Oudtshoorn Nighttime Stargazing Experience

In the hands of skilled guides and under starlit Karoo skies, with specialized telescopes, guests experience a life-changing and spell-bound one-hour “tour” through the Southern Hemisphere's celestial “High 5”. Learn more about the most prominent stars, planets, constellations, galaxies and globular clusters.

For generations the universe has fascinated mankind and that’s possibly the reason you have decided to join us tonight.  Even the days of the week has been named after the planets and moons and the Greeks have spent countless hours to “create” the majority of the constellations as we know it today. The ancient Egyptians are said to have lined up the Pyramids with the sky above to link the dead Pharaoh’s to the “Imperishable ones” above. Not only has the celestial bodies “influenced” life in the ancient civilized world, but the traditions of African tribes such as the Xhosa has been influenced by the stars. For centuries civilizations have used the stars and moon for navigation, and even tennis players have been named after planets... And yet, we know so little!