Good Heavens

tour operator — Great Barrier Island · Great Barrier Island

About Good Heavens

A small local stargazing company on Aotea Great Barrier Island, offering group and private sessions under the skies of a Dark Sky Sanctuary. The website says each session comes with hot drinks, blankets and a stargazing information email the morning after, and that the viewing is set up with binoculars and a telescope. Packages can include accommodation, flights, a rental car and the stargazing. Reviews posted on the website praise host Hilde for knowledge and patience, and describe a two-hour session on the southern sky. Some reviewers say waves and seating sometimes made the talk hard to hear, and that the path to the viewing spot is uneven, so a torch helps. One reviewer says a 4WD is needed for the drive to the accommodation. The company is based at Twin Pines, opposite 73 Sandhills Road.