Book huts, campsites, lodges and Great Walks
Bookings for Great Walks, huts, campsites and lodges are open for stays up to 30 June 2025. Bookings for the 2025/26 season open in May 2025.

Great Walks bookings

Bookings will open for stays from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026 on these dates at 9.30 am NZST:

  • 15 May: Heaphy Track, Kepler Track, Rakiura Track
  • 22 May: Whanganui Journey, Routeburn Track
  • 27 May: Lake Waikaremoana Track, Abel Tasman Coast Track, Paparoa Track
  • 28 May: Milford Track

Note: Bookings for Tongariro Northern Circuit are on hold while DOC assesses plans for replacing Oturere Hut.

Information for your booking:

All other hut, campsite and lodge bookings

Bookings will open between 13 May and 4 June 2025 for 2025/26 stays. Check individual pages for booking and price details.

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.

For help with bookings, contact a DOC visitor centre. Not all facilities can be booked.

How to modify or cancel your booking

It is easy to modify or cancel your bookings. Just log back into your booking account on the DOC booking system. 

  1. Select My Account in the green bar, top right of page.
  2. Then select All GW bookings to see your Great Walks bookings or My Bookings for all non Great Walk hut, campsite and lodge bookings.
  3. Find the booking you want to change
  4. Click Cancel to cancel your booking
  5. Click Modify to change dates, change number of people, change a persons details for Great Walks bookings or change number of nights.

You can email a copy of your confirmation to yourself by selecting reprint.

See the Bookings terms and conditions including refunds. 

Other bookings

For help with accommodation bookings, contact a DOC visitor centre.