Makahu Saddle Hut - Kaweka Forest Park, Hawke's Bay | Hut Bagger

Makahu Saddle Hut

Kaweka Forest Park, Hawke's Bay

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Makahu Saddle Hut, Kaweka Forest Park by Tramper - Makahu Saddle Hut (Dec., 2013)

Makahu Saddle Hut, Kaweka Forest Park by Tramper - Makahu Saddle Hut (1962), (L-R Bob Crook & Dave Cameron), Kaweka FP. Photo Ross Lockyer

Makahu Saddle Hut, Kaweka Forest Park by Tramper - Makahu Saddle Hut (1959), Kaweka FP. Photo John McKinnon

Makahu Saddle Hut, Kaweka Forest Park by Tramper - Makahu Saddle Hut, Kaweka FP. Photo Ed Harcourt

Makahu Saddle Hut, Kaweka Forest Park by Tramper - Makahu Saddle Hut (1998), Kaweka FP. Photo Jim Brown

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Standard Hut, 4 Bunks

Alerts

Closure of Kaweka Road from end of Whittle Road to Makahu Saddle Hut- 10 March 2025

Kaweka Forest Park access- 23 December 2024

Amenities

Heating, Mattresses, Toilets, Open Fire

Water Source

Water body near hut

Location

NZ Topo 50:BJ37 939 458

NZTM Grid Ref:E1893931 N5645844

Lat/Long:-39.286921176.407863

Elevation:978m

Tracks

Notes

Built by the NZFS in 1957 with the frame built using Meccano-like sections of aluminium called Dexion which could be bolted together. Edit Hut

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Trina- 13/02/2025

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Very sad to see a hut disrespected the way it is. Dirty, rubbish lying around.

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