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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.
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
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Warm jacket
Free shuttle to stargazing site
Operated by Go Tekapo
50 reviews
Steven H,
Feb 22, 2025
The guide pointed out the southern cross, two planets, Orion’s Belt, and the cloud of Magellan. There was no story telling. The group was so large that you only look through the telescope a couple times. I would recommend using the SkyView app instead.
Charles O,
Feb 17, 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.
SOOMEI L,
Feb 15, 2025
Our guide Kieran has shared with us good information of the Mikly Way Galaxy and the stars. And took a nice photo of us. It is a good experience.
Riccardo B,
Feb 12, 2025
Sadly the night we booked the weather did not cooperate, but in spite of that our guide took us up and explained a few interesting things while we waited for the sky to hopefully clear up a bit. It didn’t, so we headed back down, but we got a full refund and I would certainly rebook the experience as he was so competent and friendly and a professional astronomer.
Sue I,
Feb 8, 2025
Fantastic enthusiasm the sky has some clouds but Adrian was so knowledgeable and keen for us to learn that it did not spoil our evening so we were impressed that we got a part refund due to the clouds