Join the rangers and our three beautiful alpaca – Jim, Topaz and Mally for a unique opportunity get up close to these amazing animals. Our alpaca walks start off with a brief talk about alpacas and introduce you to our three boys. The rangers will then demonstrate how to catch the alpaca and then we’ll take them on a walk around the park with opportunities for photographs and plenty of treats for the alpaca!

Booking alpaca walks

Children

As our alpaca can be unpredictable we can only allow children between 8 – 13 on these walks and they must be accompanied by an adult who can assist if needed. If you are booking a walk for a child you may also bring an additional adult to take photographs.

Adults

One booking allocates one of our alpaca. You may bring one friend with you to take photographs but no more than this as alpaca don’t like large groups of people.

Group and weekday bookings

Most of our scheduled alpaca walks will go out on weekend mornings although we will set some during school holidays. If we have any available dates they’ll be available to buy online – we do run as many walks as we can.

Our regular walks are linked below and in our events section! Book quickly to avoid disappointment.

Private bookings

You can book out our alpaca for private sessions for family and friends, community groups and anything else you can think of, please note a private session begins at £80. You can bring more than 3 people to share the alpaca walking but we will access each group on an individual basis as the alpaca will not like too large a group! For group bookings please email our rangers.

Jim

Don’t tell the other alpaca, but Jim is our favourite! He began life at Walton as a grumpy soul and was the most likely to have a quick kick. However, after spending a lot of time with him, he’s now the most friendly alpaca who loves attention! Jim’s favourite treat is carrots – he can see very well in the dark!!
While Topaz is the prettiest alpaca, Jim is the scruffiest! He’s always mucky and muddy, and his fringe always looks flat. Show alpaca are meant to be a solid colour, and Jim has a ginger stripe on his neck. He also has chunky legs!

Topaz

Topaz is the leader of the group and the most confident and prettiest alpaca with beautiful long eyelashes. On our alpaca walks, Topaz likes to take the lead. However, he can also be very cheeky and will push in and steal treats from his chums. His favourite treat is cabbage – what a strange chap! Topaz is the alpaca who’s most likely to show his displeasure and is the only one of the three who will spit when we give him treatments such as injections or vitamins!

Mally

Mally is the loner of the group and tends to be somewhat nervous. He’s a fussy alpaca and so far will not take treats! Because he doesn’t like treats, it makes him harder to train and get used to human contact. So while Topaz and Jim come and accept treats, Mally hangs around at the back, watching. However, once he’s on a lead rope, he’s a very laid back alpaca and seems to enjoy being walked by our more nervous students or those with additional needs.