Top Jasper Night Tours

Your guides very knowledgeable and entertaining! Planetarium part of experience great! Sadly we had an early time slot so even if we had not had a rainy evening we couldn’t have done the telescope part. However the short discussions about asteroids and meteorites was very informative and holding a moon rock and a Mars rock were kind of exhilarating! The discussion about the northern lights was very informative and good! We didn’t get to see any northern lights while we were here but we remain hopeful that someday we will! Good show!

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.

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!

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.

The planetarium & talks on aurora borealis / asteroids / meteors / meteorites was fine. I’ve some reservations about the dark skys walk. We walked around the grounds of the fairmont hotel which is pretty brightly lit & into the gardens down by the river where it was pitch black to look at the sky with binoculars. Talk & looking at stellar bodies was fine but could have been better organised as the guides led from the front & if you fell or lost them, they’d never know.

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

A great planetarium show, plus several exhibits and discussions about meteors and auroras, and viewing through telescopes with knowledgeable presenters; well worth it!

Great information and details. It was cloudy so we were not able to use the telescopes or go on the hike. The guides were wonderful and I really appreciated knowing we could do a raincheck.

Such a cool late night activity for the family. Start off with a show inside an outside portable dome in some 0 gravity chairs and tour the night sky via projector and then head outside ans view stars and planets through 4 or 5 differ et telescopes. The staff are very attentive and knowledge on the subject. Parking js easy and included in your ticket. Plan this for a day that you dont have to wake up early the next morning because you will be home late

Really interesting experience. Joe was a great guide and really friendly.