Rapid Creek Hut
Standard hutKokatahi River - Whitcombe River area, West CoastDOC data as at 20 September 2026
About this place
This is a standard four-bunk hut in the Hokitika area.
Trip options
Walking times computed leg by leg from DOC track descriptions, from car-accessible trailheads.
8 options · 1 to 7 nights
Car park
Tracks used: Toaroha, Hokitika, Lower Whitcombe Track → Whitcombe Pass Track
Walking in
3 hr 30 min
Walking out
3 hr to Road End
Walking in
3 hr 30 min
Walking out
3 hr 30 min to Car park
Walking in
3 hr 30 min
Walking out
19 hr to Whitcombe Pass (via Frew Hut, Price Flat Hut, Neave Creek Hut)
Roadend
Walking in
32 hr (via Cedar Flat Hut, Top Toaroha Hut, Poet Hut, Bluff Hut, Frew Hut)
Walking out
3 hr to Road End
Tracks used: Toaroha, Hokitika, Lower Whitcombe Track → Whitcombe Pass Track
Walking in
32 hr (via Cedar Flat Hut, Top Toaroha Hut, Poet Hut, Bluff Hut, Frew Hut)
Walking out
3 hr 30 min to Car park
Tracks used: Toaroha, Hokitika, Lower Whitcombe Track → Whitcombe Pass Track
Walking in
32 hr (via Cedar Flat Hut, Top Toaroha Hut, Poet Hut, Bluff Hut, Frew Hut)
Walking out
19 hr to Whitcombe Pass (via Frew Hut, Price Flat Hut, Neave Creek Hut)
Walking in
32 hr (via Cedar Flat Hut, Top Toaroha Hut, Poet Hut, Bluff Hut, Frew Hut)
Walking out
32 hr to Roadend (via Cedar Flat Hut, Top Toaroha Hut, Poet Hut, Bluff Hut, Frew Hut)
Whitcombe Pass
Tracks used: Toaroha, Hokitika, Lower Whitcombe Track → Whitcombe Pass Track
Walking in
19 hr (via Frew Hut, Price Flat Hut, Neave Creek Hut)
Walking out
32 hr to Roadend (via Cedar Flat Hut, Top Toaroha Hut, Poet Hut, Bluff Hut, Frew 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 BV18
- Grid reference
- E1437922, N5235997
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
On these tracks
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
Frew Hut
Standard • 10 bunks • West Coast • 5 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Bluff Hut
Standard • 6 bunks • West Coast • 10.2 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Price Flat Hut
Standard • 7 bunks • West Coast • 11 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Top Toaroha Hut
Standard • 6 bunks • West Coast • 11.6 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Poet Hut
Standard • 4 bunks • West Coast • 11.8 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
All details
- Facilities
- HeatingMattressesToilets - non-flushWater from streamWater supply
- Bookable
- No
- Category
- Standard
- Location
- Kokatahi River - Whitcombe River area
- Fireplace
- Yes
- Mattress
- Yes
- Capacity
- 4
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- No
- Reservations
- No
- 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.43.01143° S, 171.01118° E
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Sources
- 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).
- OpenStreetMap Huts · ODbL (Open Database License)Contains information from OpenStreetMap, made available under the ODbL.