Was ist los in Queenstown, Neuseeland – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat, Summer holidays in Neuseeland

Im Januar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Great Walks season (25. Okt. – 30. Apr.), Lupins along the roads (15. Nov. – 5. Jan. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat

Im Februar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Great Walks season (25. Okt. – 30. Apr.)

Zwischensaison – zwischen den Hochphasen

• Feiertag

  Easter long weekend

  3.–6. Apr.Ostern & KarwocheVollFrüh buchenSchließungen

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays, and on Good Friday and Easter Sunday most shops must stay shut unless local rules or a tourist-area exemption let them open. New Zealanders make it a long weekend away, so motels, holiday parks and campsites fill. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Great Walks season (25. Okt. – 30. Apr.)

Hochbetrieb – Easter long weekend, Arrowtown Autumn Festival

• Natur

  Autumn colour in Arrowtown

  5. Apr. – 5. Mai · meist

  The poplars and larches in the old gold town turn through late April, which is the one thing every New Zealander drives here for out of ski season.

• Festival

  Arrowtown Autumn Festival

  15.–19. Apr.Großes FestivalVoll

  Five days built around the colour: a street parade, a market and the town at capacity while the rest of the district is between seasons. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Anzac Day

  25.–27. Apr.NationalfeiertagSchließungen

  25 April remembers those who served in war. Dawn services are held at memorials in towns across the country, and by law most shops stay closed until 1 pm. When it falls on a weekend the public holiday moves to the Monday. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Easter long weekend (3.–6. Apr.), Great Walks season (25. Okt. – 30. Apr.)

Ruhig – laut Redaktion ein ruhiger Monat

Im Mai beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Autumn colour in Arrowtown (5. Apr. – 5. Mai (meist))

Viel los – zwischen den Hochphasen, Ski fields open

• Eröffnung

  Ski fields open

  13. JuniSkisaisonVoll

  Coronet Peak and the Remarkables open in the second week of June, with a snow-factory head start on Coronet from late May. The town fills within a fortnight. Quelle ↗

• Saison

  Ski season

  13. Juni – 11. Okt. · meistVoll

  Four fields within an hour, a base that peaks in August, and lift queues that follow the New Zealand and Australian school holidays rather than the snow.

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat, Ski season

• Feiertag

  New Zealand school holidays

  4.–19. Juli · meistVoll

  The winter term break puts the whole country on the mountain at once; the first week of July is the hardest fortnight of the year to find a bed or a lift ticket. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Ski season (13. Juni – 11. Okt. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat, Ski season

Im August beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Ski season (13. Juni – 11. Okt. (meist))

Viel los – zwischen den Hochphasen, Ski season

• Festival

  Snow Machine

  10.–12. Sep.MusikfestivalVoll

  An alpine music festival at the end of the season, when the snow is soft, the days are long and the town has one last busy week in it. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Ski season (13. Juni – 11. Okt. (meist))

Ruhig – laut Redaktion ein ruhiger Monat, Ski season

• Schließung

  Ski fields close

  4.–11. Okt.

  Coronet Peak shuts in the first week of October and the Remarkables a week later, which starts the emptiest month of the Queenstown year. Quelle ↗

• Saison

  Great Walks season

  25. Okt. – 30. Apr.WandersaisonFrüh buchen

  The Routeburn and Milford huts run on booked, serviced season rules for roughly six months; outside it the bridges come out and the passes are an alpine undertaking.

Läuft noch: Ski season (13. Juni – 11. Okt. (meist))

Zwischensaison – zwischen den Hochphasen

• Natur

  Lupins along the roads

  15. Nov. – 5. Jan. · meistWildblumen & Blüte

  Russell lupins take over the roadsides and river flats towards Wanaka and the Mackenzie for about six weeks. They are an invasive weed and photograph beautifully anyway. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Great Walks season (25. Okt. – 30. Apr.)

Hochbetrieb – laut Redaktion der vollste Monat, Christmas Day closures

• Feiertag

  Christmas Day closures

  25.–26. Dez.Weihnachten & NeujahrSchließungen

  Christmas Day is one of the few days most shops must close by law, and many cafes, restaurants and tours shut too. Boxing Day is a public holiday as well, when shops reopen for the sales and the roads fill with families heading off on summer holiday. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Great Walks season (25. Okt. – 30. Apr.), Lupins along the roads (15. Nov. – 5. Jan. (meist))