Last Updated: 27th Jul 2026

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Nina Hut

This accessible hut is a good overnight option for families or new trampers who have some tramping experience. Be prepared for a wet and muddy access track.

Canterbury, New Zealand

Hut DOC Lake Sumner Forest Park

Last Updated: 27th Jul 2026

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750m

-42.46586, 172.32211

BT23
 E1544217, N5298251

Nina Hut

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About this hut

Nina Hut sits on an open knoll surrounded by beech forest and mountains.

Facilities

  • Bunks - platform (shared) bunks with mattresses
  • Water supply - cold water from a rain collection tank
  • Heating - wood burner (firewood not provided, collect dead wood from around the hut)
  • Long drop toilet a short walk from the hut
  • Space for camping outside the hut
Huts have basic facilities. You'll need to take:
  • Sleeping bag
  • Cooking stove, pots/pans and utensils
  • Toilet paper
  • Rubbish bag
  • Newspaper/firelighters and matches/lighter for the wood burner/fire
  • Torch

Facilities

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

Fees and bookings

Fees

  • Adult (18+ years): $15 per night
  • Youth (5–17 years): $7.50 per night
  • Child/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.

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

Trails

Nina Hut can be accessed on the trail Doubting the Devil from our trail directory.

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