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Maunakea Stellar Explorer de KONA

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Pour une expérience hors du commun, consultez Maunakea Stellar Explorer de KapohoKine Adventures. Cette aventure passionnante est la seule visite en étoile de Big Island à proposer des observations astronomiques nocturnes ET des observations solaires diurnes en toute sécurité, tous les âges étant les bienvenus ! Nos explorateurs stellaires internes sont les meilleurs et les plus expérimentés d'Hawaï, l'un d'entre eux ayant créé le centre d'accueil des visiteurs du Mauna Kea et l'ayant exploité pendant une décennie. D'autres membres du personnel ont écrit des articles et des critiques notés pour des magazines d'astronomie bien connus et ont travaillé dans des observatoires de classe mondiale.
Ville: Grande île d'Hawaï
Wed 23 Oct
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Ce qui est inclu
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Bottled water
Driver/guide
Dinner
Jackets
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Bottled water
Information additionnelle
  • Déconseillé aux voyageurs ayant une mauvaise santé cardiovasculaire
  • Des transports en commun sont disponibles à proximité
  • Convient à tous les niveaux de forme physique
À quoi s'attendre
1
Kailua-Kona
The adventure starts with dinner.
2
Saddle Road
Next, you’ll travel across Saddle Road between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, two of the tallest and most massive volcanoes on Earth. Your National Park Service trained guide will discuss the volcanology, geology, and history of these monstrous wonders, as well as providing in-depth narration on the various lava flows and flora and fauna that you’ll be passing by. Lastly, your guide will take you to one of our preferred locations on Mauna Kea for nighttime stargazing.
3
Mauna Kea
You’ll observe deep sky and planetary objects through a large aperture Dobsonian telescope under one of the darkest and most pristine skies on planet Earth! Our Dobsonian telescopes are a true purist’s experience to view the night sky. Their fast focal ratio enables you to see sprawling wide field views of objects that simply aren’t possible with the types of telescopes used by other tours. Depending on what is visible in the current sky and weather permitting, you’ll observe galaxies, nebula, star clusters, planets, double star systems, the moon, and much more; all the highlights and showpiece objects like you’ve never seen before! Afterwards, warm up with Kona coffee and hot chocolate before returning to your resort. Warm jackets provided. This tour does not visit Maunakea’s summit out of deference to Native Hawaiian concerns.
4
Kailua-Kona
The adventure starts with dinner.
5
Saddle Road
Next, you’ll travel across Saddle Road between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, two of the tallest and most massive volcanoes on Earth. Your National Park Service trained guide will discuss the volcanology, geology, and history of these monstrous wonders, as well as providing in-depth narration on the various lava flows and flora and fauna that you’ll be passing by. Lastly, your guide will take you to one of our preferred locations on Mauna Kea for nighttime stargazing.
6
Mauna Kea
You’ll observe deep sky and planetary objects through a large aperture Dobsonian telescope under one of the darkest and most pristine skies on planet Earth! Our Dobsonian telescopes are a true purist’s experience to view the night sky. Their fast focal ratio enables you to see sprawling wide field views of objects that simply aren’t possible with the types of telescopes used by other tours. Depending on what is visible in the current sky and weather permitting, you’ll observe galaxies, nebula, star clusters, planets, double star systems, the moon, and much more; all the highlights and showpiece objects like you’ve never seen before! Afterwards, warm up with Kona coffee and hot chocolate before returning to your resort. Warm jackets provided. This tour does not visit Maunakea’s summit out of deference to Native Hawaiian concerns.
7
Kailua-Kona
L'aventure commence par le dîner.
8
Route de la selle
Ensuite, vous traverserez Saddle Road entre le Mauna Kea et le Mauna Loa, deux des volcans les plus hauts et les plus massifs de la Terre. Votre guide formé par le National Park Service discutera de la volcanologie, de la géologie et de l'histoire de ces merveilles monstrueuses, ainsi que d'une narration approfondie des différentes coulées de lave, de la flore et de la faune que vous traverserez. Enfin, votre guide vous conduira à l'un de nos endroits préférés sur le Mauna Kea pour l'observation nocturne des étoiles.
9
Mauna Kea
Vous observerez le ciel profond et les objets planétaires à travers un télescope Dobson à grande ouverture sous l'un des cieux les plus sombres et les plus vierges de la planète Terre ! Nos télescopes Dobson sont une véritable expérience puriste pour voir le ciel nocturne. Leur rapport focal rapide vous permet de voir des vues étendues à large champ d'objets qui ne sont tout simplement pas possibles avec les types de télescopes utilisés par d'autres circuits. En fonction de ce qui est visible dans le ciel actuel et si le temps le permet, vous observerez des galaxies, des nébuleuses, des amas d'étoiles, des planètes, des systèmes d'étoiles doubles, la lune et bien plus encore ; tous les points forts et les objets phares comme vous n'en avez jamais vus auparavant ! Ensuite, réchauffez-vous avec du café Kona et du chocolat chaud avant de retourner à votre complexe. Vestes chaudes fournies. Cette visite ne visite pas le sommet de Maunakea par respect pour les préoccupations des autochtones hawaïens.
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Commentaires (70)
Jenifer_R
Aug 2022
Adam was a great tour guide. We had an amazing and fun experience. The stars were amazing and Adam had a lot of very interesting knowledge and information about plants on the island.
z3girl
Jul 2022
We booked this tour via a local (Kona) tour agency based on their recommendation after I told them we were interested in doing a Mauna Kea summit tour. At the start of the tour though, our guide Marcus outlined the itinerary for the evening and it soon became clear that we would not be going up to the summit. Even more disappointing, we barely left Saddle Road, and could have done this drive easily ourselves. While this could easily be viewed as a problem with the booking agency, I am mentioning it in this review as there was at least one other couple in our group who were similarly disappointed with the tour not going to the summit after booking through a different booking agent and expressing the same requirements. The fact that two agents don’t seem to know enough about this tour to sell it correctly points to an issue with the company not accurately describing the tour to those who are supposed to be selling on their behalf. Marcus, our guide, did a great job with narrating the evening and was an excellent host. No complaints there, but the so-called dinner was another huge disappointment. For the price we paid for the tour as a whole, the dinner was completely underwhelming. The “garlic prawns” were simply 4 small prawns and a cup of white rice. Honestly, we’ve had better catering provided on the snorkelling tours we’ve done, and those tours are less than half the price of this one. All in all we certainly wouldn’t recommend this trip to anyone - if it were to provide value for money I’d be expecting an improved quality dinner, some seating around the telescope so that we can view the stars more comfortably, a quality photo or two of us against the stars (not just an offer to take photos with our own camera against the sunset) and at least an attempt to take us some way up the summit road, for better viewing of the sky. As it was the tour did not represent value for money at all.
Krysten_G
May 2022
KRYSTAL WAS AMAZINNGG!!! This was honestly a life changing experience for me. My stay in Hawaii was for almost a month and out of everything I did even island hopping between Oahu and Kona, this was the highlight of my entire trip! Dinner was tasty, the trip there was scenic and Krystal was very knowledgeable. Not only this the star gazing along with Krystal's expert knowledge made this the experience of a lifetime! I almost cancelled because I injured my leg the day prior but they were able to accommodate me. Thank you so much Krystal! This was amazing!

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