Tussock Hut

D.O.C Kaweka Hut

  • Bush ridges.
  • Tussock valley
  • Scrub faces
  • Good all year round block.
  • Wood stove
  • 6 bunk hut.

Harkness Saddle Shelter

D.O.C Kaweka Pad

  • Tight bush.
  • Some small clearings.
  • Take a compass, a few get lost in there.
  • Good networks of spurs and ridges
  • Great access to the head of Mangatainoka catchment(Nice beech forest stalking)
  • For a good 3-4 day hunt, start here and get picked up from Mangatainoka Hut.

Harkness Hut

D.O.C Kaweka Hut

  • Mainly bush hunting.
  • Scrub faces to south
  • Some open tops
  • Steeper
  • 6 bunk
  • Wood stove

 

Cascade Hut

D.O.C Kaimanawa Hut

  • Great bush stalking all year round with low lying beech forest.
  • Good track networks with Cascade to Oamaru track accessing head waters of Cascade stream and up and over into Ruatea stream (jap creek)
  • Newly renovated 6 bunk
  • Wood stove
  • Easy Going contour.

 

Boyd Lodge

D.O.C Kaimanawa Hut

  • Bush
  • Scrub
  • Easy tussock
  • Sika
  • Good fishing for Rainbows
  • 12 bunks in two bunk rooms.
  • Wood supplied by DOC
  • Good Family Hut
  • Kaimanawa and Kawaka Forest Park access.

Back Ridge Bivvy

D.O.C Kawaka Bivvy

  • Some open tops around Biv with good mountain beech faces down to Kiwi creek.
  • Great hunting of track along the Ngauroro river, semi steep country but provides good glassing.
  • Good Summer
  • 2 bunks
  • Outside cooking