The site was first occupied by the 'Pork Villa Hut' built in the 1920's, later replaced by 'Orongorongo 1 Hut' in 1934. The present hut, built in 1954, is now managed by DOC, but is not available for hire. Edit Hut
Can be tough to find, but the path from the river is marked with a couple of pink triangles (take the left path following the ridge up and you'll reach it). Of note, I also tried to bush bash up from Wai Whare to the higher black dot on the Topo map thinking it was another hut, but couldn't see any sign of human life anywhere; anyone else know what it is?