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From Wairarapa: Star Safari with Astronomers & VR Experience

By StarSafari
Free cancellation available
Price is $58 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • Stargaze in the pristine Wairarapa Dark Sky Reserve
  • Explore the universe with powerful telescopes and expert guidance
  • Enjoy a virtual reality experience if the weather doesn’t cooperate
  • Learn about the night sky from local night sky experts
  • Experience a family-friendly activity with up to two kids under 15 free

Activity location

    • Wellington (Region)
    • Ponatahi, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • VG47+JG Ponatahi, Wellington Region, New Zealand | Follow the signs up the hill to the observatory, you will be met at the carpark.
    • Ponatahi, Wellington Region, New Zealand

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From Wairarapa: Star Safari with Astronomers & VR Experience
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m
    1h 30m
  • English
Price details
$57.72 x 1 Adult$57.72

Total
Price is $57.72
Until Mon, Sep 29

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    90-minute stargazing experience
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guided tour with expert hosts
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Use of 16-inch manual telescopes
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Virtual reality experience if weather is cloudy
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Introduction to southern skies
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hot Chocolate drink

What you can expect

Begin your experience with an introduction to what you will see and how to find your way around the southern skies. Then, spend time at the telescopes. Your hosts will guide you, answering questions and pointing out highlights. There is always a balance of science and storytelling, so you leave with knowledge as well as memories.

If the skies do not cooperate, the evening is far from lost. Bring the universe indoors with a specially designed cloudy-night program. Using high-end virtual reality headsets and planetarium software, be guided through stars, planets, and galaxies as if the sky were perfectly clear.

Learn how to find your way around the night sky, explore the Milky Way in detail, and even take a virtual trip to the edge of the observable universe. The same warmth, storytelling, and science expertise are at the heart of this experience, so guests always leave with a sense of wonder.

The experience is hosted by Hari and Sam, a couple who have made the stars their life’s work. Hari is an astrobiologist with a passion for life in the universe, and Sam is an astrophysicist who has spent years studying the cosmos. Together, they bring a mix of knowledge and storytelling that makes science easy to understand and the night sky come alive.

Location

Activity location

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    • Wellington (Region)
    • Ponatahi, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • VG47+JG Ponatahi, Wellington Region, New Zealand | Follow the signs up the hill to the observatory, you will be met at the carpark.
    • Ponatahi, Wellington Region, New Zealand