This is the middle of the three huts on the Haast - Paringa "Cattle Track" and the modernest. It sits close to a saddle between the Whakapohai and Waita Rivers that was used as a travel route in pre European times.

It is a couple of hours quicker getting to this hut from the northern road end than the southern road end and when we walked it in May 09 the track north of this hut had been maintained more recently and to a higher standard than to the south. It is reachable in a day from either end!