Meet Our Friendly Alpacas
Calmly roaming around their paddock and grazing on the grassland, Jack, Dougie and Alfie make up our family of alpacas. Laid back and enjoying the countryside, relaxing is what they do best, how we like it to be for our guests!
Each alpaca has a unique character, and these cute and inquisitive animals will be glad to meet you. Make sure you pop over to the alpaca paddock to say hello!
The LeaderJack
Jack is the boss of the pack! He’s the first to appear when dinner is served, but the last to eat – keeping watch while his brothers tuck in. He’s a big softy who loves his brothers to pieces. While Jack is a friendly boy, he lacks a bit of confidence with new faces, so he might seem a little shy at first!
The Boisterous One Alfie
Alfie is the most energetic and wild of the bunch, often rolling about and paddling his toes in any water. He’s a true character and a very hungry boy – you’ll often find him licking the bottom of the food buckets long after enjoying a big meal.
The BabyDougie
Dougie is the smallest of the group because he had to be hand reared as a baby. Because he’s spent so much time with humans, it’s made him super friendly and really confident with new faces. Dougie has the fluffiest face and the tiniest nose – and loves a good chin scratch!
Fun Facts About Alpacas
- Alpacas are highly sociable, gentle and curious creatures.
- Alpacas make really good pets and can be trained fairly easily.
- When there’s danger they scream, and they make an odd hooting sound when they’re excited.
- The members of an alpaca herd will all use the same loo rather than pooping randomly.
- It’s funny to see female alpacas queuing for the loo in a line – they like to ‘go’ together!
- A baby alpaca is called a cria
- 99% of the world’s alpacas still live in South America.
- Alpacas come in 22 colours, from a deep blue-black through browns and tans to white.
