Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Queenstown, Nieuw-Zeeland

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Summer holidays in Nieuw-Zeeland

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Great Walks season (25 okt – 30 apr), Lupins along the roads (15 nov – 5 jan (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Great Walks season (25 okt – 30 apr)

Tussenseizoen — tussen de pieken in

• Feestdag

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Great Walks season (25 okt – 30 apr)

Topdrukte — Easter long weekend, Arrowtown Autumn Festival

• Natuur

  Autumn colour in Arrowtown

  5 apr – 5 mei · meestal

  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 aprGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Anzac Day

  25–27 aprNationale feestdagSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Easter long weekend (3–6 apr), Great Walks season (25 okt – 30 apr)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Autumn colour in Arrowtown (5 apr – 5 mei (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Ski fields open

• Opening

  Ski fields open

  13 junSkiseizoenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Ski season

  13 jun – 11 okt · meestalDruk

  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.

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Ski season

• Feestdag

  New Zealand school holidays

  4–19 jul · meestalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ski season (13 jun – 11 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Ski season

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Ski season (13 jun – 11 okt (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Ski season

• Festival

  Snow Machine

  10–12 sepMuziekfestivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ski season (13 jun – 11 okt (meestal))

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Ski season

• Sluiting

  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. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Great Walks season

  25 okt – 30 aprWandelseizoenBoek vroeg

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Ski season (13 jun – 11 okt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — tussen de pieken in

• Natuur

  Lupins along the roads

  15 nov – 5 jan · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Great Walks season (25 okt – 30 apr)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Christmas Day closures

• Feestdag

  Christmas Day closures

  25–26 decKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Great Walks season (25 okt – 30 apr), Lupins along the roads (15 nov – 5 jan (meestal))