Kings Creek Hut

Standard hutKahurangi National Park, TasmanOpen

Sleeps: 20 bunks
Booking: Not bookable
Cost: from $15
Heating: Yes
Drinking water: Not drinkable
Toilet: Non-flush

Plan your access This place on doc.govt.nz

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: E1556628, N5409410

Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.

Map and tracks

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Track lines: DOC Te Papa Atawhai. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 41.46558° S, 172.48120° E

Kings Creek Hut, hut in Tasman — Photo and data: Crown Copyright, Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai.

About this place

This is a standard 20-bunk hut in the Motueka area.

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.

Kings Creek Hut to Stone Hut

Time: 2 hr 30 min

8.3 km The track continues to climb steadily alongside the gradually narrowing Wangapeka River, to a bridge half an hour before Stone Hut. There are good camping sites at the hut.

The whole walk

Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.

Trip options

Walking times come from DOC track descriptions, added up leg by leg from car-accessible trailheads. Nights and return times are ParkUp estimates, allowing about 8 hours of walking a day.

2 options · 1 to 3 nights

Rolling River car park

1 nightWangapeka Track from Rolling River car park

Walking in

3 hr 30 min

Walking out

3 hr 30 min to Rolling River car park

3 nightsWangapeka Track from Rolling River car park to Wangapeka Road car park

Walking in

3 hr 30 min

Walking out

21 hr to Wangapeka Road car park (via Stone Hut, Helicopter Flat Hut, Taipo Hut, Belltown Manunui Hut)

Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai track descriptions.

Fees and bookings

Adult (18+ years)$15 per night

Youth (5–17 years)$7.50 per night

Child/Infant (0–4 years)Free

Before you go, buy Hut Tickets for each night's stay. Put these in the honesty box at the hut. Or buy a Backcountry Hut Pass that gives unlimited use at most Standard and Serviced huts for a 12 month period. Retailers that sell hut tickets and passes

Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.

On these tracks

Wangapeka TrackAdvanced • 59 km • 4 - 6 days one way

Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.

Nearby stops

Cecil Kings Hut

Basic/bivvies • 4 bunks • Tasman • 0.2 km

Cecil Kings Hut is a historic building in the Wangapeka area of Kahurangi National Park. It is one of the few surviving structures from the depression mining…