Totara Flats Hut
Located in Tararua Forest Park in the Wairarapa region
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Introduction
This hut is good for an overnight stay in the Waiohine Valley.Facilities
- Heating
- Mattresses
- Toilets - non-flush
- Water from tap - not treated, boil before use
Totora Flats Hut sits on river flats above Waiohine River.
Facilities
- Bunks - platform (shared) bunks with mattresses in two bunkrooms
- Water supply - inside taps with cold water from a rain collection tank
- Heating - wood burner with firewood provided
- Long drop toilet a short walk from the hut
- Sleeping bag
- Cooking stove, pots/pans and utensils
- Toilet paper
- Rubbish bag
- Newspaper/firelighters and matches/lighter for the wood burner/fire
- Torch
Fees
- Adult (18+ years): $25 per night
- Youth (5–17 years): $12.50 per night
- Child/Infant (0–4 years): free
Backcountry Hut Passes can be used at this hut. To pay with your Backcountry Hut Pass, create/update your account on our booking system. Under 'Apply for a discount', select 'Backcountry Hut Pass Holder' and upload a scan of your pass. Once we've verified your pass, it will automatically be applied when you make a booking.
Bookings
Bookings are open for stays up to 30 June 2025.
All bookings are first-come first-served. We do not have waiting lists for bookings for future seasons or facilities that are already booked-out.
Bookings are required all year.
A $10 service fee applies to phone and in-person booking. This is a limited service – book online first. An in-person booking is dependent on there being space available.
Your hut booking is for any bunk bed, not for a specific bunk bed – select your bunk bed on arrival.
Approximate times from nearest roads and huts
- Mt Holdsworth Road end: 4 hr
- Waiohine Gorge Road end: 4 hr 30 min
- Tutuwai Hut: 5 hr
- Neill Forks Hut: 4 hr
- Sayer Hut: 1 hr
- Cone Hut: 4 hr
Tracks to this hut
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Cone Ridge Tracks
Located in Tararua Forest ParkA network of tramping tracks along Cone Ridge, with tracks to Waiohine Road End, Cone Hut, Totara Flats Hut, the Waiohine Valley, Neill Saddle and Neill Forks Hut.1 alertDurationDifficulty Advanced -
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Holdsworth - Kaitoke Track
Located in Holdsworth area and Tararua Forest ParkThis is one of the classic tramps of the Tararua Forest Park. It follows the Waiohine and Tauherenikau rivers between Holdsworth and Kaitoke.Duration 2-3 daysDifficulty Advanced
Location
NZTopo50 map sheet: BP33
Grid/NZTM2000 coordinates: E1802321, N5465946
Contacts
| Wellington/Kapiti information | |
| Phone: | +64 3 546 9339 |
| Email: | nelsonvc@doc.govt.nz |
| About: | Whakatū/Nelson Visitor Centre provides visitor information for this area |
