Fees & bookings

There are no fees for park entry. Fees are charged per person, per night for the use of huts and campsites and vary depending on the facilities and services provided.

Maintenance of backcountry huts requires a lot of resources. Your fees help keep huts available for public use. Pay your fees before your trip by purchasing a Great Walk Pass, Backcountry Hut Pass or Hut Tickets from a DOC visitor centre. Tickets are sold in units of $5.00 for adults and $2.50 for children.

A Backcountry Hut Pass (valid for 12 months) is available for the use of huts other than those on Great Walks.

Purchasing hut tickets and passes

Backcountry hut tickets, Backcountry hut passes, Great Walk Tickets, and serviced alpine hut fees can be ordered by phone, fax, email, post or in person from DOC Visitor and Information Centres nationwide. Hut tickets are also sold by some other retail outlets.

Bookings

Bookings are required all year for huts on the Waikaremoana Great Walk (via Waikaremoana Visitor Centre), Abel Tasman Coast Track and the Heaphy Track.

Bookings are required peak season for the Milford, Routeburn and Kepler tracks.

Bookings for some Great Walk huts and campsites can be made via the online booking system or by emailing greatwalksbooking@doc.govt.nz.

For phone or fax bookings contact the DOC Visitor Centre noted in the hut list for that region. DOC Visitor Centres nationwide can make hut bookings on your behalf.

Bookings are not required for the Whanganui Journey, Tongariro Northern Circuit or Rakiura Track.

North Island huts requiring bookings

The following huts must be booked in advance: Cape Brett, Peach Cove, Lane Cove and Motukawanui Huts in Northland, Pinnacles Hut on the Coromandel Peninsula in Waikato, Rimutaka Forest Park booked huts near Wellington.

Backcountry hut and campsite fees

Fees are charged per person per night, unless stated otherwise. Summer Season is 1 October to 30 April unless stated otherwise (there are variations for Great Walks).

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