Qué hay en Queenstown, Nueva Zelanda, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Summer holidays en Nueva Zelanda

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Great Walks season (25 Oct – 30 Abr), Lupins along the roads (15 Nov – 5 Ene (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Great Walks season (25 Oct – 30 Abr)

Temporada media — entre los picos

• Festivo

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva prontoCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Great Walks season (25 Oct – 30 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Easter long weekend, Arrowtown Autumn Festival

• Naturaleza

  Autumn colour in Arrowtown

  5 Abr – 5 May · normalmente

  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 AbrGran festivalMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Anzac Day

  25–27 AbrFiesta nacionalCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Easter long weekend (3–6 Abr), Great Walks season (25 Oct – 30 Abr)

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Autumn colour in Arrowtown (5 Abr – 5 May (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, Ski fields open

• Apertura

  Ski fields open

  13 JunTemporada de esquíMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Ski season

  13 Jun – 11 Oct · normalmenteMucha gente

  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.

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Ski season

• Festivo

  New Zealand school holidays

  4–19 Jul · normalmenteMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ski season (13 Jun – 11 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Ski season

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Ski season (13 Jun – 11 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, Ski season

• Festival

  Snow Machine

  10–12 SepFestival de músicaMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ski season (13 Jun – 11 Oct (normalmente))

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Ski season

• Cierre

  Ski fields close

  4–11 Oct

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

• Temporada

  Great Walks season

  25 Oct – 30 AbrTemporada de senderosReserva pronto

  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.

Sigue en marcha: Ski season (13 Jun – 11 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — entre los picos

• Naturaleza

  Lupins along the roads

  15 Nov – 5 Ene · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Great Walks season (25 Oct – 30 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Christmas Day closures

• Festivo

  Christmas Day closures

  25–26 DicNavidad y Año NuevoCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Great Walks season (25 Oct – 30 Abr), Lupins along the roads (15 Nov – 5 Ene (normalmente))