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Waiharuru Hut

38.7436° S, 177.0334° E

Waiharuru Hut, photo from DOC
Photo: DOC

Booking

This is a Great Walk: Book on DOC opens DOC's Great Walks form. Choose Lake Waikaremoana Track and your dates there; DOC does not let other sites open a Great Walk directly.

Updated 12:01 pm, Wed 4 Nov. Hut Hunter reads availability from DOC's booking system every two hours, so check DOC before you set off.

Free bunks by date

The next 60 nights. Numbers are people: how many more can book that night.

November 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Wed 4 Nov: 38 of 40 freeThu 5 Nov: 31 of 40 freeFri 6 Nov: 8 of 40 freeSat 7 Nov: booked out, 0 of 40 freeSun 8 Nov: 32 of 40 free
Mon 9 Nov: 39 of 40 freeTue 10 Nov: 40 of 40 freeWed 11 Nov: 40 of 40 freeThu 12 Nov: 40 of 40 freeFri 13 Nov: 29 of 40 freeSat 14 Nov: 27 of 40 freeSun 15 Nov: 28 of 40 free
Mon 16 Nov: 27 of 40 freeTue 17 Nov: 36 of 40 freeWed 18 Nov: 38 of 40 freeThu 19 Nov: 40 of 40 freeFri 20 Nov: 36 of 40 freeSat 21 Nov: 25 of 40 freeSun 22 Nov: 34 of 40 free
Mon 23 Nov: 33 of 40 freeTue 24 Nov: 38 of 40 freeWed 25 Nov: 35 of 40 freeThu 26 Nov: 33 of 40 freeFri 27 Nov: 9 of 40 freeSat 28 Nov: 26 of 40 freeSun 29 Nov: 38 of 40 free
Mon 30 Nov: 33 of 40 free
December 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Tue 1 Dec: 36 of 40 freeWed 2 Dec: 36 of 40 freeThu 3 Dec: 40 of 40 freeFri 4 Dec: 30 of 40 freeSat 5 Dec: 37 of 40 freeSun 6 Dec: 27 of 40 free
Mon 7 Dec: 33 of 40 freeTue 8 Dec: 36 of 40 freeWed 9 Dec: 35 of 40 freeThu 10 Dec: 27 of 40 freeFri 11 Dec: 38 of 40 freeSat 12 Dec: 31 of 40 freeSun 13 Dec: 18 of 40 free
Mon 14 Dec: 26 of 40 freeTue 15 Dec: 24 of 40 freeWed 16 Dec: 29 of 40 freeThu 17 Dec: 22 of 40 freeFri 18 Dec: 31 of 40 freeSat 19 Dec: 20 of 40 freeSun 20 Dec: 29 of 40 free
Mon 21 Dec: 22 of 40 freeTue 22 Dec: 26 of 40 freeWed 23 Dec: 31 of 40 freeThu 24 Dec: 40 of 40 freeFri 25 Dec: 38 of 40 freeSat 26 Dec: 37 of 40 freeSun 27 Dec: 24 of 40 free
Mon 28 Dec: booked out, 0 of 40 freeTue 29 Dec: 4 of 40 freeWed 30 Dec: 15 of 40 freeThu 31 Dec: 29 of 40 free
January 2027
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Fri 1 Jan 2027: 27 of 40 freeSat 2 Jan 2027: 25 of 40 free

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Forecast

At 597 m, from Open-Meteo, fetched 10:28 am, Wed 4 Nov.

16-day forecast
DayConditionsHigh / lowRain, chanceWind km/h
Wed 4 NovShowers20° / 10°4.5 mm 71%19 gusts 45
Thu 5 NovLight drizzle19° / 12°0.5 mm 84%21 gusts 49
Fri 6 NovDrizzle21° / 13°1.7 mm 100%25 gusts 59
Sat 7 NovThunderstorm18° / 13°10.5 mm 100%27 gusts 66
Sun 8 NovDrizzle20° / 12°2.1 mm 80%21 gusts 54
Mon 9 NovDrizzle15° / 11°6.1 mm 95%11 gusts 33
Tue 10 NovShowers16° / 12°19.4 mm 94%22 gusts 58
Wed 11 NovDrizzle16° / 14°10.6 mm 90%27 gusts 66
Thu 12 NovLight drizzle18° / 12°2.6 mm 77%27 gusts 66
Fri 13 NovOvercast21° / 12°0 mm 62%25 gusts 66
Sat 14 NovShowers17° / 13°29 mm 55%19 gusts 54
Sun 15 NovShowers19° / 12°6.4 mm 42%23 gusts 65
Mon 16 NovOvercast22° / 11°0 mm 56%22 gusts 54
Tue 17 NovPartly cloudy23° / 11°0 mm 45%26 gusts 64
Wed 18 NovHeavy drizzle20° / 10°9.4 mm 41%27 gusts 64
Thu 19 NovDrizzle11° / 9°3.5 mm 35%6 gusts 16

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