Wildly Illuminating Lantern Festival
November 11-13, 16-23, 25-27, 30, 2022 | December 1-23, 26-31, 2022 | January 1-8, 11-15, 18-22, 25-29, 2023, 5-9 p.m.
$24 adults/$20 children & seniors (2-14 & 65-75)
Glowfari is only open Thursdays - Sundays
Oakland Zoo
9777 Golf Links Road
off Highway 580
Oakland, CA
Advanced ticket purchase is required:
oaklandzoo.org/programs-and-events/glowfari
-- They sell out fast!
Oakland Zoo is GLOWFARI, a wildly illuminated nighttime
lantern festival! The family-friendly
experience features hundreds of
larger-than-life animal lanterns
throughout the Zoo, storytelling the
ongoing journey of wildlife, the
importance of every species on our
planet, and Oakland Zoo's commitment to
conservation. Dozens of towering and
even interactive, glowing lanterns of
every order await to entertain and
enlighten you at every turn.
* Take a mile-long stroll (socially
distanced)
* See illuminated and dazzling lanterns
* Ice-capped 15-foot tall penguin
corridor
* Full-size elephants, giraffes, and
lions
* Enormous, fluttering butterflies
* Star-filled night sky
* Ride lit gondolas to visit California
Trail
* Travel in time to a dinosaur world
* See prehistoric T-rex, stegosaurus,
pterodactyls and more!
Your nighttime, illuminated adventure
awaits. Hundreds of larger-than-life glowing animal lanterns throughout the Zoo with all-new animals displays
introduced in 2021
in this mile-long illuminated stroll through the Zoo.
Visit the desert with camels and bighorn sheep, have an African safari adventure with elephants, giraffes, and an 8-foot crocodile head, walk through the forests of Asia to meet red and giant pandas - and of course ride the gondola to the land of bugs featuring a 65-foot Queen Ant Tunnel!
Finish the evening with a visit to Santa and ride the Express Train through Winter Wonderland!
*Advance ticket purchase is required. Adventure Landing
(rides area) will be closed for Glowfari.
Proceeds from Glowfari support Oakland
Zoo's operating expenses, animal care,
education and conservation programs. All Glowfari tickets are NON-REFUNDABLE and
NON-TRANSFERABLE unless there is a Zoo
closure.
ABOUT OAKLAND ZOO: The Bay Area's award-winning Oakland Zoo is home to more than 660 native and exotic animals. The Zoo offers many educational programs and kid's activities perfect for science field trips, family day trips and exciting birthday parties. Oakland Zoo is dedicated to wildlife conservation onsite and worldwide.
Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.