Kerin Forks Hut

Facilities and services

Huts have basic facilities. You'll need to take:

• Sleeping bag
• Stove and fuel
• Pots/pans and utensils
• Toilet paper
• Rubbish bag (to pack out all rubbish, including food scraps)
• Newspaper/fire starter and matches/lighter for the wood burner
• Torch

Fees

1 May - 30 September

• Adult (18+ years): $25 per night
• Child/youth (5–17 years): $12.50 per night
• Infant (0–4 years): free

1 October - 30 April

Weekdays:

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

Weekends:

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

1 December - 29 February

Weekdays:

• Adult (18+ years): $29 per night
• Child/youth (5–17 years): $14.50 per night
• Infant (0–4 years): free

Weekends:

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

Backcountry Hut Passes can be used for this hut from 1 May to 30 September. Passes won't be accepted from 1 October to 30 April.

Camping

• Adult (18+ years): $10 per night
• Child (5–17 years): $5 per night
• Infant (0 - 4 years): free

The DOC Campsite Pass can be used at this campsite.

Bookings

Bookings are open for stays up to 30 April 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.

22 October – 30 April

Bookings are required. Book Kerin Forks Hut online

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

1 May – 21 October

Bookings are not required - first come, first served. Fees still apply.

Camping outside Kerrin Forks Hut

From 22 October 2026, you will need a booking to camp outside Kerin Forks Hut. Bookings for camping are now open for the 2026/2027 season.

Until 22 October 2026, no bookings are required but fees still apply.

Approximate time from nearest road end and huts

• SH 6 (Haast Highway) via Gillespie Pass Track: 4–5 hr (15 km)
• Siberia Hut via Gillespie Pass Track: 2–3 hr (7 km)
• Top Forks Hut via Wilkin Valley tracks: 7–10 hr

Tracks to this hut

• Gillespie Pass Circuit

• Wilkin Valley tracks

Location

NZTopo50 map sheet: BZ12
Grid/NZTM2000 coordinates: E1283487, N5094022

No visitor centre in Makarora

Contact the Awarua/Haast or Tititea/Mount Aspiring National Park visitor centres instead.

Full huts during peak season

This hut, along with other huts in the region, is popular with trampers from December until after Easter. We recommended you carry a tent or roll mat when tramping during this period.