Experience a Perfect Family Day Out at London Zoo
Bring your friends and family to London Zoo to celebrate a merry Christmas filled with eco-friendly festivities and magical experiences from 23 November to 5 January! With a focus on creating a greener Christmas, enjoy the perfect holiday experience for families and children while supporting our beautiful planet!
Incredible Christmas Activities for Families
- Christmas Crafts for Kids: Bring your little ones and get creative with our sustainable crafts! You can make toilet roll stars using recycled materials like toilet rolls, ribbons, and bio-glitter. You can also design your own festive wrapping paper using recycled brown paper, stamps, and ink pads to take home as a fun keepsake.
- Pop Up Santa: Keep your eyes peeled as Santa will be popping up around the Zoo throughout the day to feed some of our animals and spreading Christmas cheer. Children who spot Santa will receive an “I Spotted Santa” sticker to remember their magical day! These will be given out by volunteers at Pop Up Santa, or children can collect their sticker from our craft stations on Barclay Court.
- Festive Animal Talks – 12 Animals of Christmas: Enjoy special animal talks throughout the holiday season, focusing on 12 iconic species, including lions, gorillas, penguins and giraffes. Learn how climate change affects their natural habitats and discover simple ways to help protect wildlife. Each talk also includes festive enrichment activities for the animals and tips on how to get involved with conservation.
- Green Team: Take part in our recycling challenge, a fun, interactive way for families to learn about sustainability. Discover how small changes can make a big impact on the environment this Christmas in this material sorting game.
- Elf Post Room: Meet Santa’s elves in the Elf Workshop and write your letter to Santa. Once written, pop your letter in the post box; the elves will take care of the rest!
- Sweet Treats and Festive Drinks: Indulge yourself and your family with our delicious food and hot beverages, perfect to warm the cockles on a chilly winter’s day.
- Oh, Snap: Take your festive photo under our giant Christmas tree or next to our giant advent calendar, as we reveal which of our 12 Animals of Christmas is our ‘Animal of the Day’.
Perfect for Families and Kids This Christmas & New Year
Enjoy the magical festive Zoo experience with a 25ft Christmas tree decorated with sustainable materials and watch our animals enjoy their special Christmas treats! From lions to penguins, see how we celebrate the season with our animal residents through festive enrichment activities. Perfect for little ones looking for some extra holiday fun!
Meet Santa is back for 2024.
Pre-registration is now closed for Meet Santa at London Zoo.
Those who pre-registered will receive the booking links via email after 11am on Tuesday 1 October. Pre-registered Gold members, Fellows and Patrons will be the first to receive the emails. Please see our dedicated web page for more information about Meet Santa at London Zoo.