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Longleat Festival of Light 2014

Longleat Festival of Light is a striking illuminations festival set in the cold of winter.

This particular group of photos are from when me and my wife went in 2014 for our new years celebrations. There is only one way to describe the Festival of Light and that is Incredible! It was dark and pretty cold but people weren’t complaining. People weren’t even bothered, they where all in awe of the hand-crafted lanterns of varying sizes and shapes. It was a tranquil evening walking around the park finished off with a massive fireworks display to bring in the new year.

What is Longleat Festival of Light?

Longleat’s Festival of Light is Europe’s largest ever display of Chinese lanterns. At this particular year’s festival there were over 7,000 individual lanterns. There was also a 70 meter long dragon, 20 meter tall Chinese temple, Chinese masks, flowers, pandas, Giraffes, lions and more.

Here are the photos

After entering through the amazing gateway we where greated with a mushroom garden intertwined with the environment.

Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Colourful Mushroom Garden
Colourful Mushroom Garden

After the mushroom garden we came to this spectacular Chinese temple followed by a garden of pandas.

Longleat Festival of Light 2014
Traditional Chinese Temple
Longleat Festival of Light 2014
Traditional Chinese Temple
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Panda Garden
Panda Garden
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Panda Garden
Panda Garden
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Baby Panda
Baby Panda
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Panda Family
Panda Family

These traditional Chinese lanterns where to be expected at an event like this. The area they covered was enormous. These pictures don’t show the scale and amount of lanterns used to fill the sky and illuminate the walkway.

Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Chinese Lanterns
Chinese Lanterns
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Chinese Lanterns
Chinese Lanterns
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Dragon Head
This is the head of a 70 meter long dragon!
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Illuminated Elephants
Illuminated Elephants
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Illuminated Elephants
Illuminated Elephants
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Clouds
This is one of the clouds at the foot of the dragon. The small details where amazing!
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Traditional Chinese Masks
Traditional Chinese Mask Wall
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Traditional Chinese Masks
Traditional Chinese Mask Wall
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Flowers
Tall Red Flowers
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Purple Flowers Macro
I really like this macro shot of these purple flowers
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Purple Flowers
This is the full shot of the purple flowers
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Peacock
Peacock
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Peacock
Peacock
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Lion
Lion on pride rock
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Lion
Close-up of the Lion
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Zebras
Zebras
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Illuminated Lake
Illuminated Lake
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Rhino Family
Rhino Family
Longleat Festival of Light 2014 - Entrance
Festival of Light 2014 Entrance

Would I go again?

The simple answer is yes! I intend on going to another Festival of Light.

The Longleat Festival of Light is a spectacular sight and well worth discovering for yourself. You can visit the Longleat Website and also view their seasonal events to check out what they have going on.

You can check out more of my photos on my flickr profile.

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