Silver River Stargazing Experience in Lake Tekapo | 1 hour 15 minutes

55 Reviews | Lake Tekapo
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Silver River Stargazing Experience in Lake Tekapo
2 Adults x $58.34
$116.68
Approx Total
$116.68

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Warm jacket
  • Free shuttle to stargazing site

Overview

Guided tour to the stars and night sky, enhancing your experience with abundant opportunities for questions and answers. Immerse yourself in naked-eye observations and telescope views with our 14″ Meade telescope, exploring stars and constellations. Capture a personalized moment with an individual photograph of you and your party under the enchanting starry sky. Enjoy an intimate setting with our low guest-to-guide ratio, capped at ten people, ensuring a personalized stargazing experience. Travel hassle-free with a complimentary shuttle from our check-in office to our private stargazing location, bundled with warm winter jackets.

Itinerary

  • Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve

    Embark on a mind-blowing 75-minute journey through the wonders of the night sky! Join our intimate tour, limited to 10 people, ensuring an unparalleled telescope-to-guest ratio in Tekapo. Our experienced guides, equipped with powerful 14” telescopes and astro-lasers, guarantee awe-inspiring views of deep space objects and easy naked-eye observations of stars and constellations. Capture the magic with a group photo under the stars (weather permitting), a complimentary gift from us. Within 48 hours, your personalized photo will be uploaded to our public Flickr website, and you'll receive a link to download your digital copy for sharing on social media. Ideal for families, including infants, our tours take place in the gold-rated Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve, offering some of the planet's darkest skies.

    1 hour 15 minutes

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Additional Info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Free Cancellation

April 25100% refund
April 26No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Reviews

4.7

55 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews
  • 5 stars
    49
  • 4 stars
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  • 3 stars
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  • 2 stars
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Reviews by TravelOne travelers

Showing 1-5 of 49 reviews with 5 stars

The experience provides a...

Published on Feb, 2025

The experience provides a basic knowledge about galaxies, stars and planets. We saw fiew specific stars and learned about their location in the sky, related to navigation and time and distance from earth. Daniel was an excellent guide. He explained all the topics very clearly and was open for questions. We had a chance to view several stars with the telescope. Highly recommended tour for people without a deep knowledge in southern hemisphere astronomy.

Amazing!

Published on Feb, 2025

Such a great experience! So friendly and personalised and the guide was amazing, very knowledgeable, entertaining and great at explaining what we were seeing to non-astronomers! Highly recommend!

Silver River Star Gazing Experience Lake Tekapo

Published on Feb, 2025

Amazing star gazing tour! They thoughtfully provided jackets as it got really cold even in summer at about 8 degrees C on the hill. Our guide Sam had so much to share and we had a clear night to see the constellations. Highly recommend this tour.

Fantastic Stargazing

Published on Feb, 2025

Stargazing is a must in Lake Tekapo. I felt that it was reasonably priced and the stars were beautiful. Even though when we went and it was windy and the moon was quite bright we could see a lot and it was beautiful. Our guide Dan was great. He was able to answer any question and gave us a great entertaining presentation. We were able to look through a magnificent telescope multiple times as there were only about a dozen of us in our group. Definitely was a highlight of our entire trip to New Zealand. I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Full moon illumination

Published on Feb, 2025

We thoroughly enjoyed the star gazing experience even with a full moon trying to dominate and illuminate the evening! Our guide was knowledgeable and welcoming. We would recommend especially when the moon is less visible so you get to see the Milky Way.

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