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Join us for a unique, breathtaking stargazing experience at Cardrona this summer.
Nestled in the heart of the Southern Alps, the Cardrona Valley offers some of the best conditions on Earth for stargazing. Not only does it have a dark sky with minimal light pollution, but it’s far enough south to have a great vantage point to view the famous Southern Sky, & you may even see the Southern Lights!
The first part is a naked eye astronomy tour. Your guide will talk about the night sky specific to our location in New Zealand. You’ll cover highlights of the Southern Sky, constellations, movements of planets, celestial navigation, & general information about what can be seen without the aid of a telescope.
In the second half of the tour, you’ll use our top of the line portable telescope to see (when visible):
Your guide will explain what you’re looking at, & why it’s so cool!
Cardrona is ideally placed between Queenstown & Wanaka so that it has very little light pollution – easily accessible from both towns but remote enough to show pristine views of the Southern night sky.
Alex Thom has a BSC in Astronomy from the University of Colorado. He spent two years working in Education & Public Outreach, teaching space science at LASP in Colorado. Recently he spent a season doing research on New Zealand’s largest telescope, the MOAII, hunting for extra solar planets.
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Stargazing 2019 Pricing |
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Tour, 3-course dinner & transport ex Wanaka |
$150pp |
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Tour only |
$100pp |
