New Zealand – Queenstown
QUEENSTOWN NEW ZEALAND'S DISNEYLAND Easter 2026 Queenstown is the ultimate adventure playground — and it delivers in every season. So, when we asked our children if they wanted to meet up there for Easter, the answer was immediate: absolutely. Set on the shores of Lake Wakatipu in the Otago region of New Zealand’s South Island, Queenstown hasn’t always been the adrenaline capital it is today. Its story began in the early 1860s when gold was discovered in the nearby Shotover River. Almost overnight the quiet farmland was flooded with fortune-seekers, many arriving from Australia after the Victorian gold rush began to slow. The boomtown that emerged laid the foundations for what is now one of New Zealand’s most iconic destinations — though these days visitors come chasing adventure rather than gold. Arriving on Good Friday, we collected our hire car at Queenstown Airport in Frankton and set off for town. The drive is only about 10 kilometres, but the single two-lane road can b...