Join us for a magical stellar evening with New Zealand’s only guided hot pools and star gazing experience!
Located at the renowned Tekapo Springs resort, the tour combines the spectacular Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve with exclusive access to a relaxing hot pool.
The journey begins with an outdoor tour where you’re introduced to the dazzling night skies of Tekapo – look through telescopes and learn about fascinating astronomy with your guide! In poor weather you’ll enjoy a customised virtual reality tour of Tekapo’s night skies with a unique blend of science and storytelling.
You’ll then enjoy exclusive access to our soul-warming 38℃ hot pool where you can relax on a floating hammock and marvel at the sparkling display of stars as you explore the wonder of Tekapo’s night skies. Your guide remains poolside to tell you more about the stars and share local stories.
The Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve boasts some of the clearest, darkest night skies in the world and is the largest reserve in the southern hemisphere.
Highly rate this! Done it twice now and so fun!!
Unfortunately on the night we went there was cloud cover which was completely out of the companies control, however they adapted well into a vr tour of the sky as it would have been on a clear night. Moreover, once we went to the hotpools our guide was still able to point out the stars that were beginning to shine through the clouds and gave us lots of stories about culture, space and space missions. Very knowledgeable. I really enjoyed the evening even though it was cloudy.
Knowledgeable and friendly presenters. Not their fault cloud came along at inconvenient moments. A large group (29) meant I always felt I could only have a quick peek in the telescopes. In the end, an expensive soak in a lovely hot pool. Could have been different on a better weather night.
My boyfriend and I did the 11:30pm tour. The whole this was so professional. We were greeted with tea and coffee and got blankets to go outside to the star deck. The guides were so friendly and informative, and we saw the most amazing stars. Then we were taken to the changing room where we were given a robe and went into the pools where there were lilos for us to lay on and look up. Our guide told us some awesome stories, pointed out her favourite stars, and gave us some time in silence to just soak it all in. 100% recommend
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rachaelb12 from New Zealand wrote on 26 March 2024
Great experience
Staff are very knowledgeable, facilities are lovely and a great concept. Would go again.