AuthenticAs Star Gazing -Nightscape Portrait Photography Tour | La Vacanza Travel

AuthenticAs Star Gazing -Nightscape Portrait Photography Tour

Duration: 2 hours
Destination: New Zealand, South Island, Queenstown
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  • 2 hours
  • Queenstown
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Whether you live here or are visiting we have found the best places to take you on Stargazing. We collect you in our 4WD land rovers, choosing from many of our dark sky locations to guide and photograph you under the Southern Night Sky. Come along with us NZ Astro tourism Academy qualified Guides this Summer 2023/4 and discover star navigation, the meaning and language of our constellations and using our Unistellar EVscope and night binoculars we choose the most interesting features viewable that night for you to see close up. We professionally shoot your portrait with the galactic core as a backdrop. Often snow will be under our feet. NZ Award winning photographers, we deliver you with a set of images from your experience to cherish along with images from our telescope that we viewed together live. Customers love this tour who are also budding astrophotographers -ask us for tuition and bring your camera/ tripod is also an option. We are the only Queenstown bespoke star gazing tour.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Queenstown, Queenstown, Otago Region, South Island

We hold Department of Conservation permission to access Dark Skies close to and/or within the Wakatipu Basin /Queenstown /Tahuna area. We particularly love to take our visits into the Mountains often snowy in Wintertime , with ease of access and down alongside Lake Wakatipu. We try our best to use bespoke locations planned for your needs or group wishes. We also have the ability to add in a Day into Night Tour and Authentic As Queenstown to this Starry Night Package so we can add in multiple locations.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Inclusions
  • Optional astrophotography tuition with your own camera/tripod or iphone
  • Coffee and/or Tea - Hot Chocolate and Cookies (please let us know if there are any food allergies)
  • Private transportation
  • 4WD Land Rover pick up and drop off
  • Permitted 4WD location on Department of Conservation land
  • Health & Safety audited and full public liability insurance
  • Southern Night Sky Tour by a Aotearoa Astrotourism Guide
  • Professional photography taken of you supplied digitally as a Pixieset Collection

Exclusions
    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Stroller accessible
    • Service animals allowed
    • Near public transportation
    • Most travelers can participate
    • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
    • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
    • Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
    Departure Point

    Traveler pickup is offered
    Bespoke planning enables pick up from anywhere from within the Wakatipu Basin or please email to discuss further.


    Departure Time

    07:30 PM

    Voucher info

    You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

    Duration

    2 hours


    User's Reviews

    Charlotta_D

    08 Mar, 2024

    The guide was wonderful and knowledgeable. Telling us about the Mauri history with the stars . Highly recommended and appreciated

    MaddieM89

    09 Feb, 2024

    It exceeded expectations by miles, we were so impressed, even my dad and brother who weren’t so interested before we left were completely absorbed in the experience before we left. It was the highlight of our Queenstown trip. Simon really made it interesting blending culture and science. Can’t wait to do other experiences like this is the future.

    Sara_R

    03 Jan, 2024

    One of best experiences we had during New Zealand Trip. Simon is very professional and passionate about what he does. We learned so much about how to navigate the southern dark sky, saw too many incredible stars, images, also Māori culture. The Milky Way is absolutely stunning, the nightscape portrait is unmatched, we will value this experience, the photos are amazing, unbelievable! Thank you so much for this extraordinary tour! Highly recommend!

    reja2023

    26 Dec, 2023

    The best private star gazing trip! It was amazing and the photos were amazing too! We learned a lot from it.

    lapetitelucette

    19 Dec, 2023

    I booked this experience with Simon on a whim for me and my friend because I've always been fascinated by the night sky. The communication was great from the word go. Simon picked us up from our hotel and drove us to what he considered to be the best location for the experience on the night. We had such fun listening to Simon who was clearly very passionate about the night sky and explaining every single object we were interested in. We were very lucky as our trip was at the tail end of the Geminid meteor showers so we were treated to 5 shooting stars. We also had a very clear view of the Milky Way, Carina and Orion, complete with a reddish auroral glow. Simon took some photos of us which he promptly sent to us the very next day and we were super delighted by them! It's one of the best things we've chosen to do in New Zealand. Click that 'book' button now!

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