Fees and bookings
Learn about fees, bookings and conditions associated with booking the Routeburn Track.

You need to pay fees to stay at the huts and campsites on this track. Fees vary depending on when you go.

Huts - current fees until 30 June 2025

Prices are per person, per night. NZ rates are for New Zealand visitors and INT rates are for international visitors.

Date range

Adult NZ
18 + years

Adult INT
18+ years

Child NZ
5 to 17 years

Child INT
0 to 17 years

Infant NZ
0 to 4 years

1 May – 30 June 2025

$30

$30

$15

$15

Free

Huts - new fees from 1 July 2025 

Date range

Adult NZ
18 + years

Adult INT
18+ years

Child NZ
5 to 17 years

Child INT
0 to 17 years

Infant NZ
0 to 4 years

1 November 2025 – 30 April 2026

$88

$132

$44

$66

Free

1 May – 30 June 2026

$35

$35

$17.50

$17.50

Free

1 July – 31 October 2025

$30

$30

$15

$15

Free

Proof of eligibility is required for the New Zealand rate.

Campsites - current fees until 30 June 2025

Prices are per person, per night. NZ rates are for New Zealand visitors and INT rates are for international visitors.

Date range

Adult NZ
18 + years

Adult INT
18+ years

Child NZ
5 to 17 years

Child INT
0 to 17 years

Infant NZ
0 to 4 years

1 May – 30 June 2025

$10

$10

$5

$5

Free

Campsites - new fees from 1 July 2025

Date range

Adult NZ
18 + years

Adult INT
18+ years

Child NZ
5 to 17 years

Child INT
0 to 17 years

Infant NZ
0 to 4 years

1 November 2025 – 30 April 2026

$28

$42

$14

$21

Free

1 May – 30 June 2026

$10

$10

$5

$5

Free

1 July – 31 October 2025

$10

$10

$5

$5

Free

Proof of eligibility is required for the New Zealand rate.

Bookings

Bookings for the 2025/26 season open at 9.30 am on Thursday 22 May 2025.  

In the Great Walks season (1 November 2025 – 30 April 2026)

Bookings are required for huts and campsites.

Book Routeburn Track huts online.

If you don’t have a valid booking for your stay, you may be charged a penalty, or turned away if the hut/campsite is full.

Outside the Great Walks season (1 May 2025 – 31 October 2025)

Bookings are not required.

Bunks in huts are first come, first served.

Payment is with Backcountry Hut Tickets or a Backcountry Hut Pass – buy these from a DOC visitor centre before you go.

Hut tickets required for winter:

  • May-June 3 x blue tickets
  • July-October 1 x green ticket for adults.