Poor Pete's Hut
Basic/bivvies hutKahurangi National Park, TasmanOpen
- Sleeps
- 2 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.nzPoor Pete's Hut is accessible from the Matiri Valley and 1000 Acre Plateau tramping tracks.
- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet BR23
- Grid reference
- E1543531, N5392818
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. 41.61392° S, 172.32218° E

About this place
This is a basic 2-bunk hut in the Kahurangi National Park.
Fees and bookings
Free
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
On these tracks
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Nearby stops
McConchies Hut
Standard • 4 bunks • Tasman • 4.6 km
McConchies Hut is a standard four-bunk hut located in the Nelson Lakes area of the Tasman region.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Lake Matiri Hut
Standard • 8 bunks • Tasman • 4.7 km
Lake Matiri Hut is a standard 8-bunk hut located in Kahurangi National Park in the Tasman region.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Larrikin Creek Hut
Standard • 4 bunks • West Coast • 6 km
Larrikin Creek Hut is a standard four-bunk hut located in Kahurangi National Park.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Hurricane Hut
Standard • 4 bunks • Tasman • 12.9 km
Hurricane Hut is a basic 4-bunk hut located in the Nelson Lakes area of the Tasman region.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Walks nearby
Contact
Nelson/Tasman/Marlborough information
Regional DOC service centre.
Notes from people who have been
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Sources
- 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).

