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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

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

Book Siberia Hut online 

A $10 service fee applies to phone and in-person booking. This is a limited service – book online first. An in-person booking is dependent on there being space available.

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