Each hut is unique but the facilities and services provided in or near huts are divided into six categories:

• Great Walks huts
• Individually priced huts (including Serviced alpine huts)
• Serviced huts
• Standard huts
• Basic huts/bivvies
• Club huts.

The fees listed here apply to most huts in each category, but check individual huts as prices might vary. 

Age ranges for fees

• Adult: 18+ years
• Child/youth: 5–17 years
• Infant: 0–4 years

Great Walks huts

Great Walk Huts are the most comfortable. They have mattresses, water supply, toilets, hand washing facilities and heating with fuel available. They may have solar lighting, cooking facilities with fuel and a hut warden.

There is differential pricing for international visitors, as well as seasonal pricing. Check individual hut pages for fees.

Pricing for all Great Walks.

Individually priced huts

This category of huts covers those popular huts and Serviced alpine huts that have individual fees. The fees are not solely based on the hut standards or levels of service. 

Fees: Prices vary – check individual hut pages for fees.

Northland

• Peach Cove Hut
• Puketi Forest Hut

Waikato and Coromandel

• Pahautea Hut
• Pinnacles Hut (Coromandel)
• Crosbies Hut

Bay of Plenty

• Waitawheta Hut

Hawkes Bay

• Sunrise Hut

Wairarapa

• Atiwhakatu Hut
• Powell Hut

Nelson

• Angelus Hut

West Coast

• Welcome Flat Hut

Canterbury

• Hooker Hut
• Otamahua Hut
• Packhorse Hut
• Pinnacles Hut (Mount Somers)
• Rod Donald Hut
• Woolshed Creek Hut

Otago

• Siberia Hut

Serviced alpine huts

• Almer Hut
• Aspiring Hut
• Barron Saddle Hut
• Brewster Hut
• Centennial Hut
• Colin Todd Hut
• Chancellor Hut
• Empress Hut
• French Ridge Hut
• Kelman Hut
• Liverpool Hut
• Mueller Hut
• Pioneer Hut
• Plateau Hut
• Tasman Saddle Hut

Serviced huts

Serviced huts have mattresses, water supply, toilets, handwashing facilities and heating with fuel available. They may have cooking facilities with fuel and a warden.

Fees for the hut

• Adult: $25 per night
• Child/youth: $12.50 per night
• Infant: free

Fees to camp at the hut

• Adult: $10 per night
• Child/youth: $5 per night
• Infant: free

Note: Prices vary for some huts (may include weekend or seasonal pricing) – check individual hut pages.

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Standard huts

Standard huts have mattresses, water supply and toilets. Wood heaters are provided at huts below the bush line.

• Adult: $10 per night
• Youth/Child: $5 per night
• Infant: free

Fees to camp at the huts: Free

Note: Prices vary for some huts (may include weekend or seasonal pricing) – check individual hut pages.

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Basic huts/bivvies

Basic huts provide very basic shelter with limited facilities.

Fees: Free

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Club huts

There are a variety of other huts on public conservation land that are open to the public. These include recreation club huts such as the New Zealand Alpine Club huts in Aoraki/Mt Cook, Westland and Mt Aspiring national parks and private bush cabins.

They have mattresses, a water supply, toilets and handwashing facilities. They may have heating and cooking facilities and some require a booking.

Fees: Prices vary – check individual hut pages.

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