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View from Mt Heale Hut.
Mt Heale Hut

Located in Great Barrier Island/Aotea in the Auckland region

This is a serviced 20-bunk hut on Great Barrier Island. The hut must be booked in advance online.

Facilities

This hut has 20 beds in two rooms. It also has two toilets, gas cooking facilities, a water supply (stored roof water - boil before use) and two deck areas, where you can enjoy excellent views of the Hauraki Gulf, Little Barrier Island (Hauturu) and the summit peaks on Great Barrier Island.

Fees

Fees to 30 June 2026

  • Adult (18+ years): $25 per night
  • Youth (5–17 years): $12.50 per night
  • Child/Infant (0–4 years): free

Fees from 1 July 2026

New rates apply. Updated hut and sole occupancy fees from 1 July 2026.

Hut tickets cannot be used at this hut.

Backcountry Hut Passes are valid for use in this hut. Passes can be used unlimited for a 6 or 12 month period for most Serviced and Standard huts.

How to pay with your Backcountry Hut Pass.

About hut tickets and passes | Retailers that sell hut tickets and passes

Bookings

Bookings for the 2026/27 season open at 12 noon on Tuesday 12 May 2026.  

  • If no availability shows online for your dates, the hut is fully booked.
  • No spaces are kept for visitors arriving without a booking.
  • Phone and in‑person bookings made at a visitor centre incur a $10 service fee.
  • Same‑day bookings are available online until 8 pm if spaces remain.

Book Mt Heale Hut online.

Your hut booking is for any bunk bed, not for a specific bunk bed – select your bunk bed on arrival. 

Mt Heale Hut can be reached by a 3 hr - 3 hr 30 min walk via Windy Canyon and Palmer's Track, accessed from Aotea Road at the top of Whangapoua Hill.

Tracks to this hut

Location

Topo50 map sheet: AY34

Grid/NZTM2000 coordinates: E1816956 N5991918

Weather forecast

Mt Heale Hut weather forecast – NIWA website

Behaviour and alcohol

You'll be asked to leave if you behave in a disorderly or offensive way, eg excessive alcohol, using foul language, noisy or riotous. Drinking in public and the public display of alcohol are not permitted.