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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$69.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
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- Adult$59.20 Less than 6 at this price!
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- Adult$59.20 Less than 6 at this price!
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- Adult$82.00 Less than 6 at this price!
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- Adult$69.00 Less than 6 at this price!
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- Adult$69.00 Less than 6 at this price!
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- Adult$79.20 Less than 6 at this price!
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- Adult$79.00 Less than 6 at this price!
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- Adult$59.20 Less than 6 at this price!
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- Adult$65.00 Less than 6 at this price!
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- Adult$69.00 Less than 6 at this price!
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- Adult$82.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
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- Adult$65.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
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- Adult$79.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$99.00
- Child$79.00
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- Adult$99.00
- Child$79.00
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- Adult$79.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$82.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$79.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$59.20 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$99.00
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$79.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$79.20 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$82.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Family$299.00
- Adult$79.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- 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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Yanjun Liu from China wrote on 23 January 2019
professional guide
很好，全是干货，尤其适合有一定天文知识储备的游客。中文向导助理帮我向不懂英文的妈妈解释的非常耐心周到，感谢。
From Alpine Stargazing Experience - Lake Tekapo
Hi Yanjun Liu, 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
Yingwen Hsueh from Taiwan wrote on 20 July 2025
觀星體驗很棒
第一次看到滿滿的銀河，這麼清澈的天空，也是第一次在南半球看星星，非常特別的感覺
Connor from United Kingdom wrote on 02 July 2025
Great experience with some further potential.
The experience was great and exactly as imagined. Friendly and informative tour guides, stunning night sky, great equipment for stargazing and long enough yet not too long. One area of unfound potential (especially around this time of year) is the lack of Māori and Matariki information/knowledge. Definitely an opportunity to add value and more Kiwi authenticity to the tour.
deakinfamily from Australia wrote on 25 June 2025
Great experience
The stargazing experience was lots of fun and very informative. Our guide, Wilson, knew all of the information about the stars. Looking through the telescope was an experience. Would recommend it.
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hnliuliu from China wrote on 20 July 2025
非常好的观星体验，强力推荐
提前订了晚上7点的观星，体验很好，如果没有穿足够的衣服，可以免费提供厚大衣。到山上分成两组，每组不超过10个人，Sam给我们进行了很详细的讲解，风趣幽默，带领我们了解了南半球的天空的星星和星座的知识，在漆黑的山上观星，体验真的不一般，能看到明亮的星星和银行系的星云，还能隐约的看到几个本星系之外的系外星系的星云，虽然很模糊。但那毕竟离我们超过几万光年，那是多么遥远的地方啊。