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Parawai Lodge

40.8734° S, 175.2321° E

Parawai Lodge, photo from DOC
Photo: DOC

No booking: first come, first served

This lodge is not on DOC's booking system. Beds go to whoever arrives first, so carry a tent or a plan B in busy seasons.

Where a fee applies, pay with a Backcountry Hut Ticket or a Hut Pass. From 1 November 2026 hut tickets can also be bought online through DOC. The DOC page for this lodge has the category, fee and facilities.

Forecast

At 186 m, from Open-Meteo, fetched 5:47 am, Wed 4 Nov.

16-day forecast
DayConditionsHigh / lowRain, chanceWind km/h
Wed 4 NovFog19° / 11°0 mm 39%8 gusts 23
Thu 5 NovLight drizzle20° / 13°0.1 mm 69%11 gusts 27
Fri 6 NovThunderstorm18° / 14°18.3 mm 97%18 gusts 44
Sat 7 NovShowers20° / 14°13.1 mm 99%15 gusts 31
Sun 8 NovShowers17° / 11°13 mm 100%16 gusts 40
Mon 9 NovFog19° / 11°0 mm 41%14 gusts 33
Tue 10 NovShowers20° / 14°18.2 mm 59%9 gusts 27
Wed 11 NovHeavy drizzle20° / 14°6.4 mm 90%10 gusts 30
Thu 12 NovLight drizzle19° / 13°4.4 mm 87%8 gusts 28
Fri 13 NovLight drizzle18° / 11°1 mm 69%12 gusts 30
Sat 14 NovLight drizzle19° / 12°0.6 mm 48%14 gusts 34
Sun 15 NovThunderstorm18° / 14°34.6 mm 65%36 gusts 82
Mon 16 NovDrizzle17° / 14°7.8 mm 73%24 gusts 68
Tue 17 NovDrizzle16° / 13°10.4 mm 71%21 gusts 45
Wed 18 NovDrizzle16° / 11°6 mm 52%20 gusts 45

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