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!
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:
All prices are shown in NZD ($)
경이롭고 소중한 시간이었어요 날씨도 좋고 모든게 완벽했습니다 밤늦은 시간이라 조금 피곤했던것만 빼면 다 좋았습니다
Hi Youngah, thank you for taking the time to give Silver River Stargazing a review. We are very pleased you enjoyed your tour & we hope to see you again in the future! Kind Regards Lake Tekapo Farm Tours
Amazing experience
Thank you for your 5-star review! We are glad you had a great experience with us and hope to see you next time! The Silver River Stargazing Team
The experience was amazing! Our guide Roslyn was so informative and delivered it in such an engaging way. We were so lucky to have such a clear night and even got to see the southern lights by total chance. The sky was incredible and we learnt lots about the stars and the telescope set us gave us some amazing views which were explained to us.
Hi Kiera! Thank you so much for your lovely review!! So happy you enjoyed the tour, the sky that night was spectacular!! Hope you enjoy the rest of your trip :) - Ros
Super interesting and fun explanation by Adrien, who clearly was an expert!
Hi Roos, thank you for your kind review! We are so glad you enjoyed the tour led by Adrien, he definitely is an expert! Kind regards, The Silver River Team
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Youngmin Lee from South Korea wrote on 08 June 2024
형언할 수 없는 아름다움
휴대전화 불빛도 끄고, 가이드의 목소리와 안내 불빛에 의지해 한참동안 하늘을 올려다 봤습니다. 오랫동안 잊고 살았던 별들, 신비로운 이야기들, 어린 시절의 추억들이 그 곳에 있더라고요. 너무나 소중한 시간이었습니다.