Overview
A two and a half hour small group Alpaca Farm Experience, your visit will include our Alpaca Orchard Walk (Approx 1 hour) plus time with the rest of the herd, followed by drinks and cake. Experience real alpaca farm life, in this magical and memorable day out!
We are dedicated to keeping the friendliest alpaca herd around and this really shows in how much the alpacas love their fun and varied walks and time spent with visitors, yes you can hug an alpaca!
- We welcome you to Little Orchard Alpacas and to meet the herd!
- Feed some treats (all included), learn a little bit about each alpaca and choose your walking companions!
- Approximately one hour of gentle alpaca walking.
- The walk route is gentle and suitable for most fitness levels. We walk through the field and around the old apple orchard, spotting wildlife and enjoying the varied surroundings as we go.
- Afterwards there will be time to spend with the rest of the herd, meet our crias (babies) and watch them play.
- The time on the farm varies with the season, in the summer there are plenty of shady spots with tree cover; the alpacas spend lots of time eating leaves and apples! In the Spring, the walk route comes alive with bluebells. In Autumn the alpacas love finding blackberries and the colours of the orchard make for stunning photos (and we love a pumpkin photo); in December, wrap up warm and we will get all festive with the alpacas!
- Whatever the season, the experience is all about having some relaxed fun and enjoying the alpacas’ company in a beautiful orchard setting.
Meet the rest of the herd and crias:
- We will then introduce you to our group of female alpacas and any young alpacas (crias or weanlings), all with their different personalities and stories.
- We put a lot of love into our herd and our alpacas are extremely friendly and nosy! Alpacas all are different, but we have many who love to be stroked and there will be plenty of opportunity for petting and photos.
- Whilst in the alpaca paddocks you will have the opportunity to get up close with the alpacas, take photos surrounded by the alpacas and feed them their favourite treats!
- A visit would also not be complete without saying hello to Peggy and Wilbur, our resident pot-bellied pigs, and giving our farm dog Tilly some fuss!
Drinks & Cake
- After all the alpaca fun, it is time to relax with refreshing drinks and cake. We have a lovely drinks menu to choose from and homemade cake.
- Sit in our Alpaca Paddock Picnic Area, with tables and parasols or our lovely cosy undercover tea barn area.
- Before heading off, browse in our Alpaca Room Shop for a souvenir or alpaca craft project to take home with you.
This is more than just an Alpaca Walk - this is a memorable and personal experience, we want you to feel at home, to really get to know our alpacas and to feel the joy of a special experience to remember. A warm welcome awaits you and we hope you will leave feeling relaxed, happy and with lots of alpaca memories to take away!
Who is this experience suitable for?
Anyone who loves, or is curious, about alpacas - or enjoys the great outdoors and trying something new!
Children ages 5-9 will need to share an alpaca with an adult for the walk .
For younger toddlers we have a Meet the Alpacas Tour experience instead which is great for little ones.
- Adults (18+): £35
- Child (Ages 9-17): £30 (can walk their own alpaca, however a minimum of one adult must be booked in at the adult price, alongside under 18s.)
- Child (Ages 5 - 9): £25 (All children aged 5 - 9 must share an alpaca with a separate booked adult)
- Meet the alpacas and drinks & cake only, per person: £15 - If you would like to sit out for the alpaca walk element of the experience, but join the group at the end for drinks and cake, this option can be added on as an extra. There will also be opportunity for you to meet all the alpacas as part of the tour element of the experience.
- All people wishing to join the walk element of the experience must be booked in at the usual price. Whether you would like to walk with your own alpaca or not, you will still count as a booked place. If you decide on the day that you would like to join the walk, if there is space we may allow the upgrade, but can't guarantee this.
- We keep a very small number of people on our walks for enjoyment, safety and insurance, so cannot offer reduced tickets or 'walk-along/observer/photo taker' prices to take up these spaces.
- Prices include the booking system fee and refreshments.
Weather - In case of very heavy rain or heat and direct sun (24 degree or more) we may either move the time of the walk or require that we postpone the bookings to a new date, if you are unable to make a new date we will offer a refund for all postponements or cancellations made by us.
- This experience is suitable for ages 5 and upwards only.
- This experience isn’t suitable for toddlers (even those sturdy on their feet) or for prams or pushchairs.
- Please wear sturdy footwear, wellies in wet weather and long trousers throughout the year, especially in the summer (to protect against insect bites).
- The experience lasts up to two and a half hours.
- No dogs allowed on the walk or left in cars.
- Please ensure you have read our full terms and conditions before booking.
- WINTER BOOKINGS - We run The Alpaca Walk Experience from April to December, in the cooler months the experience may naturally be a little bit shorter, but never rushed. We may run a winter experience from January to March but will put up dates for these in January, depending on the weather! If you have a group and would like to book in advance, please get in touch to arrange.
What's Included
🥤 Drink - A choice of a hot or cold drink
🧰 Equipment - Everything needed for walking with the alpacas
What you'll need
🧤 Warm Clothing - when required
☂️ Waterproofs - when required
📋 Other - Wellies (or boots) are recommended though the winter and if it has been raining heavily recently.