Triplex Hut
Standard hutRuahine Forest Park, Hawke’s BayDOC data as at 20 September 2026
About this place
This is a standard 12-bunk hut in the Hawke's Bay region.
Fees and bookings
Backcountry Hut Passes can be used at this hut. About hut tickets and passes Retailers that sell hut tickets and passes
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. Bookings are required all year. Book Triplex 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 BK36
- Grid reference
- E1873799, N5590232
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Contact
Hut and campsite bookings
Regional DOC service centre.
Nearby stops
Waipawa Forks Hut
Standard • 12 bunks • Manawatu/Whanganui • 2 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Sunrise Hut
Serviced • 20 bunks • Hawke’s Bay • 2.6 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Gold Creek Hut
Basic/bivvies • 4 bunks • Manawatu/Whanganui • 3.6 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Top Maropea Hut
Basic/bivvies • 4 bunks • Manawatu/Whanganui • 4 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Norris Hut
Hawke's Bay • 4.5 km
All details
- Facilities
- HeatingMattressesToilets - non-flushWater from tap - not treatedboil before useWater supply
- Bookable
- Yes
- Category
- Standard
- Location
- Ruahine Forest Park
- Fireplace
- Yes
- Mattress
- Yes
- Capacity
- 12
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- untreated
- Reservations
- No
- 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.39.79383° S, 176.19769° 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.