3 places · 2 with rooms, 2 with meals on the Smoke-ho car park (trailhead) section of the Paparoa Track, in Blackball, Greymouth. Phone and WhatsApp numbers are listed so you can book ahead.
Historic 1910 pub-hotel in Blackball with 16 rooms (shared bathrooms) and a restaurant, about 8 km by road from Smoke-ho car park. Breakfast is included, and it can arrange track meals and shuttles; book ahead in summer.
Small inn and café on Hilton Street in Blackball that sleeps up to 12, about 8 km by road from Smoke-ho car park. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days; send a booking request through its website.
Travel centre at Greymouth railway station, about 35 km by road from Smoke-ho car park, that books Paparoa Track shuttles, buses and the TranzAlpine train. The track shuttle leaves Greymouth station for Smoke-ho at 8:45 am.
Checked online in October 2026. Places marked "not confirmed by the operator" are listed on OpenStreetMap or in guides but could not be checked on an official page. The huts on the Paparoa Track are DOC Great Walk huts: booked online in advance and paid per person per night, with bunks, mattresses, heating, gas cooktops and toilets, but no food, pots or showers. There are no campsites on the track.
The Paparoa Track route works offline in Outest, with these places on the map and a trail guide you can ask about water, weather and the next village.