Image: Tamsen Walker | DOC
View down onto a large wooden hut. It's surrounded by trees on a hillside.
Holly Hut

Located in Egmont National Park and North Egmont area in the Taranaki region

This 32-bunk serviced hut is a gateway to some of Egmont National Park's most spectacular features.

Holly Hut is a great place to base yourself for a couple of days to explore the surrounding area. The Ahukawakawa Swamp lies at the hut's doorstep, and nearby the mighty Bells Falls roar over an ancient lava flow. If you're lucky you may hear the call of kiwi in the bush around the hut at night. 

Facilities and services

  • Containment tank toilet a short walk from the hut
  • Solar lighting
  • Cold running water from a rainwater tank
  • Fireplace with wood supplied

Fees

  • Adult (18+ years): $25 per night
  • Youth (5–17 years): $12.50 per night
  • Child/Infant (0–4 years): free

Backcountry Hut Passes can be used at this hut. 

Camping

Outside Holly Hut there is space for approximately 10 small tents. Camping is first-come-first-served.

Camping elsewhere is discouraged.

Fees to camp at the hut

Fees to camp at this hut are paid using hut tickets or a Backcountry Hut Pass or Campsite Pass.

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

Before you go, buy 1 Standard Hut Ticket (blue for adults, red for youth) for each night's stay. Put this in the honesty box at the hut.

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Bookings

Bookings are open for stays up to 30 June 2025.

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.

Bookings are required all year.

Book Holly 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.

Holly Hut is around 3 - 4 hours tramp from North Egmont Visitor Centre.

Tracks to this hut

Location

NZTopo50 map sheet: BJ29
Grid/NZTM2000 coordinates: E1690231, N5653249