Huts & Shelters of the Te Araroa Trail


Here is a photo montage of all the DOC back country huts I have visited while section walking the Te Araroa Trail. If you walk the classic Te Araroa Trail route you will potentially stay in or pass 83 DOC huts.

North Island:


I completed a couple of sections of the present Te Araroa Trail in the North Island when I lived there back in the 1980-1990's before the trail officially came into being. The tracks are now part of the TA...back then they were just local tracks networks.


Tongariro National Park:


Tongariro National Park: Mangatepopo Hut


Ketetahi Shelter, Tongariro NP


Whanganui National Park:


Whanganui River Journey: John Coull Hut



Whanganui River Journey: Downes Hut


South Island

Most of your nights spent on the Te Araroa in the South Island will be in a DOC Backcountry Hut....



Queen Charlotte Track (QCT):


Queen Charlotte Track: Bay of Many Coves Shelter

Queen Charlotte Track: Black Rocks Shelter


Queen Charlotte Track: Jon at Black Rocks Shelter

Queen Charlotte Track: Davies Bay Shelter

Queen Charlotte Track: Cowshed Bay Shelter



Mt Richmond Forest Park:


Pelorous River Scenic Reserve: Kahikatea Flat Shelter


Nelson Lakes National Park:


Kerr Bay Camp Shelter, Nelson Lakes NP

Nelson Lakes NP: Coldwater Hut

Nelson Lakes NP: Lakehead Hut (NOBO view)


Nelson Lakes NP: Lakehead Hut (SOBO view)

Nelson Lakes NP: Hopeless Hut


Nelson Lakes NP: John Tait Hut



Nelson Lakes NP: Cupola Hut


Nelson Lakes NP: Upper Travers Hut


Nelson Lakes NP: West Sabine Hut


Nelson Lakes NP: Blue Lake Hut


St James Conservation Area:



St James Conservation Area: Caroline Creek Bivy


St James Conservation Area: Christopher Hut

St James Conservation Area: Anne Hut II


St James Conservation Area: Anne Cullers Hut


St James Conservation Area: Rokeby Hut


St James Conservation Area: Boyle Flat Hut



Lake Sumner Forest Park:


Lake Sumner Forest Park: Magdalen Hut


Lake Sumner Forest Park: Hope Halfway Shelter


Lake Sumner Forest Park: Hope Kiwi Lodge


Arthurs Pass National Park:




Arthurs Pass NP: Avalanche Creek Shelter

Arthurs Pass NP: Greyney's Shelter





Craigieburn Forest Park: 


Craigieburn Forest Park: Bealey Hut


Craigieburn Forest Park: Lagoon Saddle A Frame

Craigieburn Forest Park: Lagoon Saddle Hut

Craigieburn Forest Park: West Harper Hut

Craigieburn Forest Park: Hamilton Hut



Takatimu Forest Park:

Takitimu Forest Park: Lower Princhester Hut


Rakuira/Stewart Island

Not an official part of the Te Araroa Trail, a visit to Rakuira/Stewart Island makes for a pleasing end to the trail on the smaller of New Zealand's main islands....


Maori Beach Camp Shelter, Rakuira NP

Port William Hut, Rakuira NP

Rakuira Track Biodiversity Bivouac, Rakuira NP

North Arm Hut, Rakuira NP


I will be adding to this file as I finish new sections of the track so make sure you come back....

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