A new light festival is heading to Sydney Zoo
Sydney’s newest zoo is welcoming a festival of lights that promises to rival the annual Vivid festival with dazzling exhibitions and a chance to get up close to some iconic critters.
GLOW will be taking over the Western Sydney zoo in Bungarribee nightly between Friday, May 13 and Sunday, June 5.
The star of the show will be the GLOW Light Walk, which takes visitors on a full tour of the zoo complete with giant glowing animal lanterns and sculptures, and past the festival’s other attractions, including a12-metre tunnel of fairy lights, and a giant glowing Ferris wheel.
Fans of creepy crawlies can also enjoy the Reptile & Nocturnal house - the biggest in the country - and come face-to-face with snakes and glowing UV scorpions.
GLOW’s extensive list of attractions include real-life UV scorpions (left) and towering interactive installations such as Trumpet Flowers (right). Images: Sydney Zoo
The neon festival will also include the Glow Zone, featuring an ice rink, golf course, and Octopoda, a giant statue with eight tentacle-drums that light up, as well as plenty of food and drink.
GLOW has also been designed to be as accessible and inclusive as possible with no hills of steps to grapple with.
Tickets start at $25 online - which you can book here - or $30 at the gate, while babies under two enter for free.
Image: Sydney Zoo