Lake Tekapo Aurora Map & Forecast

Dark Sky Reserve with the iconic Church of the Good Shepherd as an aurora australis backdrop.

Lake Tekapo sits within the Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve, offering some of the darkest skies in New Zealand. The turquoise lake, Church of the Good Shepherd, and Aoraki/Mt Cook provide stunning aurora foregrounds.

Current real-time aurora forecast for Lake Tekapo. Map shows probability of visible aurora, cloud cover conditions, and light pollution levels.