Tekapo Springs Hot Pools and Stargazing

Soak in the Stars Stargazing tours include 45 minutes of guided astronomy and storytelling using high-powered telescopes. Learn about the main features of the southern night sky and what they mean to Maori and Europeans from a mythological and navigational perspective. This tour will EITHER operate outdoors using both the naked eye as well as high-powered telescopes to explore the planets, galaxies and stars that are most prominent at the particular time of the year you are doing the tour, OR, we will give an exciting indoor guided tour using individual virtual reality headsets. Similar tour content will be delivered whether the tour is outdoors or indoors.

The second half of the tour is where it really gets magical! Enjoy exclusive use of our 37.5-38.5℃ hot pool and let the real world melt away as you lie back with the help of a floating hammock to ensure easy sky viewing. While soothing music plays, feel like you’re floating among the stars as you explore the wonders of the night skies. Your guide is poolside during this unique star gazing experience, to tell stories, impart interesting scientific information and answer your questions.