Last Updated: 27th Jul 2026

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Top Gorge Hut

This is a basic four-bunk hut in the Manawatu region.

Manawatu - Wanganui, New Zealand

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Hut DOC Ruahine Forest Park

Last Updated: 27th Jul 2026

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Bookable

940m

Approx. elevation

-39.96725, 176.10450

Coordinates

BL36
E1865199, N5571219

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About this hut

The hut replaced 'The Gorge Tent Camp' that was built in 1966 on the flats upstream and later washed away by flooding. The current hut was built in 1981 by John Pickford using flat iron from the Takapari Road exclosure plot and gravel from the river. Concrete was flown in.

Facilities

Heating, Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply

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Fees

Free

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