Image: Liz Carlson | ©
People in tramping gear approaching a hut on a hill overlooking a mountain.
Liverpool Hut

Located in Matukituki Valley area and Mount Aspiring National Park in the Otago region

This is a serviced-alpine 10-bunk hut in the Wanaka/Makarora area. You need to book to stay at this hut during the summer season. Book online before you go.

Facilities and services

Huts have basic facilities. You'll need to take:

  • Sleeping bag
  • Stove and fuel
  • Pots/pans and utensils
  • Toilet paper
  • Rubbish bag (to pack out all rubbish, including food scraps)
  • Torch

Fees

  • Adult (18+ years): $35 per night
  • NZ Alpine Club members: $17.50 per night
  • Child/youth (15–17 years): $17.50 per night
  • Infant (0–4 years): free

Labour Weekend (late October) – 30 April

Pay when you make a booking. Backcountry Hut passes cannot be used at this hut from Labour Weekend to 30 April.

1 May – Labour Weekend (late October)

Bookings are not required but fees still apply.

Before you go, buy 1 Serviced Hut Ticket (green) plus 1 Standard Hut Ticket (blue) for adult, for each night's stay. Put these in the honesty box at the hut. Or buy a Backcountry Hut Pass for unlimited use at most Serviced and Standard huts for a 6 or 12 month period.

Backcountry Hut Passes can only be used in this hut from 1 May until Labour Weekend (late October) each year. 

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Bookings

Bookings are open for stays from 25 October 2025 to 30 April 2026.

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.

Labour Weekend (late October) - 30 April

Bookings are required. Book Liverpool Hut online

A $10 service fee applies to all phone, email and in-person bookings. New Zealand Alpine Club (NZAC) members applying for their discount will not be charged this fee.

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

1 May - Labour Weekend (late October)

Bookings not required - first come, first served. Fees still apply.
Approximate time from nearest road end and hut
  • Raspberry Creek car park (Wanaka Mt Aspiring Road) via Liverpool Track: 5–6 hr 30 min (15 km)
  • Aspiring Hut via Liverpool Track: 3–4 hr (6 km)

Tracks to this hut

Location

NZTopo50 map sheet: CA11
Grid/NZTM2000 coordinates: E1254993, N5071096

A hut warden will be on site periodically during the booking season, from 1 December to end of April.