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Coromandel in January
Great month: January is in the middle of the recommended season (December – March). Plan around: Coromandel Holiday Crowds. Christmas and New Year holidays can fall this month.
The season runs to the end of March, 2 months away.
2 days in Coromandel in January · from ₹25,542 for two
Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra
Before you book January
Closures, crowds and rules at Coromandel this month.
Heads up
Coromandel Holiday Crowds
Between Christmas and mid-January the Coromandel is Auckland's holiday playground: Hot Water Beach is crowded at low tide, and rooms in Hahei and Whitianga book out. Check the status of the Cathedral Cove track with DOC; the cove is also reached by water taxi or kayak.
What’s on in January
Timing a trip around these changes what you pay and what you can book.
Christmas and New Year holidays
New Zealand's main summer holiday: families head to the beaches and lakes, holiday parks and campervans are booked out, and Queenstown and Wānaka hold big New Year's Eve parties. Public holidays on 25-26 December and 1-2 January close some shops and add surcharges in cafés.
What it costs
For two sharing a room; 2 days on the ground, getting there not included.
Budget
₹25,542 for two
- Room a night₹8,250
- Food a day, each₹3,575
Mid-range
₹54,324 for two
- Room a night₹14,300
- Food a day, each₹8,250
Luxury
₹1,22,310 for two
- Room a night₹30,250
- Food a day, each₹19,250
Totals cover the room (taxes included), food, local transport, entry and a 10% buffer: the figures the planner opens on. These are typical rates; Tourisma has no month-by-month rates for New Zealand yet, so they don't move with the month.
Getting there
Fly into Auckland (AKL), 92 km away
Then: Transfer · 2h 45m (Rental car (self-drive), per vehicle)
Flights from India: from 8 cities, one way from ₹54,000
Fly into Christchurch (CHC), 791 km away
Flights from India: from 4 cities, one way from ₹54,000
Routes compared
Entry rules
E-visa before you fly for up to 270 days, about ₹24,260
- Apply online for a New Zealand Visitor Visa on Immigration New Zealand's Immigration Online (immigration.govt.nz), at least 6 weeks before you fly and earlier for December to February. Indian passports can't use the NZeTA.
- Pay the NZ$341 visa fee and the NZ$100 tourism levy (IVL) online, together about ₹24,300. If INZ asks for your passport or documents, the VFS Global centres in India handle them for a service fee.
- Upload your passport, a photo, 3-6 months of bank statements, flight and hotel bookings, a letter from your employer or business, and your income-tax returns.
- The visa comes by email as an eVisa (nothing is stuck in the passport): print it and carry it.
- Before you land, fill in the free New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD) online or in its app, and declare all food on it: undeclared food brings an instant NZ$400 fine.
Carry: Passport valid for at least 3 months after the day you leave New Zealand; Visitor Visa (eVisa) printout; Return or onward ticket; Proof of funds: NZ$1,000 per person per month of the stay (NZ$400 a month if your accommodation is paid), about ₹55,000 a month; Hotel bookings or a host's invitation for the whole stay; NZTD confirmation.
The fee rose to NZ$341 plus a NZ$100 levy in October 2024; older guides quoting NZ$211 are out of date. INZ moved visitor applications to its enhanced Immigration Online system in September 2026, so check the current steps and processing time on immigration.govt.nz before you apply.
Checked 2026-10; confirm with the embassy before you fly.
Elsewhere in New Zealand in January
Also in season this month.
- Aoraki Mount Cook · great month
- Auckland · great month
- Bay of Islands · great month
- Christchurch · great month
- Dunedin · great month
- Kaikoura · great month
- Lake Tekapo · great month
- Napier · great month
Nearby in Auckland, Northland & Coromandel:
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Coromandel in January, day by day, priced for your group.