WildLanterns (Woodland Park Zoo)
Representative photo · Photo: LimpingFrog Productions · CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
🎃 Seasonal · Seattle
2 hours · $$ · Reservation required
- 🚗About 30 min driveFrom Bellevue · Parking: Zoo lot about $8-10
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGood on cool days · Rain-OK
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Winter
Woodland Park Zoo's big lantern festival from mid-November to January: hundreds of handmade silk lanterns shaped into life-size elephants, dinosaurs, and penguins, so walking through the lantern forest feels like stepping into a cartoon.
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