A Stargazing experience by Stargaze Hawaii. Back to all Big Island tours.
Tour Summary: Put on your shorts and aloha shirt, grab your whole family and enjoy and learn about the stars at a fraction of the cost of a summit tour.
Large photoStargaze at sea level right on the coastline, for a comfortable, accessible experience fun for everyone. No long, bumpy drive up the mountain, no high altitude or oxygen issues, no freezing cold, no long lines, and plenty of parking. Put on your shorts and aloha shirt, grab your whole family and enjoy the stars.
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Look at the stars with an 11-inch Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope that collects 1600 times more light than your eye, and magnifies the objects you will be look at between 50 and 550 times. Image: Stargaze Hawaiʻi
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One of the telescopes used at the tour with the founder of Stargaze Hawaii, Wayne Fukunaga, for scale. Image: Stargaze Hawaiʻi
Tour Highlights:
- Comfortable stargazing done at tropical temperatures.
- Well-priced 1-hour guided tour of the sky.
- Low altitude at a resort with full amenities.
- Excellent after dinner activity.
- Plain English spoken with pictures provided on iPads to help to explain Astronomy concepts.
- Constellations traced in the sky with a green laser pointer.
- Limit of 12 people per telescope. Two Telescopes maximum per night.
Tour Information:
| Price: | Adult | Youth | Infant |
|---|---|---|---|
| (excluding taxes & fees) | $75 | $30 | $Free |
Tour Provider: Stargaze Hawaii
Activity: Stargazing
Tour start time: 7 pm or 8 pm, depending on the time of year.
Duration: 1 hour
Departure from: Westin Hapuna Beach Hotel
Pick-up available? No
Cancellations: No refunds for guest cancellations within 24 hours of a session. We will email and text at 4 p.m. with a weather update and either cancel or confirm on the date of your session. We will cancel if we have less than four total reservations. We will offer to rebook for another date, or you may get a refund. A paid adult must accompany children.
Read more: about stargazing in our Big Island stargazing guide.
Put on your shorts and aloha shirt, grab your whole family and enjoy and learn about the stars at a fraction of the cost of a summit tour. We bring an observatory to you, right on the coastline, for a comfortable, accessible experience fun for everyone. No long, bumpy drive up the mountain, no high altitude or oxygen issues, no freezing cold, no long lines.
You get to look at the stars with an 11-inch Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope during a 1-hour planetarium-class formal presentation during which you will see all significant attractions, including planets, nebulae, double stars, star clusters, and galaxies.
Your guide astronomers know the topics and tell relatable and exciting stories to keep guests spellbound. They point out the constellations using a green laser pointer and provide Starlore and astronomy facts.
The telescopes:
The 11-inch Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope used during the tour collects 1600 times more light than your eye, and magnifies the objects you will be look at between 50 and 550 times.
What to Bring
The tour will be held on a grass golf course driving range. Dress for warm weather of 70 degrees or warmer. Bring a beach chair or a mat if you cannot stand for the entire hour.
Video preview
See the video below for a preview of a tour with owner Wayne Fukunaga and guests as they share their experience stargazing from sea-level with Star Gaze Hawaii.
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