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Siberia Hut.
Siberia Hut

Located in Mount Aspiring National Park in the Otago region

This is a serviced 20-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)
  • Newspaper/fire starter and matches/lighter for the wood burner
  • Torch

Labour weekend (late October) – May 1:

Resident hut warden.

May 1 – Labour weekend (late October):

No hut warden.

Fees

Backcountry Hut Passes

Passes are valid for use in this hut from 1 May to 30 September. Passes won't be accepted from 1 October to 30 April.

Hut fees

  • Adult (18+ years): $30 per night
  • Child/youth (5–17 years): $15 per night
  • Infant: (0–4 years): free

Fees to camp at the hut

  • Adult (18+ years): $10 per night
  • Child/youth (5–17 years): $5 per night
  • Infant: (0–4 years): free

Camping cannot be booked online. Before you go, pick up a blue standard hut ticket to pay for your stay. Give this to the warden or leave it in the honesty box at the hut.

Labour weekend (late October) – 30 April

Bookings are required in the summer season (late October – 30 April). Pay when you make a booking.

1 May – Labour weekend (late October)

Bookings are not required but fees still apply.

Before you go, buy 3 Standard Hut Tickets (blue) for adults or 3 Standard Youth Hut Tickets (yellow) for youths for each night's stay. Put this in the honesty box at the hut. Or buy a Backcountry Hut Pass for unlimited use at most Serviced and Standard huts for a 12 month period.

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

Bookings

Bookings for 22 October 2026 to 30 April 2027 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.
Labour weekend (late October) - 30 April

Bookings are required to stay in the hut. Bookings are not required to camp at the hut. 

Book Siberia Hut online 

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 are not required - first come, first served. Fees still apply. 
Approximate times from nearest huts
  • Young Hut via Gillespie Pass Circuit: 6– 8 hr (12 km)
  • Kerin Forks Hut via Gillespie Pass Circuit: 2– 3 hr (7 km)
  • SH 6 (Haast Highway) via Gillespie Pass Circuit: 6– 8 hr (22 km)

Tracks to this hut

Location

NZTopo50 map sheet: BZ12
Grid/NZTM2000 coordinates: E1285188, N5097726

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

Weather forecast

Siberia Hut weather forecast – NIWA website