Zoo Lights
Photo: Ramón Cutanda · CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
🎃 Seasonal · Houston
2 hours · $$ · Reservation required
- 🚗About 25 min driveFrom Sugar Land · Parking: Hermann Park lots are free but full at night; paid garage by the zoo; METRORail Hermann Park/Rice U
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGood on cool days · Fine on cold days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Winter
The Houston Zoo's evening event from mid-November to early January: hundreds of thousands of lights shaped into animals, tunnels and moving light shows along a slow stroller route. The 2-year-old's mouth hangs open the whole way, the 7-year-old hunts for their favorite animal lights, and there's hot chocolate and a carousel ride.
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