Aranga Hut

The Aranga hut (4 beds, wood-burning stove, stream water) is located on the saddle at the head of the Makaroro valley, on the track from the No Mans Roadend to the main Ruahine Range on the west of the valley.

The hut is private, but open for public use. Sadly it appears to recieve little maintenance,and is somewhat disheveled.It is however, a comfortable place to spend the night (compared to the nearby Kylie Biv, at least!). What it lack sin condition it makes up for in character: the beds appear to be made partially from old DOC track signs: possibly explaining tha lack of such outside!

The hut lies in a clearing in beech forest on a grassy flat adjacent to that track and is impossible to miss. It is indicated on map U21 (2005 edition) by black 'building' point, and not named or marked as a 'hut'.