Top Forks Hut

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About: This is an serviced 16-bunk hut in the Wanaka/Makarora area.
Facilities: Heating
Lighting
Toilets - non-flush
Water from tap - not treated, boil before use
Water supply

About this 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 and bookings

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

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 from 22 October 2026 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 Top 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.

Getting there

Approximate time from nearest hut

Kerin Forks Hut via Wilkin Valley tracks: 7– 10 hr

Tracks to this hut

Location

NZTopo50 map sheet: BZ11
Grid/NZTM2000 coordinates: E1272071, N5089414

Know before you go

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.