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Rod Donald Hut
Banks Peninsula (Little River), Canterbury
Bush-edged nine-bunk hut on Banks Peninsula, 50 minutes' walk from Port Levy Saddle.
- Price
- NZ$30 to 40 adult per night depending on season
- Booking
- Book ahead
A serviced hut on a QEII-covenanted block of regenerating bush, built as a private cabin in the early 1990s and opened to the public in 2015. It has nine bunks, a verandah, a lounge with a woodburner and solar lighting. The walk from Port Levy Saddle takes about 50 minutes on the Te Ara Pātaka track.
Good to know
- Book online only; no walk-in spaces
- No camping and no flat ground nearby
- Carry all rubbish out, including nappies
- Bring a stove and cookware
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Park at the top of Western Valley Road, walk about 50 min from Port Levy Saddle
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
Facilities
- Fire pits
- Toilets
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