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 Ticket, Backcountry Hut Pass or Hut Tickets from a DOC visitor centre. Tickets are sold in units of $5 for adults and $2.50 for youth.
Purchasing hut tickets and passes
The Backcountry Hut Pass, Backcountry Hut Tickets, Great Walk Tickets, and serviced alpine hut fees can be ordered by phone, fax, email, post or in person from DOC Visitor Centres nationwide. Hut tickets are also sold by some other retail outlets.
Bookings
Bookings are required all year for Waikaremoana Great Walk (via Waikaremoana Visitor Centre), Abel Tasman Coast, Heaphy and Rakiura huts and campsites.
Bookings are required peak season only for the Tongariro Northern Circuit, Whanganui Journey, Routeburn and Kepler huts and campsites and Milford huts. Camping is not permittted on the Milford Track.
You can book some huts and campsites using DOC's online booking system. You can also email greatwalksbooking@doc.govt.nz for Great Walks bookings.
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.
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 and Crosbies Huts on the Coromandel Peninsula in Waikato.
- Waitawheta Hut in the northern Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park will be bookable from 1 November 2012.
- Rimutaka Forest Park booked huts near Wellington.
The following huts can be booked in advance:
- Powell and Jumbo huts are bookable for the peak season period from 1st October 2012 to 30th April 2013.
Backcountry hut and campsite fees
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Hut Category
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Adult
18 + yrs
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Youth
11 - 17yrs
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Child
5 - 10yrs
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Infant
0 - 4yrs
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Great Walk Hut
Great Walk Hut Pass required
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$22 - $54
|
Free |
Free |
Free |
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Great Walk Campsite
Great Walk Campsite Pass required
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$6 - $18
|
Free |
Free |
Free |
|
Serviced Alpine Hut
Hut Ticket. Pay at Visitor Centre
|
$14 - $36
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$10 - $18
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$10 - $18
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Free
|
|
Serviced Hut
Hut Pass / Hut Ticket required
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$15
|
$7.50
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Free
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Free
|
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Campsite at Serviced Hut
Hut Pass / Hut Ticket required
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$5
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$2.50
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Free
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Free
|
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Standard Hut
Hut Pass / Hut Ticket required
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$5
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$2.50
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Free
|
Free
|
|
Campsite at Standard Hut
No Ticket required
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Free
|
|
Basic Hut or Campsite
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Free
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| Backcountry campsites away from huts |
Free - $8 |
Free - $4.50 |
Fees are charged per person per night, unless stated otherwise.
Fees may differ between peak and off-peak seasons. Peak season is 1 October - 30 April (summer) and off-peak 1 May - 30 September (winter) although these may vary in some places.
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