Embark on a small group stargazing tour with Silver River! Explore the stars with large telescopes, small groups & awesome guides allow us to wow you with full views of the southern night sky!
Are you ready to have your mind blown? Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Come and discover the wonders of the night sky on our 75 minute experience; including at least 60 mins under the stars with one of our epic guides. We use powerful 14” telescopes for awesome views of various deep space objects and special astro-lasers for easy naked-eye viewing of important stars and constellations.
At the end of your journey through our night sky, your guide will take a photo of your individual groups under the stars (Weather Dependent), capturing that picture-perfect moment. And our gift to you!Within 48 hours we will upload your photo onto our public Flickr website and then email you a link to download your digital copy of your photo so you can share with your family and friends, and of course on social media.
But wait, we’re not done. The perks of our tours keep on coming! We cap our tours at 10 - 12 people so our ratio of telescopes to guests is one of the lowest in the Tekapo region. Meaning, everyone will have plenty of time on the telescopes and plenty of opportunities to ask our guide questions. Our stargazing locations are super dark, with some of the lowest light pollution in Tekapo. We’re pretty pumped to run our tours from within the gold rated Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve, some of the darkest skies on the entire planet.
Our Stargazing Tour Includes:
All prices are shown in NZD ($)
Whoa! The sky was so beautiful. Our guide gave us great information, and we could see some constellations in the telescope. Thank you for providing the warm jacket and for the nice souvenir pictures.
We were very fortunate to have amazing clear skies while in Tekapo. Very enjoyable experience with a knowledgeable guide who shared his passion with the group.
The experience was great and exactly as imagined. Friendly and informative tour guides, stunning night sky, great equipment for stargazing and long enough yet not too long. One area of unfound potential (especially around this time of year) is the lack of Māori and Matariki information/knowledge. Definitely an opportunity to add value and more Kiwi authenticity to the tour.
The stargazing experience was lots of fun and very informative. Our guide, Wilson, knew all of the information about the stars. Looking through the telescope was an experience. Would recommend it.
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Christine Sicardou from France wrote on 04 November 2024
Observation des étoiles
Excellente expérience. Le guide était très intéressant et expliquer bien.