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"Let There Be Lights" Drive Through Christmas Lights Display

At Branson Promise Land Zoo's drive through lights display, guests will be able to experience Christmas with their hands! Feel the soft nose of a reindeer, touch the rough coat of a donkey, or kneel on the dirt of the stable.


Branson’s Promised Land Zoo hosts Let There Be Lights, a 2-mile Christmas lights display through the drive through portion of their zoo. Let There be Lights will be the longest Christmas lights display in the Ozarks. 

Duration varies as it is a drive-through light display. Go at your own pace! Spend as much time as you like in the Candyland Courtyard. Santa’s Safari VIP tour lasts around 45 minutes and departs at your booked time from the Candyland Courtyard, please park in the parking lot and walk up to the Gift Shop area to load onto the Safari Bus Basic Lights activities are included with every admission so plan accordingly.

In addition to the two-mile drive through lights display, guests at Promised Land Zoo will enjoy the opportunity to pet baby reindeer, experience a Living Nativity, and take a magical ride on Santa’s Safari Tram through the lights display to meet and feed many different animals from the comfort of a climate controlled bus. The zoo will also provide the opportunity to meet and take professional photos with Santa and his reindeer and browse the Stocking Stuffer Gift Shoppe full of gifts for animal lovers!’s Safari