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Silver River™ Stargazing is Lake Tekapo’s leading small group stargazing tour! 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 people so our ratio of telescopes to guests is tin, 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 in NZD ($)
- Adult$99.00
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$79.20 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$59.20 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$82.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$69.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$99.00
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$59.20 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$69.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$59.20 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$79.20 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$99.00
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$99.00
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$99.00
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$65.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$79.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$99.00
- Child$69.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$82.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$69.00
- 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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matthiasi from Germany wrote on 01 March 2020
Lohnt sich nicht wirklich
Zuerst wird man auf einen Berg gefahren wo man per Laserpointer dir Milchstraße und ein paar Sterne erklärt bekommt danach darf man durch ein teleskop gucken wodurch man ein paar Sterne sieht ( weiße Punkte) am schluss wird von einem ein Foto vom Sternenhimmel gemacht. Das sieht echt gut aus. Und war das einzig positive.
Alina Lang from Germany wrote on 29 February 2020
Stargazing
Die Kommunikation bevor die Tour stattgefunden hat, war super und hat gut funktioniert! Wir sind spontan in eine frühere Tour umgebucht worden, was sich als großes Glück für uns herausgestellt hat :) Maklin weiß super viel und gibt sein Wissen gerne an die Teilnehmer weiter! Tolle Erfahrung, würde ich nochmal machen :)
Sara Schat from Germany wrote on 26 November 2019
Wunderschöne Erfahrung
Die Tour war sehr beeindruckend. Unser Guide aus Belgien hat uns sehr viele interessante Sachen über den Nachthimmel erzählt und ist auf viele Fragen eingegangen. Ich würde es jedem empfehlen einmal eine solche Erfahrung zu machen, mein Interesse für Astronomie ist jetzt aufjedenfall geweckt!!
Johnny from Germany wrote on 16 January 2019
Gute Tour
Die Tour hat wirklich Spaß gemacht und man hat unheimlich viele Sterne gesehen. Leider ist dies sehr wetterabhängig, also würde ich empfehlen, so eine Tour nicht all zu weit im voraus zu buchen. Die Teleskope, durch die man schauen kann, wirken sehr hochwertig und es gibt zu jedem Himmelsbild noch eine kleine - nicht oder wenig wissenschaftliche - Erklärung. Die Tour ist sehr zu empfehlen! Kleiner Verbesserungsvorschlag: Sitz- oder Liegemöglichkeiten zur Verfügung stellen! Suggestion for Improvement: Just give some seats or lounger to make the view up a little bit more relaxed!
From Alpine Stargazing Experience - Lake Tekapo
Hi Johnny: Thank you for taking the time to give Silver River Stargazing a review. We are very pleased you enjoyed your tour & we do appreciate the suggestions. Hope to see you again in the future! Kind Regards Lake Tekapo Farm Tours
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Lisa Poeppel from Germany wrote on 23 April 2024
Mega Cool!
Man wurde mit dem Shuttle auf den Berg gebracht und lernt sehr viel über Sternbilder. Dann durfte man noch durch Teleskop schauen. Die Jacken die man bekommt sind sehr warm und gemütlich :)