Haycocks Bivouac

The place

A basic 2-bunk DOC bivouac at 760 m in the Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia Conservation Park (South Marlborough, NZ). Free. Access via Blind Saddle Road from the Kahutara bridge car park (25 km inland from SH1); vehicle access by arrangement with Colin Nimmo (Muzzle Station, +64 3 319 5791) with a maintenance fee; road closed to vehicles in winter. No DOC-marked track: self-reliant navigation with map/compass/GPS required. Dangerous unbridged river crossings: do not cross in flood.