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AuthenticAs Star Gazing -Nightscape Portrait Photography Tour1 day

New Zealand · 1 day

AuthenticAs Star Gazing -Nightscape Portrait Photography Tour

5.00· 70 reviews
Duration
1 day
Group
Guided
Languages
English
Cancellation
Free 48h

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.


    What's included

    • PRIVATE_TRANSPORTATION
    • Professional photography taken of you supplied digitally as a Pixieset Collection
    • COFFEE_AND_TEA
    • 4WD Land Rover pick up and drop off
    • Health & Safety audited and full public liability insurance
    • Optional astrophotography tuition with your own camera/tripod or iphone
    • Southern Night Sky Tour by a Aotearoa Astrotourism Guide
    • Permitted 4WD location on Department of Conservation land

      Day by day

      1. 01

        Stop 1

        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.


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      About Queenstown

      Queenstown is the name of several human settlements around the world, nearly all in countries that are part of the Commonwealth of Nations.

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      Where to stay

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      Blue Peaks Apartments

      Blue Peaks Apartments, Stanley Street, Boydtown, Queenstown 9348, New Zealand

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      Copthome Resort

      Copthome Resort, Frankton Road, Boydtown, Queenstown 9348, New Zealand

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      QT Queenstown

      QT Queenstown, Brunswick Street, Boydtown, Queenstown 9200, New Zealand

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      Lakefront Apartments & Lodges

      Lakefront Apartments & Lodges, 20-26 Lake Esplanade, Boydtown, Queenstown 9200, New Zealand

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      Peppers Beacon

      Peppers Beacon, Lake Esplanade, Boydtown, Queenstown 9200, New Zealand

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      Highview Queenstown Apartments

      Highview Queenstown Apartments, 66-70 Thompson Street, Boydtown, Queenstown 9200, New Zealand

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      Sofitel Hotel Queenstown

      Sofitel Hotel Queenstown, 8 Duke Street, Boydtown, Queenstown 9200, New Zealand

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      Forty Two by Touch of Spice

      Forty Two by Touch of Spice, Man Street, Boydtown, Queenstown 9200, New Zealand

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      Mercure Queenstown Resort

      Mercure Queenstown Resort, Sainsbury Road, Boydtown, Queenstown 9200, New Zealand

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      Ramada Suites

      Ramada Suites, 24 Hawthorne Drive, Remarkables Park, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

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      Pinewood Lodge

      Pinewood Lodge, Boydtown Way, Boydtown, Queenstown 9200, New Zealand

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      Browns Boutique Hotel

      Browns Boutique Hotel, 26 Isle Street, Boydtown, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand


      Reviews

      5.00

      70 reviews

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      $531/ person

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      • Free cancellation up to 48h before
      • Reserve now, pay later
      • 1 days · Guided

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