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Tekapo Star Gazing Tour: Stellar Relaxation
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94 Ratings
Lake Tekapo
Experience Tekapo’s unique stargazing and hot pools tour. Float in warm waters under the dark sky reserve, guided by expert storytellers. Book now!
Experience Tekapo’s unique stargazing and hot pools tour. Float in warm waters under the dark sky reserve, guided by expert storytellers. Book now!
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Tekapo Star Gazing - Tekapo Star Gazing is the only guided hot pools and star gazing experience in New Zealand. The tour operates from the renowned facilities of Tekapo Springs, combining the stunning Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve with our soul-warming hot pools. The guided portion of the tour focuses on the mythology and legend…
- Tekapo Star Gazing - Tekapo Star Gazing is the only guided hot pools and star gazing experience in New Zealand. The tour operates from the renowned facilities of Tekapo Springs, combining the stunning Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve with our soul-warming hot pools. The guided portion of the tour focuses on the mythology and legend attributed to celestial objects by different cultures around the world. If the skies do not co-operate for outdoor stargazing, an informative indoor experience is run instead, featuring the use of a high-definition projector and stunning full-color satellite images of deep space as well as interactive elements and similar fascinating and informative content as in the outdoor tour - including an introduction to our telescopes.
The second half of the tour is where it really gets magical in a (37.5-38.5-degree Celsius) hot pool, let the real world melt away as you lie back with the help of a floating hammock to ensure ultimate relaxation and easy sky viewing.
What's Included
- Exclusive use of the hot pools at night in a group of no more than 32
- Pick up/drop off from Lake Tekapo Township (subject to availability and upon request only)
- A warm woolen blanket to use whilst outside exploring the universe
- A floating hammock to use whilst floating in the hot pools
- Professionally guided tour of the largest dark sky reserve
- Exclusive use of the hot pools at night in a group of no more than 32
- Pick up/drop off from Lake Tekapo Township (subject to availability and upon request only)
- A warm woolen blanket to use whilst outside exploring the universe
- A floating hammock to use whilst floating in the hot pools
- Professionally guided tour of the largest dark sky reserve
What's Not Included
- Food and non-alcoholic drinks (some hot drinks provided on the tour)
- Alcoholic drinks (cannot be brought to the premises)
- Swimwear, robes and towels available to borrow
- Food and non-alcoholic drinks (some hot drinks provided on the tour)
- Alcoholic drinks (cannot be brought to the premises)
- Swimwear, robes and towels available to borrow
Additional Information
The ultimate in stellar relaxation, Tekapo Star Gazing is the only guided stargazing and hot pools tour in New Zealand! It combines the stunning Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve with the soul-warming hot pools of Tekapo Springs. A 1.5-hour experience, the first half of the tour begins with an introduction to the night sky using…
The ultimate in stellar relaxation, Tekapo Star Gazing is the only guided stargazing and hot pools tour in New Zealand! It combines the stunning Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve with the soul-warming hot pools of Tekapo Springs. A 1.5-hour experience, the first half of the tour begins with an introduction to the night sky using high-powered telescopes and a fascinating combination of astronomy and storytelling. The second half is spent floating in our 37.5-38.5 degree hot pool on inflatable hammocks, gazing up at the night sky as our guides continue to entertain with cultural and scientific stories of the sky. The tour includes complimentary towels, robes and hot drinks.
- Minimum age to join the tour is 6 years old.
- Dress accordingly to the weather conditions. A warm blanket will be provided but temperatures can be very low in our alpine environment.
- Wheelchair accessible, please advise at time of booking if wheelchair assistance is required due to limited availability
- Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather (snow, extreme ice, lightning storms), you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund. Tours go ahead regardless if some or none of the night sky is visible. If the sky is not visible an informative indoor tour takes place to highlight the significance of the Aoraki MacKenzie Dark Sky Reserve and local Maori understanding of the night sky. Regardless of the weather, the relaxing hot pools as the second half will still go ahead.
Location
Tekapo Springs
Lakeside Drive
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(94 Ratings)
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Resort37816611803
May 28, 2023
Absolutely magical - Wow! Absolutely loved our experience. The guides were wonderful, knowledgeable and humorous.
We were lucky as the night before it was pouring with rain but for us it was almost clear.
Our guides knew their stuff, were open to questions, able to have a laugh and even though I’m sure they have done this 100s of times they still seemed just as excited as I was seeing it for the first time.
Floating around in the hammocks staring at the stars was magical, a couple of shooting stars put on a show for us
Thank you so much
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Shane_p
Apr 29, 2023
Great tour with José - Absolutely amazing journey with Jose as our guide. Very well versed in Incan history (as a history nerd myself). Very personable and made our afternoon a pleasure. Would highly recommend this company and José whilst in Cusco!
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John
May 29, 2021
Don't miss this! - The night we visited there was a lot of cloud cover. But we started with the VR experience. Very professional, and very well done. Lots of information - too much to take it all in but it prepared us for when we went outside, lay on the hammocks in the 38' pool and were both entertained and informed by the real star of the celestial, milky way experience - Sang. Informative, knowledgeable, and then he was able to add both a Maori and world-wide cultural stories about what we had seen on the VR. Just brilliant. Loved it. Highly recommended. Even without the Milky Way and the constellations on view we left thoroughly satisfied and better educated than when we arrived.
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Savvysisters123
Nov 1, 2020
Cloudy with a chance of bliss - VR star tour well worth it on a cloudy evening as meant only 6 people in the pool when usually up to 30. Idyllic experience even when cloudy, with great pool temperature.
We had George as our host who was absolutely fantastic, full of astronomy knowledge and great story telling of local legends. What a great asset to your team.
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Wmjowett
Nov 1, 2020
Star Gazing With a Difference - A very "out of the ordinary" thing to do. Excellently run with telescopes already set up for us after an introduction to the stars and planets. Blankets were provided while stargazing so were not cold. I had a bit of an issue viewing through the telescope but my husband had no trouble. I had been worried about getting cold while laying in the pools but it wasn't cold. They had a great system issuing robes and towels. The booking info did say we would get a hot drink but this did not happen. Just glad to have had a clear night to be able to experience it all. The "guides" were obviously very passionate about the subject and provided a lot of information. Totally recommended even by someone usually in bed before the relaxing in the pool was complete!!
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S
Apr 1, 2020
A fun experience! - We had a really great time doing the star gazing and soaking! We had a lovely (if chilly) evening, but the telescopes were great, the staff was excellent, and the hot pools were really fun! Changing rooms were clean. All told, it was a fun learning experience!
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Linda12349
Feb 23, 2020
So Many Stars! - Staff very friendly and knowledgeable. Found out so much about the night sky - we were lucky to see Southern Cross, Orion and so much more. Floating in the hot pools whilst looking at the stars - an experience never to be forgotten. No lights or cameras.
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Bucko43
Apr 9, 2023
Highly recommend - The weather was cloudy but a few stars around so we got to see some through the four telescopes and then had a very informative chat whilst relaxing in the hot pools looking at the stars. Highly recommend. Would have been nice to see the full moon through the telescope
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Magatoday
Sep 16, 2020
Clear and wonderful night - I did the stargazing tour in the beginning of September. I had the pleasure to have Sam as a guide. The tour was very interesting and also he knew how to introduce some humor on it. I could feel myself out of the routine and that is highlight when you decide to go in a tour. Thank you!
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Emily
Mar 15, 2020
Great experience - Great experience in tekapo. The guide was very helpful and evidently loved his work. Offered a unique experience I haven't seen before. My highlight was floating in the pools watching comets and just relaxing.
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