Heaphy Track: 78 km in Kahurangi
The Heaphy Track is a named DOC Great Walk in Kahurangi. The governing figure used here is 78 km (DOC · Heaphy Track), not a straight line between towns.
Typical time on the route is 4 to 5 days. Grade: Tramping track. Season window: Walk year-round; bikes in winter window.
DOC length 78.4 km. Brown Hut to Kohaihai. In a published winter window it is also a Great Ride for bikes. Perry Saddle and James Mackay are the high huts. Collingwood and Karamea are the town beds; there is no public bus across the park.
The itinerary on this page is the published stop sequence: Collingwood, Brown Hut, Perry Saddle Hut, Kohaihai. Cabins and holiday homes load live around each stop; hut and trailhead pins without a town page still search by radius.
Book DOC huts and Great Walks on the DOC system where that applies. Town beds are what this site lists. Carry the day’s food on remote legs — several of these routes have no shop between ends.
Stop by stop
Collingwood — Golden Bay bed base. Brown Hut — eastern trailhead. Perry Saddle Hut — high kahurangi night. Kohaihai — nikau coast, West Coast end.
Distances, grades and seasons above follow DOC · Heaphy Track. Confirm opening dates, slips and hut bookings on the operator or DOC page before you travel; alpine and West Coast tracks close or reroute after weather.
