• Adult (18+ years): $15 per night
• Youth (5–17 years): $7.50 per night
• Child/Infant (0–4 years): free

Before you go, buy a hut ticket online for each night's stay. You can print or display the digital ticket on your device, or write down the ticket and confirmation numbers to take with you. You can also buy a Backcountry Hut Pass that allows you to stay at non-bookable DOC huts for a 12 month period.

Backcountry hut ticket terms and conditions

Sutherlands Hut can be accessed from Haurangi road.

Directions from Haurangi Road to Waikuku Lodge, Sutherlands Hut and the Pigs Ridge - Old Mill Tracks:

• From Ruakokoputuna Road turnoff, beware – this is a low maintained gravel road that becomes narrow and winding after the first 2 kms.
• At the 6 km mark access gets difficult, and is only possible by 4WD past Waikuku Lodge due to wash outs, slips, rutted surfaces, and further road narrowing.
• It can be very slippery, deeply pitted and full of water. Drive with care – this is a remote location with few residents and limited phone or internet coverage.