Totara Flats Hut
Tararua Forest Park • Wairarapa
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Forecast point: Powell Hut (1214m) · 5.6km away
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- About
- This hut is good for an overnight stay in the Waiohine Valley.
- Facilities
- Heating
- Mattresses
- Toilets - non-flush
- Water from tap - not treated, boil before use
- Water supply
About this hut
Totora Flats Hut sits on river flats above Waiohine River.
Facilities
- Bunks - platform (shared) bunks with mattresses in two bunkrooms
- Water supply - inside taps with cold water from a rain collection tank
- Heating - wood burner with firewood provided
- Long drop toilet a short walk from the hut
- Sleeping bag
- Cooking stove, pots/pans and utensils
- Toilet paper
- Rubbish bag
- Newspaper/firelighters and matches/lighter for the wood burner/fire
- 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
- Child/youth (5–17 years): $17 per night
- Infant (0–4 years): free
Backcountry Hut Passes can be used at this hut.
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Bookings
Bookings are open for stays up to 30 June 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.
Your hut booking is for any bunk bed, not for a specific bunk bed – select your bunk bed on arrival.
Getting there
Approximate times from nearest roads and huts
- Mt Holdsworth Road end: 5–6 hr
- Waiohine Gorge Road end: 4 hr 30 min
- Tutuwai Hut: 5 hr
- Neill Forks Hut: 4 hr
- Sayer Hut: 1 hr
- Cone Hut: 4 hr
Tracks to this hut
Location
NZTopo50 map sheet: BP33
Grid/NZTM2000 coordinates: E1802321, N5465946
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Weather
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