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Liverpool Hut holds a kingly seat above the Matukituki Valley. Photo: Rob Brown

The Wilderness 40: Eight best Lower South Island and Rakiura Huts

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Alistair is the editor and publisher of Wilderness. His favourite tramping ground is Tongariro National Park.

By Alistair Hall

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March 2023

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Alistair is the editor and publisher of Wilderness. His favourite tramping ground is Tongariro National Park.

By Alistair Hall

The eight best huts in the lower South Island from Otago to Fiordland and Rakiura.

33. Siberia Hut, Mt Aspiring National Park A firm favourite on a classic transalpine tramp. By Shaun Barnett If names were anything to go by, Siberia Hut, nestled underneath the looming peaks of Mt Awful and Mt Dreadful, would not be on anyone’s bucket list. Yet this 20-bunk hut is a firm favourite. It […]

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