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 ($)
A great experience to join the stargazing activities 🫰🏻
Thank you so much for joining our Alpine Stargazing Experience! 🌌✨ We’re really glad to hear you had a great time exploring the night sky with us 🫶🏻 -Sakura
Our guide Wilson was a wonderful narrator and teacher about the night sky, we were lucky with a clear night. I did this as a solo traveller and it has been one of my most memorable and enjoyable parts of my time in NZ. Thank you! Dress very very very very very very warm.
Thank you so much for joining our Alpine Stargazing Experience! 🌟 We’re happy you had a clear night and enjoyed learning from Wilson — he’ll love hearing that! And yes, dressing very, very, very warm is definitely the way to go! 🧣✨ -Sakura
Simon用他風趣的口才講解了許多觀星的知識!使用天文望遠鏡觀測是一個非常難忘的經驗,這邊因為光害較低所以可以看到非常非常多星星(但是如果月光太亮的話還是有點會影響到,很介意的話安排行程的時候可以稍微注意一下月相),是一次難忘的經驗!!
The team at Silver river / Go Tekapo were great, communication was prompt and fast, super enjoyed the activity. Big thanks to JoJo, we learnt so much and had so much laughter and fun with her. Id definitely come again if I'm in Tekapo
Thank you so much for joining our Silver River Stargazing tour! 🌌 We’re so glad you had a fun night with JoJo — she’ll be so happy to hear that! Great to know you enjoyed both the learning and the laughs. Hope to see you again next time you’re in Tekapo! ✨ -Sakura
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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.