Cecil Kings Hut
Basic/bivvies hutKahurangi National Park, TasmanOpen
- Sleeps
- 4 bunks
- Booking
- Not bookable
- Heating
- Yes
- Drinking water
- Not drinkable
- 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.nz- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet BQ23
- Grid reference
- E1556528, N5409210
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map and tracks
Track lines: DOC Te Papa Atawhai. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 41.46705° S, 172.47937° E
About this place
Historic Cecil Kings Hut is one of the few surviving buildings of the depression mining in the Wangapeka. Today it is available as accommodation for trampers in Kahurangi National Park.
On the way here
Wangapeka Track · 4 - 6 days one way
Rolling River car park to Kings Creek Hut
Time: 3 hr 30 min
11.4 km The track follows the river to Kings Creek Hut. Approximately 1 hr 30 min from Rolling Junction road end, carefully cross the debris from the landslip which created a dam across the Wangapeka River in 2012. Note: trampers should move quickly, following the marked route and, if possible, use a spotter to watch for falling rocks. In heavy rainfall, trampers downstream of the dam should move to at least 20 m above the Wangapeka riverbed level if they see the water suddenly becoming discoloured. The track continues along the true right of the Wangapeka River to the junction of Kiwi Stream, cross the bridge to the true left and continue for 30 minutes to Kings Creek Hut. From this junction, trampers can do a side trip on Kiwi Track to Kiwi Saddle Hut (4 hr). Cross the Wangapeka River and Kiwi Stream bridges and follow the track on the true left up to the hut. This allows good access to explore Mount Patriarch and the Luna Tops in fair weather. The restored Cecil Kings Hut is 5 min further up the maintrack from Kings Creek Hut. There are good, sunny camping sites near the river here.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Fees and bookings
Free
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
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Taipo Hut
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Walks nearby
Contact
Nelson/Tasman/Marlborough information
Regional DOC service centre.
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Sources
- 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).
- DOC Huts · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.