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Take in the incredible night sky with this amazing stargazing experience!
Take in the incredible night sky with this amazing stargazing experience!
Highlights
- Stargaze from central Tekapo at a zero light pollution location
- Small tour capacity of max 10 pax to give you a personal tour experience
- Professional night sky photography, hot chocolates and roasted marshmallows included!
Experience stargazing with a professional astronomy guide, exploring the night sky and solar system with a powerful 9.25-inch telescope!
Enjoy this incredible ninety-minute stargazing experience, gazing into the night from a nearly zero light pollution location. Your guide will take you on an astronomy journey, from ancient stories of constellations to science facts, including Greek mythology and Māori legends.
This experience includes a photography service, where your guide can take family or individual photos of you underneath the starry night, capturing the stunning stars and night sky! Relax under the stars with comfortable outdoor furniture, blankets, and delicious hot chocolate.
End the tour around a toasty fire, roasting marshmallows, enjoying an amazing night out with friends and family!
All prices are shown inNZD ($)
- Adult$109.00
- Child$79.00
- Adult$87.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Adult$99.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Adult$109.00
- Child$79.00
- Adult$109.00
- Child$79.00
- Adult$109.00
- Child$79.00
- Adult$87.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Adult$87.00
- Child$79.00
- Adult$87.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Adult$87.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Adult$109.00
- Child$79.00
- Adult$99.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Adult$87.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
Authenticated Reviews
Real highlights, tips, and the helpful advice straight from Bookme customers who’ve actually done this experience, summarised with AI support
- emergencyThe guides are super friendly and knowledgeable, making the experience enjoyable (15 people said this).
- emergencyHot chocolate and toasted marshmallows were a hit, adding to the fun (10 people said this).
- emergencyThe telescopes provided amazing views of the night sky, allowing everyone to see celestial objects clearly (12 people said this).
- emergencyThe experience is well-organized and creates a welcoming atmosphere for all (8 people said this).
- emergencyMany found the experience to be unique and worth staying out late for (7 people said this).
- emergencyThe clear night skies enhanced the stargazing experience, making it truly magical (6 people said this).
- star_shineBring warm clothes.
Don't miss out on the hot chocolate and marshmallows!.
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Pierre Malafosse from France wrote on 23 March 2026
Excellent
Awesome experience, I definitely recommend it, great value for the price! Thanks!
Mildred from New Zealand wrote on 18 October 2025
Excellent
Even though the weather wasn’t great, the team made the whole experience really enjoyable! They were super friendly and shared lots of interesting info throughout the tour. The hot chocolate was amazing, and roasting marshmallows over the open fire was such a fun touch. I was also pleasantly surprised to get a partial refund since the skies weren’t very clear — that was really thoughtful. All in all, I’d totally recommend this tour. It was such a lovely experience despite the weather!
From Chameleon Stargazing - English Tour - Tekapo
Kia Ora Mildred, thank you for your kind words and patience about the weather condition. Even though the sky is a bit temperamental, our guides still do our best to show what the night sky has to offer, and we hope that you'd learnt some new interesting astronomy knowledge while spending time with us. We hope to be able to host you again should you're traveling to Lake Tekapo :)
Giorgia Loss from New Zealand wrote on 14 August 2025
Amazing experience
Amazing, the staff was lovely Highly recommended
From Chameleon Stargazing - English Tour - Tekapo
Kia Ora Giorgia, thank you for your kind words, we're every ready to share the beauty of our night skies, we hope to see you under the starlight soon!
Hollis Bragg from United States wrote on 14 August 2025
Amazing! I learned a lot!
The Californian giving the tour new a lot and seemed to be enjoying sharing knowledge with us. It was super cold, but we were given huge cozy blankets and hot chocolate. The telescopes being aimed let me see things that I never would have gotten to see on my own. Amazing! Great starter southern hemisphere star gazer activity.
From Chameleon Stargazing - English Tour - Tekapo
Kia Ora Hollis, thank you for choosing us as your stargazing buddy, and we're excited to learn that you'd a stellar experience! There's always so much more to learn from and we hope this would be a great opportunity for everyone to slowly reconnect with the universe, to be in awe of their hidden gems, as seen through our telescopes. We hope to see you again soon :D
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Joanne Dixon from New Zealand wrote on 25 March 2026
Amazing Experience
This was a fantastic night with a very experienced astronomer. Such fascinating facts and insights into the skies. Thoughtful touches with blankets, hot chocolates and time for questions around the fire while we toasted marshmallows. A small group so plenty of time for everyone on the telescopes. Would 100% recommend and would do it again. Thanks team :)