Sandy Bay Hut
Serviced hutTe Urewera, East CoastDOC data as at 20 September 2026
Current advisories
Te Urewera alerts
05 June 2026
Check Ngāi Tūhoe website for alerts before your trip. Alerts will be not typically be posted on this website. Visitors can also phone Ngāi Tūhoe on +64 6 837 3803 or email teureweravc@ngaituhoe.iwi.nz for information. First published on 17 October 2022. Last reviewed on 6 June 2026.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai alerts.
About this place
This is a serviced 18-bunk hut located on the Lake Waikareiti Walk in the Te Urewera area.
Trip options
Walking times computed leg by leg from DOC track descriptions, from car-accessible trailheads.
1 option · 2 nights
Manuoha
Walking in
14 hr
Walking out
14 hr to Manuoha
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai track descriptions.
Fees and bookings
1 May - 30 September
1 October - 30 April
Weekdays
Weekends
1 December - 29 February
Weekdays
Weekends
Backcountry Hut Passes and Backcountry Hut Tickets cannot be used at this hut.
Bookings are open for stays up to 30 June 2027. 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. Book Sandy Bay Hut online . Your hut booking is for any bunk bed, not for a specific bunk bed – select your bunk bed on arrival.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Getting there
- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet BG40
- Grid reference
- E1964215, N5707996
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
On these tracks
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Contact
Hut and campsite bookings
Te Kura Whenua, 6249 Lake Road/SH38, Waikaremoana 4195, Te Urewera
Regional DOC service centre.
Nearby stops
Manuoha Hut
East Coast • 7.7 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Waikaremoana Holiday Park
Serviced • East Coast • 6.5 km
BBQ • Boat launching • Cookers/electric stove
Unnamed campsite
Hawke's Bay • 6.6 km
Unnamed campsite
Hawke's Bay • 6.7 km
Mokau Landing Campsite
Standard • East Coast • 9.3 km
Boat launching • Fire pit/place for campfires (except in fire bans) • Non-powered/tent sites
All details
- Facilities
- HeatingMattressesToilets - non-flushWater from tap - not treatedboil before useWater supply
- Bookable
- Yes
- Category
- Serviced
- Location
- Te Urewera
- Fireplace
- Yes
- Mattress
- Yes
- Capacity
- 18
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- untreated
- Reservations
- required
- 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.38.70092° S, 177.18885° 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).