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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!
Highlights
- Amazing 360° degree views of the night sky
- Learn to navigate the night sky using our iconic Southern Cross
- Look at stars, nebula, star clusters and many other celestial objects up close using the telescope
- Explore the Milky Way and spot satellites and amazing shooting stars!
- Small tour groups ensure a personalised experience
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:
- Complimentary transport to / from the Silver River Stargazing office in Tekapo to the stargazing site located just minutes away from Lake Tekapo Township
- Use of our toasty warm down jackets
- A guided tour of the night sky
- Use of our14”modern telescopes
- Small group tours
- Little to no light pollution
- Vast 360° views of the Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve
- A photo taken under the stars for you to share with a digital link made available.
All prices are shown inNZD ($)
- Adult$79.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$99.00
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$99.00
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$79.20 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$82.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$79.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$79.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$99.00
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$99.00
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$65.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$69.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$82.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$65.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
Authenticated Reviews & Photos All of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme
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Lolong Reforial and Family fromNew Zealand wrote on 25 August 2025
Amazing
We booked on a right night where the sky was very clear. It's amazing to see the Milky Way at a right spot and we were amazed seeing Saturn's ring through the lens. Our tour guide Wilson is good. We loved his raw sense of humor. "If you like the tour, give a review, if you don't like the tour, don't give a review" hits home for someone like me who is in the service industry too.
virginiem fromBrazil wrote on 16 August 2025
Beautiful experience
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.
Sam Heyes fromUnited Kingdom wrote on 06 September 2025
Not enough telescope
I was under the impression when I made the booking that we would be looking through the telescope the entire time and stories about constellations would be told while we waited our turn. This was no the case and we only were able to look through the telescope for about 3 mins in total, looking at 2 different areas of the sky
natashag15 fromNew Zealand wrote on 14 August 2025
Stargazing
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.
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Christine Sicardou fromFrance wrote on 04 November 2024
Observation des étoiles
Excellente expérience. Le guide était très intéressant et expliquer bien.