Top Alberta Night Tours

I don’t think it could’ve been a better trip! Conditions and guide were amazing! Definitely would recommend!

Amazing tour! Aiden was a great tour guide, with fun stories and lots of knowledge. We also saw a herd of elk at the beginning and end of the tour! Our photos turned out amazing and we saw the Milky Way!

This was an amazing experience for our family. We were the only ones in the group but the 4 guides treated us like we were a huge group. We were able to watch a planetarium show, look at stars through telescopes, learn about the aurora borealis and meteorites, see starts on the video scope and do a walking tour with binoculars. It as so informative and we were able to see so much and the coolest part was seeing the milky way with just our eyes. All of the guides were so knowledgable and passionate and my kids (ages 14, 12, and 9) loved it.

I was a little nervous about booking this - the 11 pm start time is way past my bedtime - but I'm so glad I did. The whole thing was delightful and even my spouse, who is a bit of a space nerd, learned some things.The guides were all wonderful, ranging from amateur space nerds to astro-physics students and graduates. They were very patient in helping us all see the different things we were looking for and explaining why each thing is interesting. Our group was very mixed in terms of experience and knowledge, but I think everyone enjoyed themselves! The planned viewings included Saturn and the Andromeda galaxy; the spontaneous sightings included several shooting stars and a glimpse of the Northern Lights.They gave us lots of tips about where to go around Jasper for further star gazing and how to use binoculars to view celestial objects, so we're all set for our next night time experience!

We booked the planetarium show and telescopes activity months ago before leaving the UK. Due to the wildfires in BC the air was a bit smoky and it was also quite cloudy on the evening that we went, b it we had a great time nonetheless, and would certainly recommend this activity to others. The rain check guarantee meant that we were invited back another night for the telescopes activity, free of charge. The staff were enthusiastic, knowledgeable and excellent. Each of them ran a different part of the evening, and they were very happy to chat and answer questions. All in all, a great evening!

Wonderful presentation and experience for my entire 3 generation family. Perfect ending to our vacation. All presenters were outstanding.

We were concerned if the hike was canceled due to weather. Tried but COULD NOT get any response from the booking agent. Glad though we made it to the gathering point and it was a go. Tour guides Aiden and Ella were exceptional, knowledgeable, caring. Especially on how they reacted when came across with elks along the no-light trail. They made the hike Very Enjoyable. Will definitely do it again, hopefully not in a cloudy night.

Our guide Aiden was PHENOMENAL… informative, super bright and just confident in what he knows and does! Our fave guide of our time in Banff!! The experience was a bit more adventurous than we expected- you will be walking in the pitch dark for a few miles on a trail in the woods which we never would have attempted on our own! With that said… the star gazing was AMAZING!!! We even saw the Northern lights!!! Such a pleasant surprise and would def recommend this excursion!!!

The skies were a bit hazy due to forest fires further away, but still the stars came out and were both impressive and awe inspiring. The initial talk in the planetarium was well delivered and put the size of Earth and our galaxy (even galaxy cluster) into perspective. I felt so tiny. The telescope views were not as clear as I would have liked, but the computer image telescope was amazing. We were a group of two families with 5 kids from 9 to 14 and they all came away inspired. It was also great to hold some real pieces of meteorite. We did the earlier session due to the age of the children, but the skies were still darkening and I would recommend the later one if you can manage to stay up!

Such a cool night with the stars and telescopes ..a bit of rock from mars and other extra planetary rocls Too … and that was before learning about the aurora and then… the telescopes !It was amazing using the lasers to see what we were going to be looking at and then clambering up Steps to peek through eye pieces and see the stars ! The final screens showing the view through the largest Telescope Was really impressive . Learnt a lot , clear night and wonderfully Enthusiastic staff ! Thankyou

Very interesting. Learnt a lot

Excellent experience I would highly recommend. The staff really contributed to it being great. A number were astrophysics students who were extremely knowledgeable, excited to share their knowledge in a way that made it easy to understand. They were very enthusiastic and you could tell they loved what they are doing. While the clouds did not always cooperate and enable us to see all that had been set up for us to see - I would nevertheless not hesitate to recommend. The view of the moon was amazing and got to touch a piece of the moon - how many people can say that?

We did the planetarium and telescope tour starting at 9.45pm. It was a perfect night for looking at the stars and we started with a short walk to the planetarium tent. It’s generally very well done and the guide was informative. The we went outside to see specific items in the night sky thru 4 telescopes. That was very good. It was dark - obviously- and you needed to be careful especially on one of the telescopes where you had to go up a few steps on a metal ladder.

While the sky was cloudy most of the time, the program was well organized and very educational. Two super high power telescopes were set up and manned by staff to help find focus and adjust equipment for everyone to take turns looking. Then there was a big momma stationary telescope controlled by a computer with screens for all to see the deep space views. Some presentations on meteorites and auroras helped pass the time while waiting for skies to clear. Very professional program.

Aiden was a fantastic guide! He educated us on the constellations and coached us through taking the best photos of them. Beautiful walk.

An excellent and fun late evening walk with plenty of fantastic stargazing. We were extremely fortunate to have no smoke, clear skies and Ella, our enthusiastic and very knowledgeable guide!