Queenstown has a vibrancy and energy about it that seems to come from the power of the mountains and the inspiration they create,  their scenic beauty as they combine with the colour, tranquility and movement of the Lake creating breath taking alpine vistas you will remember for a life time.  Queenstowns buzz also comes from the vitality, energy and character of both the local residents and the steady stream of visitors from around the world who are drawn to the town by this inspirational energy and stunning scenic beauty and who make Queenstown their holiday home for a short time. 

Summer is Queenstowns best kept secret and often overlooked by travelers and holidaymakers who arrive in the town and leave wishing they had made more time to stay having discovered Queenstown and only had time to sample its extensive offerings.  With warm 30 degree days and long twilight evenings and a cool lake ,  a Queenstown summer is like no other place.  Add to this the dynamic local restaurant cuisines, cafe culture, night life, festivals and holiday activities and you have the perfect receipe for a holiday destination that will suit all members of your family or group of friends with a wide array of holiday activities to choose from.  Queenstowns Summer festival is the highlight with a month long list of entertainment activities which kicks off with a Free New Years Eve party complete with fireworks and live music concert set in Earnlaw Park with stunning lake and mountain views as a backdrop.  Check out the website at www.summerdaze.co.nz to see whats on, your invited,  so check your self into Blue Lake Chalet for a month of summer fun, it has something for everyone in the family.

Some of Queenstowns world class attractions also come to life in Summer with 3 of the worlds 10 best walking tracks offering sun drenched mountain vistas for those seeking to tick these famous mountain walks off their bucket list.  Golfers are also well catered for with 5 world class courses with immense lake and mountain vistas that will inspire golfing memories of a lifetime. 

The big new summer activitiy that is now taking Queenstown by storm with booming holiday activity is Mountain Biking which New Zealand and Queenstown in particular have embraced.  This new sporting holiday activity which is fast becoming the summer alternative to skiing and where Queenstown excells with over 100 kilometres of amazing cycle trackes now developed and the exterme version of  "Heli Biking" really taking off in popularity.    Blue Lake Chalet is ideally located direcly on the main cycle track out of the centre of town that takes you to the start of all the different cycle tracks making it the perfect accomodation choice for anyone booking a cycling holiday in Queenstown. 

Spring and Autum are also impressive seasons to visit Queenstown, Spring with its snippets of summer where the flowers and garderns of Queenstown come to life with lush spring growth and warmer weather opening up all the summer activites for action. Spring Skiing is still an option with Cycling, Golfing, Beaty Spas appealing alternative options.  Food and Wine tours and all the tourist activities spring to life as well making it a superb time to be in Queenstown.  Autum with all its beautiful colours as they meld with the mountain vistas and the colours of the lake as it ushuers in winter makes the winery tours and the culinary food and wine experiances of Queenstown tempting options to indulge all your sences.  Add to this the Gibbston Food and Wine festival, the Queenstown Bike Festival and the Arrowtown Autum Festival and you have an action packed March, April and May to round out your holiday events calander.

Blue Lake Chalet enhances these seasons with Spring and Autum long stay discounts to allow you to take the extra time and  make the most of these wonderful shoulder seasons to catch up and holiday with friends or family or for a more romantic themed break to revitalise all the important relationships in your life.

Queenstown and all it stands for is not easy to capture in a few words, you need to visit the town to really appreciate it fully. Often described as the southern hemisphere's premier alpine resort town , the images of Queenstown speak for themselves, its a really vibrant alpine village with world class resturants, cafe's and holiday night life with bars and clubs that never seem to close. 

For movie fans Queenstown is also a good base for exploring middle earth and its epic scenic vistas which can be experianced up close and in person.  One of the best options is by helicopter, but also by vehicle and or on foot.

It is a must visit tourist destination while in New Zealand with year round attractions catering for just about every possible holiday theme imaginable, and where most people would like to spend more time and definitely return again. 

Blue Lake Chalet is all about capturing these inspiring elements and stunning views of the mountains and the lake in a Queenstown holiday accomodation experiance, making it more possible, more affordable and easyier to get it right first time. 

There's so much to do and see in Queentown where time usually runs away on you, take the extra time and make the most of your Queentown holiday experiance at Blue Lake Chalet.  We recomend you stay a week or more as you will need at least this length of time to make the most of this inspiring village and its surrounds.

If spending some time in an awesome Alpine and Lake resort town is what you have in mind why not check out Blue Lake Chalet - Queenstown -  New Zealand for your next holiday destination!