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What's special about Lydford Gorge Alpacas?
From Bubbles to Joker, from Macca to Snowball, get ready to have your heart captured by these affectionate and sweet natured boys. We have the most tactile alpaca boys so if you are looking to get hands on, stroke and sometimes even cuddle these wonderful creatures then we are the place for you. Our sheep Snowball is also constantly on the lookout for a big cuddle so be prepared! Our animals are the heart and soul of Lydford Gorge Alpacas, where we pride ourselves on delivering tailored, personal and inclusive animal experiences with animal welfare principles always at our core. From relaxing 'Paca' Picnics, highly interactive Animal Encounters to Alpaca Trekking across the moors, there really is an activity for everyone whatever your age, ability or group size. So if you want to be treated like a dear friend and be immersed in our little piece of heaven then alpaca your bags over to Dartmoor where the warmest (and furriest) welcome awaits!
Animal Adoptions
As we know how lovable our animals are, we have recently launched three Animal Adoption packages where you get to adopt one of 7 fabulous boys for 12 months. There are three packages to choose from all with an amazing selection of high quality, colourful and fun goodies. Choose from The Virtual Package, The Encounter Package or The Trek Package and choose whether to upgrade each package with the addition of a plush cuddly toy (alpaca or lamb if you are adopting our resident dog sheep Snowball). No room for you own alpacas or sheep? Then get adopting today and let us do the hard work for you, you just get all the joy.
We visited Lydford Gorge Alpacas for an animal encounter with my mum in 2021, having previously had our own Alpaca trek with Helen. We booked the animal encounter with the alpacas as we thought it would be good for mum, who has fast progressing dementia. Little did we know how wonderful it would be. The animals seemed to instinctively know to be gentle and to be attentive. Mum fed the alpacas, and sheep, cuddled and stroked and asked lots of questions. She was absorbed and involved and Helen was caring, kind and really rather wonderful with her. For us to see mum immersed in an activity, engaged and happy, made the day! Mum loved every single minute of her time with the alpacas and the sheep and whilst she has absolutely no memory of it now, apart from when she is shown photos, she talked about it for days afterwards and even managed to remember it to share with family when she returned home to Cambridge.
I can't recommend Helen and the boys highly enough!
