Come Llama Trekking at Old King Street Farm!

Llamas are members of the camel family.

Now introduced to the UK, these charming, inquisitive and gentle animals will delight in accompanying you on a walk through the beautiful south Herefordshire countryside.

Llamas are not ridden. Instead they are pack animals and can carry thirty kilos, or as we say, all you need for a picnic lunch - chairs, table, and hamper.

A typical half-day llama trek will start with us calling the llamas into the penning area. An incentive (a bribe!) of a mouthful of their specialist feed, perhaps supplemented with some carrot might help!

The llamas are fed, haltered, groomed and are ready to walk. It really is that simple.

Each llama on its lead rope will follow you as you set off at a gentle stroll. We will accompany you on your llama trek through our fields and down the hill into the village where the llamas are always very well received. A trip through the countryside with its open expanses and woodland walks might follow.

Then we return to the farmyard where the llamas are rewarded with some more food before you release your llama to stroll back to the field. Often the llamas will linger for five minutes before leaving - a sure sign that they have enjoyed themselves.

Being in the countryside with the llamas is what your children will enjoy and remember.

You may lead the llamas through our paddocks and around the lake, occasionally stopping when one of the llamas has spotted a flock of sheep in the neighbouring fields or when Avebury has disturbed a couple of pheasants which fly up into the sky just ahead of us.

You will notice the different characters of the llamas. They are traditionally seen as curious yet aloof. They are the most interested of all animals and love new experiences. They have distinctive personalities. As well as having different personalities, llamas can display quite different physical traits. Some are tall and rangy, whilst others are quite squat and shorter in the leg. Some llamas have comparatively little fibre on their legs and shorter fibre over the rest of the body, whilst some have terrific fleeces.

Llama trekking is available to both people staying in our self catering Herefordshire holiday cottages or day visitors by appointment. We can usually accommodate a llama trek around the edge of the Black Mountains in this most beautiful corner of Herefordshire at short notice.

From the centre of Ewyas Harold and opposite the Temple Bar Inn, take the road signposted to Walterstone. The road leaves the village, bears sharp right and climbs a hill. The farm is on the left, half a mile from the village centre.

If you've had fun on your family day out to Llama Trekking at Old King Street Farm, tell us about it your visit, so other people will know it's a great place to go as well.

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