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

Máxima afluencia — New Zealand summer holidays, Summer holidays en Nueva Zelanda

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: New Zealand summer holidays (20 Dic – 1 Feb (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Tarawera Ultra-Trail, New Zealand summer holidays

• Festival

  Tarawera Ultra-Trail

  8–20 Feb · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha gente

  The country's biggest trail race, run through the forest and around the lakes in February, with distances up to a hundred miles and a start line in the middle of town. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: New Zealand summer holidays (20 Dic – 1 Feb (normalmente))

Concurrido — Crankworx Rotorua

• Festival

  Crankworx Rotorua

  5–20 Mar · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha genteReserva pronto

  Five days of mountain biking on Mount Ngongotaha: slopestyle, downhill and a lot of people in the forest. The town's accommodation goes months ahead for it. Fuente ↗

• 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 ↗

Máxima afluencia — Easter long weekend, Anzac Day

• Festival

  Rotorua Marathon

  2 MayEvento deportivoMucha genteCierres

  One of New Zealand's oldest marathons, a lap of Lake Rotorua starting and finishing at Government Gardens, usually on a Saturday at the turn of April into May, with shorter races alongside. Lakeside roads close for the day. 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)

Concurrido — Rotorua Marathon

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Rotorua Marathon (2 May)

Concurrido — Matariki, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Steam on cold mornings

  1 Jun – 31 Ago

  Every vent, drain and lakeside pool in the city steams on a cold winter morning, and the geothermal parks look twice as active as they do in February. Get there when they open.

• Festivo

  Matariki

  20 Jun – 15 Jul · normalmenteGran festivalCierres

  The Māori new year is a public holiday on a date that moves with the star cluster's rise, and Te Arawa mark it here with dawn ceremonies, lights and hāngī. Shops keep the holiday. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Matariki, Term 2 (July) break en Nueva Zelanda

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Steam on cold mornings (1 Jun – 31 Ago), Matariki (20 Jun – 15 Jul (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Steam on cold mornings (1 Jun – 31 Ago)

Concurrido — Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break en Nueva Zelanda, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Máxima afluencia — Trout season opens, Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break en Nueva Zelanda

• Apertura

  Trout season opens

  1–10 OctMucha gente

  The lakes open to fishing on 1 October and the boat ramps are busy at first light, though Rotoiti, Ōkataina and Tarawera hold their boat opening until the Saturday after. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge

• Festival

  Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge

  28 NovEvento deportivoMucha genteCierresReserva pronto

  Thousands ride the 160 km loop of Lake Taupo on the last Saturday of November, about an hour south of Rotorua; Taupo beds sell out, so riders and supporters spill into Rotorua and the lake road closes in sections. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — New Zealand summer holidays, Christmas Day closures

• Festivo

  New Zealand summer holidays

  20 Dic – 1 Feb · normalmenteVacaciones escolaresMucha gente

  Families from Auckland and the Waikato fill the motels and the luge queue over the holidays, and the lakes turn into a boating carnival. Book the thermal parks for early in the day. Fuente ↗

• 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: Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge (28 Nov)