Baikie Hut
Ruataniwha Conservation Park • Canterbury
Alerts
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- About
- This is a basic four-bunk hut in Ruataniwha Conservation Park.
- Facilities
- Heating
- Mattresses
- Toilets - non-flush
- Water from stream
- Water supply
About this hut
Baikie Hut with horse hitching rail
Facilities
People travelling to the hut by 4WD vehicle are expected to take their own firewood in with them.
Heritage
Baikie Hut is an old mustering hut, built in 1948 when it was part of Dusky Station. A hitching rail still remains outside the hut for horses to be tied up to.
Fees and bookings
Fees
Free
Getting there
To drive to Baikie Hut, 4WD access permission and a key must be obtained from the landholder. Ring the landholder, Pukaki Downs Station, for permission: +64 21 255 2045. You'll be required to pay a fee and key bond.
This track may be closed at times, for example during periods of high fire danger. A fee or bond may be payable to the owners of Pukaki Downs Station. In order to protect the fragile environment above Baikie Hut, vehicles are to be left at the hut.
Tracks to this hut
Location
NZTopo50 map sheet: BZ15
Grid/NZTM2000 coordinates: E1365071, N5111929
Nearby
Weather
Forecast at the hut