ZSL London Zoo celebrates the festive season with VIP overnight stays for families looking to get their Christmas period off to a roaring start. 

Running from Friday, December 16 to Friday, December 23 the overnight stay will treat animal-loving families to after hours tours of London Zoo where they will be able to soak up the zoo's magnificent animals.

Families will also be treated to a two-course meal, as well as meet Father Christmas himself when he drops by the huts bearing gifts. 

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First, check into to your snow-topped lodge, found in the heart of the zoo, before setting out on a LAnd of the Lions tour where you will find out how Asiatic lions Bhanu and Arya plan on celebrating Christmas. 

After dinner and making Christmas presents for the animals, meet some to the zoo's nocturnal residents, before nodding off to sleep and maybe - maybe - waking up to lion roars, which are the zoo's traditional alarm clocks. 

After breakfast, guests will deliver their presents to the animals, before learning about what happens at London zoo for Christmas. 

As the price includes two days entry to both London zoo and Whipshade Zoo, guests can choose to spend the day walking around the Regent's Park site, or see the elephants and rhinos in Bedfordshire. 

London Zoo's Meet Santa overnight stay runs from December 16 to December 23. Prices start from £385. 

Address: Outer Circle, The Regent's Park NW1 4RY

Website: zsl.org

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