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Join us for a magical stellar evening with New Zealand’s only guided hot pools and star gazing experience!
Highlights
- Incredible dark sky hot pool experience!
- Fully guided stargazing tour
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.
All prices are shown in NZD ($)
- Adult$129.00
- Child$79.00
- Adult$129.00
- Child$79.00
- Adult$129.00
- Child$79.00
- Adult$129.00
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- Adult$129.00
- Child$79.00
- Adult$129.00
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- Adult$129.00
- Child$79.00
- Adult$129.00
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- Adult$129.00
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- Adult$129.00
- Child$79.00
- Adult$129.00
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- Adult$109.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
- Adult$129.00
- Child$79.00
- Adult$109.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$79.00
Authenticated Reviews & Photos All of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme
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Jade Star from Australia wrote on 07 February 2024
Cloudy Stars
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.
Tamsyn from New Zealand wrote on 22 December 2024
Sparkly stars
We had a cloudy night so did the virtual tour, which was really cool (photos taken from a beautiful clear night), you got to see the whole picture and easily navigate where the stars are. We were fortunate enough to get a good 20 minutes of clear sky when we in the hot pool so bonus! The guide Patrick was very informative and enthusiastic….although a few moment of quiet would have been lovely.
Jan Clothier from New Zealand wrote on 19 March 2024
Not for a cloudy night
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.
harlang from New Zealand wrote on 05 April 2024
About as many stars as I saw...
DO NOT BOOK THIS IF THERE IS ANY POSSIBILITY OF CLOUDS! There was a chance of clouds but everything on their website and the people we spoke to there said the experience wouldn’t be hindered if clouds were present… They lied, we shouldn’t have believed them. The hot pools were bad and the VR experience was somehow worse. The information within the VR experience was just wrong at points and it’s age was incredibly apparent, the visuals were depressing and it droned on and on to the point of me taking it off and answering texts instead. There was zero refund or any rescheduling, I feel like stargazing should show us stars and they shouldn’t have mislead us, saying the experience as still worth it.
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gabrave from New Zealand wrote on 25 April 2024
Hot pools and Stargazing Experience
We had a great experience and our tour guide is amazing as well as the other staff from Tekapo spring.