Moonlight Tops Hut
Great Walk hutPaparoa National Park, West CoastDOC data as at 20 September 2026
About this place
This is a 20-bunk Great Walk hut on the Paparoa Track.
Know before you go
Weather forecast
Moonlight Tops Hut weather forecast – NIWA website
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
Smoke-ho car park
Walking in
8 hr (via Ces Clark Hut)
Walking out
8 hr to Smoke-ho car park (via Ces Clark Hut)
Walking in
8 hr (via Ces Clark Hut)
Walking out
12 hr to Pororari River car park or Waikori Road car park (via Pororari Hut)
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai track descriptions.
Fees and bookings
Backcountry Hut Passes and Backcountry Hut Tickets cannot be used at this hut.
Book Paparoa Track huts online
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Getting there
- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet BT20
- Grid reference
- E1468445, N5322175
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
- CookingHeatingMattressesLightingToilets - non-flushWater from tap - not treatedboil before useWater supply
- Bookable
- Yes
- Category
- Great Walk
- Location
- Paparoa 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
Map and tracks
Track lines: DOC Te Papa Atawhai. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.42.24154° S, 171.40549° E
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Sources
- 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.
- 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).