Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
DOC brochures include
Angelus Hut Tracks & Routes, Travers-Sabine Circuit
and
Walks in
Nelson Lakes National Park
.
HUTS & CAMPING
There are 22 huts within the national park, most dotted at convenient intervals along the
mattresses, water supply, toilets, washbasins, and heating with fuel available. The rest are
(
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free)
. There are no cooking facilities in the huts; all trampers should carry
stoves. Hut tickets must be pre-purchased from the Nelson Lakes Visitor Centre.
Backcountry hut tickets and passes are valid at the park's huts, with the exception of the
relatively luxurious, serviced Angelus Hut (28 bunks) from late November through to the
end of April. During this peak period the hut and the nearby campsites ($10) must be
booked in advance online or through DOC visitor centres nationwide.
Camping is permitted throughout the park. There is a fee of one Backcountry hut ticket
for camping close to Serviced huts. Camping around Standard/Basic huts and away from
huts is free.
A short stroll from St Arnaud and a stone's throw from Lake Rotoiti, DOC's lovely
Kerr
Bay Camp
(powered/unpowered site $15/10) has bushy nooks for campervans and decent
grass for tenters. It also has hot showers, a cooking shelter and laundry facilities during
summer. Further round the lake, DOC's more basic
West Bay Camp
($6) is open mid-
December to Easter. Both camps have to be pre-booked from mid-December through to
Easter online or at the Nelson Lakes Visitor Centre.
At the northern end of Lake Rotoroa, DOC's Lake Rotoroa Camp ($6) has toilets, water
and ferocious sandflies.
INFORMATION SOURCES
5pm in summer)
is a five-minute walk from the village centre and has park information, the
latest weather forecasts, hut passes and interpretive displays.
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Getting to/from the Tramps
The Travers-Sabine Circuit begins on the Lakehead Track, which is signposted from the
Kerr Bay campsite. The end of the tramp and the start of the Robert Ridge route to Lake An-
gelus is the Mt Robert car park, 7km from the visitor centre. The very accommodating
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