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Chameleon Stargazing: Lake Tekapo Night Sky
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129 Ratings
Lake Tekapo
Marvel at Lake Tekapo’s night sky with powerful telescopes, hot chocolate, and expert guides. Capture memories with complimentary photos.
Marvel at Lake Tekapo’s night sky with powerful telescopes, hot chocolate, and expert guides. Capture memories with complimentary photos.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- 70 Andrew Don Drive - Discover the captivating beauty of Lake Tekapo’s night sky! Delve into intriguing astronomy facts and stories about stars and constellations. Use our powerful telescope to explore deep sky marvels. We’ll take a memorable photo of you under the stars. Afterwards, enjoy marshmallow toasting around the fire bowl! Unwind in our…
- 70 Andrew Don Drive - Discover the captivating beauty of Lake Tekapo’s night sky! Delve into intriguing astronomy facts and stories about stars and constellations. Use our powerful telescope to explore deep sky marvels. We’ll take a memorable photo of you under the stars. Afterwards, enjoy marshmallow toasting around the fire bowl! Unwind in our comfortable seats with soft blankets for a stellar evening.
VERY IMPORTANT (for guests booking a tour starting after midnight)
If you are booking a tour that begins after midnight, please ensure you have selected the correct date. For example, if your tour starts at 12:30am on January 1st, it will occur on the night between December 31st and January 1st, so you will need to be in Lake Tekapo on December 31st. If you are uncertain about the date and time, please send us an email.
What's Included
- Telescope
- Tea and coffee
- All fees and/or taxes
- Snacks
- Telescope
- Tea and coffee
- All fees and/or taxes
- Snacks
What's Not Included
- Shuttle service to and from your accommodation
- Shuttle service to and from your accommodation
Additional Information
- Be in awe of the night sky above you from the beautiful Lake Tekapo
- Look through an extremely powerful 9-25 inch telescope to see the stars and get images from our eVscope 2 (a telescope and astrocamera-in-one)
- Indulge in hot chocolate, blankets, and roasted marshmallows
- Take your memories with you with complimentary photos taken during the tour…
- Be in awe of the night sky above you from the beautiful Lake Tekapo
- Look through an extremely powerful 9-25 inch telescope to see the stars and get images from our eVscope 2 (a telescope and astrocamera-in-one)
- Indulge in hot chocolate, blankets, and roasted marshmallows
- Take your memories with you with complimentary photos taken during the tour
- Hear stories from your guide and learn facts about the night sky
- We provide weather updates, so please make sure you check your email.
Location
70 Andrew Don Drive
Andrew Don Drive
The meeting point is 70 Andrew Don Drive, you will need to drive on a gravel road for 200 meters, then you will see a sign with a red light that says ”Chameleon Stargazing”, you need to turn right at the sign and enter the gate marked with 2 road cones.
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
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(129 Ratings)
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Debbythesea
Mar 3, 2025
Reassurance if it doesn’t go to plan - This is more of a reassurance than a review. Sadly there was too much cloud cover for our tour to go ahead. We were kept abreast of everything the day before and right up until cancellation, offered alternatives if we could and would like to take them and there were plenty of messages regarding the prompt refund that we received.
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Gary_j
Feb 27, 2025
Definitely something you should do - Small group, great interaction. Learned a lot. Highly recommend. Definitely something you should do.
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Bethanc72
Feb 21, 2025
What a night! - Simply but beautifully tailored tour of the southern hemisphere skies. Fantastically knowledgeable guide with exactly the right level of science and mind blowing facts. Warm blankets, hot chocolate didn’t hurt either. Saw the Milky Way, constellations, nebulas, Jupiter and Mars. A real highlight on a holiday full of amazing sights.
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Getaway15162688039
Feb 20, 2025
Blankets, hot chocolate and superb knowledge makes this a must do experience when you’re in Lake Taupo. - What a brilliant company - can’t recommend highly enough. Knowledgeable and friendly staff, brilliant communication and, full refund if weather doesn’t deliver
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Luckyjimessex
Feb 10, 2025
Great trip for those fascinated by the stars. - A fascinating evening of star gazing with enthusiastic, knowledgeable and entertaining guide Erik. Hot chocolate, toasted marshmallows, comfortable seats and warm blankets all added to the experience.
We particularly liked the digital telescope which offered fabulous colour views of distant Nebulae.
Well worth the money.
Try to avoid a night when the moon is too prominent if possible. We had a 60% moon and this made moon viewing great but fewer stars were visible to the naked eye. i don't think it really affected the telescopes though.
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Maureen_s
Feb 8, 2025
Lots of interesting... - Lots of interesting information and while we did struggle with a few passing clouds it was a very good time. Seeing the stars/planets through the telescopes was amazing. A cold might so dress warmly! Hot chocolate & marshmallows was a nice touch!
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Arlene_108
Jan 29, 2025
Small tour with amazing guides - We totally enjoyed this activity. Our guides Erik and Althea were awesome, very knowledgeable and passionate. It wasn't a very clear night but we were still able to see some stunning nebulae. Being a small group, we felt that it wasn't rushed. We were given ample time each to look into the telescopes. And that's good because the nebulae are just amazing to look at! Also loved the hot chocolate and roasted marshmallows 😋
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Anesa_t
Jan 25, 2025
Highly recomnended. - Beautiful birthday experience with great hosts/guides. My partner and I loved it.
Thank yous very much.
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Byron_c
Jan 11, 2025
Guide was fantastic,... - Guide was fantastic, extremely friendly and knowledgeable. Saw some amazing sights, we highly recommended this for anyone looking to learn about astronomy and look at some amazing images.
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Olivia_b
Jan 6, 2025
Still amazing inspire of bad weather. Very accommodating. - We were unfortunate enough to have a very cloudy night for our tour. The guides attempted to still try and offered a full refund when it was cut short. We did get to see some pretty cool things in parts of the sky that were visible. Our guide was so knowledgeable and engaging! We even got to see Jupiter plus moons and a nebula in Orion’s Belt through the telescope before the clouds took over. Even with all we did get in a short time, they still gave us a full refund. I can only imagine how incredible it would have been on a clear night.
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