Waitawheta Hut

About this hut

Facilities and services

There are two bunkrooms, a separate dining/lounge area, and a generous deck outside. The grassy area around the hut provides camping space for up to 10 2- person tents, bookings required.

A hut warden is present most weekends during the summer season.

Cooking facilities are not provided at the hut, so you must bring your own stove and utensils.

Hut and campsite rules

Don't clear undergrowth or scrub to create tent sites or bivouacs – it's harmful to our native plants. It's also a criminal offence so alert DOC as soon as possible if you witness this behaviour occurring.

No rubbish collection is available so all waste must be carried out with you.

Pets are not allowed at the hut, including dogs. Dogs are not allowed in the Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park except for permitted hunters with hunting dogs.

Facilities

Heating, Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from tap - not treated, boil before use, Water supply

Fees and bookings

Fees

Hut

1 May - 30 September

• Adult (18+ years): $28 per night
• Child/youth (5–17 years): $14 per night
• Infant (0–4 years): free

1 October - 30 April

Weekdays:

• Adult (18+ years): $32 per night
• Child/youth (5–17 years): $16 per night
• Infant (0–4 years): free

Weekends:

• Adult (18+ years): $34 per night
• Child/youth (5–17 years): $17 per night
• Infant (0–4 years): free

1 December - 29 February

Weekdays:

• Adult (18+ years): $36 per night
• Child/youth (5–17 years): $18 per night
• Infant (0–4 years): free

Weekends:

• Adult (18+ years): $38 per night
• Child/youth (5–17 years): $19 per night
• Infant (0–4 years): free

Camping

Sunday to Friday

• Adult (18+ years): $12.50 per night
• Child/youth (5–17 years): $6.25 per night
• Infant (0–4 years): free

Saturday

• Adult (18+ years):  $15 per night
• Child/Youth (5–17 years): $7.50 per night
• Infant (0–4 years): free

Backcountry Hut Passes can be used at this hut. 

Bookings

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.

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Your hut booking is for any bunk bed, not for a specific bunk bed – select your bunk bed on arrival. 

Trails

Waitawheta Hut can be accessed on the trails Kaimai Killer, Waitawheta Tramway - Bogeys and Bluffs, Te Aroha Killer Loop and Kaimai Ranges North-South Track from our trail directory.