Cosa c'è in programma a Rotorua (Nuova Zelanda) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — New Zealand summer holidays, Summer holidays in Nuova Zelanda

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: New Zealand summer holidays (20 dic – 1 feb (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Tarawera Ultra-Trail, New Zealand summer holidays

• Festival

  Tarawera Ultra-Trail

  8–20 feb · di solitoEvento sportivoAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: New Zealand summer holidays (20 dic – 1 feb (di solito))

Affollato — Crankworx Rotorua

• Festival

  Crankworx Rotorua

  5–20 mar · di solitoEvento sportivoAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoPrenota prestoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Easter long weekend, Anzac Day

• Festival

  Rotorua Marathon

  2 magEvento sportivoAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Anzac Day

  25–27 aprFesta nazionaleChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Easter long weekend (3–6 apr)

Affollato — Rotorua Marathon

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Rotorua Marathon (2 mag)

Affollato — Matariki, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Stagione

  Steam on cold mornings

  1 giu – 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.

• Festività

  Matariki

  20 giu – 15 lug · di solitoGrande festaChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Matariki, Term 2 (July) break in Nuova Zelanda

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Steam on cold mornings (1 giu – 31 ago), Matariki (20 giu – 15 lug (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Steam on cold mornings (1 giu – 31 ago)

Affollato — Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break in Nuova Zelanda, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Folla al massimo — Trout season opens, Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break in Nuova Zelanda

• Apertura

  Trout season opens

  1–10 ottAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Affollato — Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge

• Festival

  Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge

  28 novEvento sportivoAffollatoChiusurePrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — New Zealand summer holidays, Christmas Day closures

• Festività

  New Zealand summer holidays

  20 dic – 1 feb · di solitoVacanze scolasticheAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Christmas Day closures

  25–26 dicNatale e CapodannoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge (28 nov)