Taipo Hut
Standard hutMavora Lakes Conservation Park, SouthlandDOC data as at 20 September 2026
About this place
This is a standard four-bunk hut in the Southland area.
Trip options
Walking times computed leg by leg from DOC track descriptions, from car-accessible trailheads.
8 options · 1 to 4 nights
North Mavora Lake
Walking in
8 hr (via Careys Hut, Boundary Hut)
Walking out
8 hr to North Mavora Lake (via Careys Hut, Boundary Hut)
Walking in
8 hr (via Careys Hut, Boundary Hut)
Walking out
10 hr to Greenstone Road End (via Greenstone Hut)
Tracks used: Mavora - Greenstone Walkway → Wangapeka Track
Walking in
8 hr (via Careys Hut, Boundary Hut)
Walking out
11 hr to Wangapeka Road car park (via Belltown Manunui Hut)
Tracks used: Mavora - Greenstone Walkway → Wangapeka Track
Walking in
8 hr (via Careys Hut, Boundary Hut)
Walking out
13 hr 30 min to Rolling River car park (via Kings Creek Hut, Stone Hut, Helicopter Flat Hut)
Rolling River car park
Tracks used: Mavora - Greenstone Walkway → Wangapeka Track
Walking in
13 hr 30 min (via Kings Creek Hut, Stone Hut, Helicopter Flat Hut)
Walking out
10 hr to Greenstone Road End (via Greenstone Hut)
Walking in
13 hr 30 min (via Kings Creek Hut, Stone Hut, Helicopter Flat Hut)
Walking out
11 hr to Wangapeka Road car park (via Belltown Manunui Hut)
Walking in
13 hr 30 min (via Kings Creek Hut, Stone Hut, Helicopter Flat Hut)
Walking out
13 hr 30 min to Rolling River car park (via Kings Creek Hut, Stone Hut, Helicopter Flat Hut)
Wangapeka Road car park
Tracks used: Mavora - Greenstone Walkway → Wangapeka Track
Walking in
11 hr (via Belltown Manunui Hut)
Walking out
8 hr to North Mavora Lake (via Careys Hut, Boundary 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 Te Araroa – The Trail Pass Te Araroa Trail Pass
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Getting there
- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet CC09
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
On these tracks
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Contact
Te Rua-o-te-moko/Fiordland National Park Visitor Centre
1 Lakefront Drive, Te Anau 9600
Regional DOC service centre.
Nearby stops
Greenstone Hut
Serviced • 20 bunks • Otago • 8.4 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - flush
Careys Hut
Standard • 6 bunks • Southland • 15.9 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Stone hut
Otago • 49.7 km
Boundary Hut
Basic/bivvies • 3 bunks • Otago • 78.7 km
Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush • Water from stream
Belltown Manunui Hut
Standard • 10 bunks • West Coast • 524.3 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
All details
- Facilities
- MattressesToilets - non-flushWater from tap - not treatedboil before useWater supply
- Bookable
- No
- Category
- Standard
- Location
- Mavora Lakes Conservation Park
- Fireplace
- No
- Mattress
- Yes
- Capacity
- 4
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- untreated
- 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.45.05092° S, 168.22226° 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).