. Same day bookings are available online until 8 pm if spaces remain.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
On these tracks
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Contact
Tongariro National Park Visitor Centre
Whakapapa Village, State Highway 48, Mount Ruapehu 3951
Regional DOC service centre.
Nearby stops
Oturere Hut
Great Walk • 26 bunks • Central North Island • 8.1 km
Cooking • Heating • Mattresses
Waihohonu Hut
Great Walk • 28 bunks • Central North Island • 10.2 km
Cooking • Heating • Mattresses
Whakapapa Holiday Park
Serviced • Central North Island • 8 km
BBQ • Cookers/electric stove • Non-powered/tent sites
Oturere Campsite
Great Walk • Central North Island • 8.1 km
Non-powered/tent sites • Water from tap - not treated • boil before use
Whakapapa Holiday Park cabins and lodge
Manawatū-Whanganui • 8.1 km
All details
- Facilities
- CookingHeatingMattressesToilets - non-flushWater from tap - not treatedboil before useWater supply
- Bookable
- Yes
- Category
- Great Walk
- Location
- Tongariro National Park
- Fireplace
- Yes
- Mattress
- Yes
- Capacity
- 20
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- untreated
- Reservations
- required
- Fee
- Yes
- Website
- This place on doc.govt.nz
- Source data
- View source data
- road access
- Under 1 hour
Map and tracks
Track lines: DOC Te Papa Atawhai. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.39.14458° S, 175.59673° 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.