New for 2025
Celebrate With Style This Festive Season
Our Nightlights package is the ultimate way to experience Port Lympne Illuminated. Stay in one of 14 different accommodations, each offering a wild twist on traditional overnight stays. With everything from fun, family glamping to decadent lodges adjoining our animal enclosures to choose from, a Nightlights stay at Port Lympne is the perfect way to celebrate the festive season with style.
What's Included?
As well as an enchanting overnight stay in your choice of our stunning accommodations, your Nightlights package includes:
Nightlights packages include full access to our 600-acre Reserve and after sunset you will be invited to step into the secret after-dark world of Port Lympne to celebrate Port Lympne Illuminated. Forest fairies have enchanted the woodland walks and gardens of the Reserve to create a dazzling, illuminated celebration of their animal companions. You will discover a vintage-inspired funfair, fairy disco, delicious food and drink and 13 beautiful lighting installations celebrating the beauty of winter.
Arrival time: From 9:30am on day of booking
Departure time: 2pm on day of check out
Please note: During the Port Lympne Illuminated light trail (2pm onwards) guest access to golf buggies (valid at selected accommodations only) will be restricted to allow the festive fairies to work their enchantment over the Reserve.
Choose Your Nightlights Package

Pinewood
The festive fairies have spread their winter magic around Pinewood and transformed it into Elfwood for the season! The lights are twinkling, extra marshmallows have appeared around the fire pit and our family-friendly timber glamping pods have become a cosy village of festive fun tucked amongst the pine grove opposite our lion enclosure.
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Bear Lodge
Experience Port Lympne Illuminated with a family stay at the spacious Bear Lodge. With space for up to 8 in insulated safari tents with real beds and bathrooms, a nightlights stay at Bear Lodge offers extra-glam glamping with views over our spectacled bear paddock and the expansive safari area.
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Giraffe Cottage
Treat yourself to a luxurious festive getaway with a nightlights stay at Giraffe Cottage. Hidden in a quiet corner of Reserve and accessed via safari truck, Giraffe Cottage offers a peaceful retreat from the outside world where our team, including a personal chef and safari ranger, take care of everything for you. Plus, you will be invited to join the festive celebrations of Port Lympne Illuminated before retreating to your cottage sanctuary for the evening.
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Wolf Lodge
Take a step closer to the wild this winter with a nightlights stay at Wolf Lodge, where you share a garden with Port Lympne's resident wolf pack. A private viewing pod, accessible exclusively to Wolf Lodge guests, ensures you'll have the very best view of these fascinating predators throughout your stay. Your nightlights package at Wolf Lodge includes access to the Port Lympne Illuminated festive light trail!
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Rhino Lodge
Wake up with a rhino at the bottom of the garden with a nightlights package at Rhino Lodge. This renovated former keepers' cottage offers a private garden with views of wandering lechwe and black rhino. In a prime position for easy access to Port Lympne Illuminated, Rhino Lodge's cosy interiors make it the ideal place to celebrate the festive season with friends and family.
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Treehouses
Get cosy among the treetops with a magical nighlights stay at our Treehouses. Tucked among the canopy like a fairy village, our Treehouses offer stylish accommodation with full self-catering facilities and private balconies with sweeping views of the Reserve. If you fancy a glass of something celebratory, the Treehouse Clubhouse is just a few steps away from your front door.
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The Lookout Bubble
Stargazers stop scrollling, you've found your perfect nightlights stay. The Lookout Bubble's transparent dome invites you to watch the skies for Santa from the comfort of your bed or bathtub! Found in a private garden next door to our lion enclosure, the Lookout Bubble is an ideal choice for romantic festive getaways with someone very special.
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The Treetop Bubble
Spend the night in your own private snowglobe amonst the treetops of Port Lympne. The Treetop Bubble is a transparent dome, perfect for Instagram shots, which can be your festive home-from-home when you book a nightlights package at Port Lympne. With incredible views, a free-standing bath and sweeping views across the Reserve and beyond, a nightlight stay The Treetop Bubble is the ultimate winter romantic getaway.
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Leopard Creek
At the edge of the Reserve, Leopard Creek's cosy village of timber cabins and wigwams offer an unforgettable stay next door to our leopards and white rhino. With options ranging from romantic retreats and family escapes to decadent luxury, you are sure to find your perfect stay. Your nightlights package includes access to the Port Lympne Illuminated festive light trail!
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Lion Lodge
Celebrate the festive season at the UK's original Lion Lodge with a Port Lympne nightlights package. Floor-to-ceiling windows in your living room, master bedroom and outdoor bathing area connect you directly to our lion enclosure, giving you an incredible glimpse into the secret lives of the nosy lions who live next door.
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Tiger Lodge
Experience decadent luxury just a whisker away from our tigers with a nightlights package at Tiger Lodge. Full height viewing windows in your living room, master bathroom and outdoor bathtub blur the boundary between the tigers' world and yours, inviting you to experience life among the big cats.
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Hog Deer Creek
Enjoy a fun-packed sleepover with a nightlights package at Hog Deer Creek. Each cosy shepherd's hut features family bunk beds with a roomy double underneath and two singles above. You'll enjoy views of our safari zone and watering hole from your private deck, offering the perfect place to toast one last marshmallow together after exploring the winter wonderland of Port Lympne Illuminated.
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Mansion Hotel
Stay in the heart of the action with a nightlights package at Port Lympne Hotel. Located along the Port Lympne Illuminated trail, the historic Port Lympne Hotel is lavishly decorated for the festive season. The open fires are roaring, the Bar & Terrace have a special menu of winter treats to tempt you and the surrounding gardens and grounds twinkle with festive fairy magic.
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Forest Hideaway
Live like a forest fairy with an enchanting stay at the cute and cosy Forest Hideaway cabins. Found at the top of the park, close to the magic of Elfwood and their lion neighbours, the Forest Hideaways are tucked away in a private glade. Your nightlights package includes access to the Port Lympne Illuminated festive light trail and the opportunity to add on a visit to Santa's Grotto!
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