Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve

Wonderful with a great guide. Wish I remembered his name!

If you are in the region, do this. Wonderful star gazing with more information than I can comprehend! Make sure you use their very warm coats. It can get cold on the mountain. JIM H

Wonderful with a great guide. Wish I remembered his name!

If you are in the region, do this. Wonderful star gazing with more information than I can comprehend! Make sure you use their very warm coats. It can get cold on the mountain. JIM H

Pay or miss out

We were disappointed to find that most places where you get good views of stars had to be gone to through paid astro tours. And they weren't cheap - at 99 NZD per person. We were lucky to have a cl...

Pay or miss out

We were disappointed to find that most places where you get good views of stars had to be gone to through paid astro tours. And they weren't cheap - at 99 NZD per person. We were lucky to have a cl...

We did it the cheap way.

We drove to a dark area near Benmore Dam. Found a safe area and lay on our backs and watched the Milky Way and the Universe move by very slowly. We saw manmade sattelites going overhead with only a ...