Editing Heaphy Track (section)

=== Brown Hut to Perry Saddle Hut ===
[[File:Aorere Shelter - Heaphy Track.jpg|thumb|Aorere Shelter – Heaphy Track]]
Brown Hut is located only five minutes walk from the carpark at the end of Aorere Valley road. There is a campsite located close to the hut.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brown Campsite |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/nelson-tasman/places/kahurangi-national-park/things-to-do/campsites/brown-campsite/ |access-date=4 August 2022 |publisher=Department of Conservation |language=en-nz |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202024741/https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/nelson-tasman/places/kahurangi-national-park/things-to-do/campsites/brown-campsite/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The track from Brown Hut crosses Brown River and a grassy flat before climbing through regenerating forest. The {{cvt|17|km}} route to Perry Saddle is almost entirely uphill, and has a consistent gradient. The zigzag path follows the route of a bridle track surveyed and built in 1886 by John Saxon. The track climbs steadily through mature beech forest, mostly red beech (''[[Nothofagus fusca]]'') and hard beech (''[[Nothofagus truncata]]'') trees, but there are also podocarps including [[rimu]] and [[Prumnopitys ferruginea|miro]], [[southern rātā]] and other species such as [[kāmahi]]. Birds that may be seen in the forest on the climb to Perry Saddle Hut include [[Tomtit|tomtits]], [[South Island robin|robins]] and [[New Zealand bellbird|bellbird]]. [[Kākā]] may also be seen or heard near the top. There is a side branch of the track reached after about 90 minutes climbing. This leads down to Shakespeare Flat on the Aorere River. After 3–4 hours climb, the Aorere shelter and campsite at about {{Cvt|800|m}} elevation provides a place to rest. The highest point on the Heaphy Track, at {{Cvt|915|m}}, is reached after another hour. There is a lookout point nearby. From here, it is another 30 minutes walk to Perry Saddle Hut.<ref name="Petyt">{{citeQ|Q113267899}}</ref>{{rp||page=|pages=180–182}} The hut has 28 bunks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Perry Saddle Hut |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/nelson-tasman/places/kahurangi-national-park/things-to-do/huts/perry-saddle-hut/ |access-date=4 August 2022 |publisher=Department of Conservation |language=en-nz |archive-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617122305/https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/nelson-tasman/places/kahurangi-national-park/things-to-do/huts/perry-saddle-hut/ |url-status=live }}</ref>