Scotland Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park Stargazing Experience 2-hour

EXPLORE THE NIGHT SKY FROM ONE OF THE UK'S DARKEST LOCATIONS WITH A LARGE TELESCOPE AND PROFESSIONAL ASTRONOMER AS YOUR GUIDE 

2-HOUR SCOTLAND GALLOWAY FOREST STARGAZING EXPERIENCE GIFT BOX

IDEAL FOR INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES & FAMILIES -- PRIVATE STARGAZING EXPERIENCE RUN EXCLUSIVELY FOR YOUR FAMILY / FRIENDS GROUP -- VOUCHER VALID FOR 2 YEARS -- DISPATCHED IN LUXURY PRESENTATION GIFT BOX

The Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park is one of the best places in the UK and Europe to explore the night sky. Now you can make the most of your dark sky visit with our 2-hour private stargazing experience run from near the Kirroughtree Visitor Centre close to Newton Stewart in South West Scotland. Discover the stars and constellations with a professional astronomer as your guide, and enjoy a journey out across the universe using one of our large telescopes. You'll get stunning views of star systems, star clusters, nebulae and galaxies beyond our own, and your astronomer will give you the background story to each view. Dates from 2026 onwards are currently available. Please ask for details.

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2-HOUR SCOTLAND GALLOWAY FOREST DARK SKY PARK STARGAZING EXPERIENCE 

Go on a stargazing adventure of a lifetime with one of our large telescopes and a professional astronomer as your guide at one of the best dark sky locations in the UK & Europe. 

The 2-hour Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park stargazing experience for couples, families and small groups of up to 15 people is run from near the Kirroughtree Visitor Centre car park near Newton Stewart in South West Scotland. It is a private stargazing session run exclusively for you and your guests. Our astronomer will meet you at the location to take you on a stargazing adventure that includes a laser guided tour of the stars and constellations that can be seen with the naked eye, and a journey out among the stars using a large telescope. Along the way you'll get to see dazzling star systems, ancient star clusters, red supergiants, nebulae and vast distant galaxies far beyond our own through the telescope. If the moon and / or planets are visible at the time you'll get to see them too close up through the telescope. 

If you'd like a list of available dates and times for stargazing in the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park please do contact us. Normally we'll be running on a 6-month lead time for available dates. Alternatively we offer the 2-hour Scotand Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park stargazing experience as a gift voucher inside one of our luxury A5 gift boxes. This gives the recipient the flexibility to choose their own date when convenient. The stargazing voucher is valid for two years initially, with an option to extend the voucher for an additional year free of charge so as to allow plenty of time for the recipient to book a date, and for us to find a clear night on which to run the stargazing experience. 

We're happy to personalise the voucher with a short message. A message box will appear during the checkout process for you to add your personal note.

When can the stargazing voucher be used? 

Weekends and weeknights ay time of the year, subject to our availability.  Please consider booking 6 months in advance for the best selection of dates.

What if it is raining or cloudy? 

Naturally cloud and rain is always a threat. When booking the stargazing experience we recommend that you choose  2 or 3 nights initially on which you’d be happy for us to run the experience for you. If it is cloudy / raining on all selected nights then we’ll simply roll the experience forward to an alternative date that works. We can keep rolling the experience forward until we are able to run the stargazing for you.

How to book a date for your stargazing session

If you already have a voucher please email bookings@darkskytelescopehire.co.uk with your voucher number so we can let you know dates & time slots that are available.