Activities

Alpacaly Ever After

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Alpacaly Ever After are an award-winning social enterprise that rehomes and rescues alpacas and llamas from all across the UK. We aim to give them a wonderful new home with the very best of care. Our home at Basecamp helps us to bring people in touch with the landscape and the natural world through outstanding alpaca and llama experiences, accessible to all and surrounded by the beauty of the Lake District World.

Meet the Alpacas

Hand feed our lovely herd, take as many photographs as you like and have all your alpaca questions answered surrounded by the stunning views of the Northern Lake District

During the winter months (November – March) the conditions at Basecamp may mean that the activity will need to take place inside one of the barns.
Please bring wellies! This site can get very muddy in parts so we strongly advise you wear wellies.
Prices start at £20 for visitors 12 yrs & over, £12 for children 4 – 11 yrs, and under 4s are free.
All children under 18 must be accompanied by a paying parent or guardian.
All participants must be paid for as part of the booking.
Activity lasts 30-45 minutes with a safety introduction at the start and involves hand feeding the girls, spending time getting to know the herd and learning lots from the guide!
New babies can usually be seen in late spring/summer.
Group sizes of up to 20 people.

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Walk with Alpacas

Walks available during the spring and summer months at Basecamp only due to ground conditions.

Trail along the shore of our very own lake, surrounded by the stunning views of the Northern Lake District! Get to know our delightful alpacas up close along the way, take part in feeding time and ask as many questions as you can think of!

What to Expect:

Please bring wellies! This site can get very muddy in parts so we strongly advise you wear wellies.
On Private Walks prices start at £45 per person (minimum of 2 people/2 alpacas). For groups of 6+ people (not including under 10s) the price is £40 per person.
Children 4 – 9 yrs old can accompany at £10 per child, but cannot lead their own alpaca for health and safety reasons. Under 4s are free.
On Mixed Group walks the price is £40 per person with 1 alpaca per person.
No under 10s on Mixed Group Walks.
All visitors under 18 yrs must be accompanied by a parent/guardian as part of the booking leading their own alpaca.
Activity lasts roughly 1.5 hours with a safety introduction at the start.
No accompanying walkers. All walkers must be paid for as part of the booking.

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Social Enterprise

Alpacas and llamas are wonderful animals to spend time with. They work particularly well with children and vulnerable adults due to their calm, curious nature, individual and humorous personalities and of course their appealing appearance!

Spending time with them:

Reduces stress and provides a respite from day-to-day ongoing concerns.
Improves empathy as we learn to understand the needs of another being.
Improves impulse control by highlighting the need to be aware of our behaviour, its effects, and how to adapt ourselves accordingly.
Builds trust and confidence – camelids respond to calm, confident interaction with humans and to see this effect in action helps foster self-esteem.
Reconnects humans with nature in an accessible way, that attracts groups who would not otherwise be attracted to outdoor activities.
Promotes physical exercise among groups that would not ordinarily be enthusiastic about it, and acts as a catalyst for positive change.
Facilitates walking as therapy, allowing conversations to flow that can be difficult in more formal settings.

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Community Garden

Welcome to the Alpacaly Community Garden at Basecamp North Lakes! The project is run by our Garden Coordinators Dan & Sam from Riverview Cottage Farm – an expert team who know of all things green! We also have an amazing team of volunteers who have generously offered their time and hard working hands to the garden over the past few years – they continue to provide their support week in week out, and are a truly wonderful group of humans!

If you would like to come and say hello, volunteering is open usually on Tuesdays and Wednesdays every week, and the Garden is located at our home site at Basecamp North Lakes, Troutbeck, Penrith, CA11 0SG. Our hope for the garden is to make it as accessible as possible for anyone who wants to get involved, so even if you have no prior experience with gardening but would like to give it a go then please don’t hesitate to get in touch. If you have any disability or mobility requirements then again please reach out to us to discuss how we can best accommodate. At this stage of the project we aren’t able to facilitate the involvement of children under 16 however this is a long term goal of ours 🙂

If you’re interested in joining our community garden or would like to know more please contact us at:

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