Cameron Hut
Basic/bivvies hutHakatere Conservation Park, CanterburyOpen
- Sleeps
- 9 bunks
- Booking
- Not bookable
- Heating
- None
- Drinking water
- Boil first
- Toilet
- Non-flush
Getting there
We have not checked a road end or car park for this place yet, so we do not give driving directions to it. Check how to get there before you go. Some routes cross private land and need the landowner's permission.
How to get there, on doc.govt.nzCameron Hut is 6 hours (15.6 km) up the Cameron valley on a marked route.
To reach Cameron valley, drive past Mt Arrowsmith Station on Hakatere Heron Road for about 1.6 km. Just past a gravel pit, follow an unmarked 4WD track for about 1.4 km to the start of the route up the true right of the valley.
- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet BW18
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 43.36712° S, 171.01810° E

About this place
This is a basic nine-bunk hut in the Mid & South Canterbury area.
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- DOC Huts · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.
- OpenStreetMap Huts · ODbL (Open Database License)Contains information from OpenStreetMap, made available under the ODbL.
- DOC Huts (API) · CC BY 4.0Crown Copyright: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai. Data sourced from the DOC Developer Portal (api.doc.govt.nz).