O que acontece em Queenstown, Nova Zelândia, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, Summer holidays em Nova Zelândia

Nada novo começa em janeiro.

Ainda em andamento: Great Walks season (25 Out – 30 Abr), Lupins along the roads (15 Nov – 5 Jan (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Ainda em andamento: Great Walks season (25 Out – 30 Abr)

Meia-estação — entre os picos

• Feriado

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoReserve cedoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Great Walks season (25 Out – 30 Abr)

Lotação máxima — Easter long weekend, Arrowtown Autumn Festival

• Natureza

  Autumn colour in Arrowtown

  5 Abr – 5 Mai · 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 AbrGrande festivalLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

• Feriado

  Anzac Day

  25–27 AbrFeriado nacionalFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Easter long weekend (3–6 Abr), Great Walks season (25 Out – 30 Abr)

Tranquilo — o mês tranquilo segundo a editoria

Nada novo começa em maio.

Ainda em andamento: Autumn colour in Arrowtown (5 Abr – 5 Mai (normalmente))

Movimentado — entre os picos, Ski fields open

• Abertura

  Ski fields open

  13 JunTemporada de esquiLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

• Temporada

  Ski season

  13 Jun – 11 Out · normalmenteLotado

  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.

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, Ski season

• Feriado

  New Zealand school holidays

  4–19 Jul · normalmenteLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Ski season (13 Jun – 11 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, Ski season

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Ainda em andamento: Ski season (13 Jun – 11 Out (normalmente))

Movimentado — entre os picos, Ski season

• Festival

  Snow Machine

  10–12 SetFestival de músicaLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Ski season (13 Jun – 11 Out (normalmente))

Tranquilo — o mês tranquilo segundo a editoria, Ski season

• Fechamento

  Ski fields close

  4–11 Out

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

• Temporada

  Great Walks season

  25 Out – 30 AbrTemporada de trilhasReserve cedo

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Ski season (13 Jun – 11 Out (normalmente))

Meia-estação — entre os picos

• Natureza

  Lupins along the roads

  15 Nov – 5 Jan · normalmenteFlores silvestres e floradas

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Great Walks season (25 Out – 30 Abr)

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, Christmas Day closures

• Feriado

  Christmas Day closures

  25–26 DezNatal e Ano-NovoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Great Walks season (25 Out – 30 Abr), Lupins along the roads (15 Nov – 5 Jan (normalmente))