Alpaca Adoption 2020
We have 3 alpaca adoption packages for 2020; Bronze, Silver and Gold. These packages are available to buy from Dec 1st 2019 until 31st July 2020.
Bronze - Gift box only (no visit to farm) £28
Silver - Gift box and one adventure visit £45
Gold - Gift box, adventure visit and alpaca walk with your alpaca** (only available to 10 yrs and over) £80
See photos and details of our six Yew Tree alpacas for adoption in 2020.
Alpacas for Adoption
Elgar
Elgar was born on May 23rd 2015 so he’ll be coming up 9 years old in 2024. He is a brown colour, and has two distinguishing black spots on his back. He is very friendly and likes walking and is the most laid back member of the walking team. In the field with his mates he is a loner and doesn’t hang around with any other alpaca. His fleece is of a very good quality and goes into our nutmeg alpaca yarns aswell as our pillows. A very quiet and placid alpaca, he puts our customers at ease.
Isaac
Isaac is a lovely alpaca with a very gentle and quiet personality inherited from his mother Bianca. He was born in August 2015 and is one of the most experienced alpacas on our walking team. He has also won in show ring and was praised for his conformation and fleece uniformity. He has a large distinguishing moustache and hums frequently when out with our visitors on the walks. He enjoys his stud duties and fathered 4 of our 10 cria in 2023.
Jimmy
Jimmy is the oldest and most experienced of our adoption alpacas. He's a white 11year old and has a brown distinguishing spot on his front leg.
Jimmy is the experienced one who is cool in all situations. Jimmy's other love aswell as going out walks, is agility, and over several years now he's the one who enjoys a jump or two. Hes also very keen on carrots, the after walk treat.
Quaver
Lovely Quaver is 6 years old and is one of studs aswell as a key member of our walking team. His best friend is leader Bruno, so he always goes as number 2 in the walking line. Quaver loves to snuggle up to walkers when they complete their walk.
Quaver's mother is Enya, a distinctive grey colour and he is solid black. He has fathered Herbie our first cria born in 2023 who is a similar colour to his father.
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Number of adoptions per alpaca
- Unlimited number for bronze
- Silver and gold combined maximum 8 adoptions per alpaca
Bronze (all ages)
Our bronze option is an adoption gift box for your adopted alpaca with a 10% discount voucher which can be used against an alpaca adventure or alpaca walking*. Note the bronze option DOES NOT include a visit to the farm. All in an A4 gift box with ribbon
- Certificate of adoption
- Info sheet about your alpaca
- Photo of your alpaca
- Fleece sample from your alpaca
- Alpaca facts sheet (A4)
- Leaflet about the Yew Tree herd
- Small alpaca hard back note book (photo on front) 15cmx12cm (sorry although this will be of our alpacas we cannot guarantee it is of the adopted alpaca).
- 10% discount voucher for alpaca adventure or alpaca walk April-Sept 2020
(*please note the recipient has to be 10 yrs or over to participate in an alpaca walk and 6yrs + for an adventure)
Silver (6yrs and over)
Our silver option gives the adopter a gift box for your adopted alpaca and an alpaca adventure visit to Yew Tree for the recipient and a friend/parent. Note there are only 3 dates available for the adventure please tick the preferred date when booking. (Please note the adventure may be in the afternoon or the morning on the specified date depending on numbers booking).
Gift box contains...
- Certificate of adoption
- Info sheet about your alpaca
- Photo of your alpaca
- Fleece sample from your alpaca
- Alpaca facts sheet (A4)
- Leaflet about the Yew Tree herd and leaflet about our alpaca adventures
- Small alpaca hard back note book (alpaca photo on front but may not be of yur adopted alpaca) 15cmx12cm
- A4 gift box with ribbon
- Adventure Visit on... (you select one of the following dates): Sat April 25th, Sat July 25th, Wed Aug 19th. (Note: if you are buying later in the year then you will have less dates to select from)
Visit includes...
- Presentation/talk on alpacas
- Seeing & feeling alpaca fleece and yarns
- Visit to see your alpaca, will include feeding and walking around our fields with him.
- Feed other alpacas & mums and babies (July and August visits only)
- Tea coffee cold drinks, home made cakes and biscuits
- Chance to browse & buy in the Yew Tree shop
Gold
Our premium gold package includes all that is offered in the silver package plus a gift voucher for £38 for alpaca walking (you pay only £35 for this if you buy the gold package). This £38 voucher will allow you to book the sharing option - recipient and a friend/parent on any of our alpaca walks April-Sept in 2020. Please note adopters must be 10yrs and over for this package as they will not be able to participate in the alpaca walk section of the adoption if they are below this age and there is no alternative to the walk. A leaflet on alpaca walking is included in the gold gift box.
We advise all gold adopters that the adventure visit date selected should be before date of their alpaca walking experience.
**Note when you book the date on your walk we ask you to email us to request your adopted alpaca on this walk. If the alpaca already has a request on him for the date you have booked then you will be permitted to change free of charge to an available date. There will be full details and a reminder in the gift pack.
Adoption Terms & Conditions
- The dates for the adventure are set for those above. If you cannot attend on any of the 3 dates there are no other options for adventure visits to see your alpaca.
- There are 8 adoptions available for each alpaca on the Silver and Gold options (combined) . There is not a limit on the bronze option.
- If you cannot attend on the adventure date you have booked you can change to a later date (if there are dates remaining at no extra charge up to 14 days before the date. Within 14 days there will be a £10 charge if there are places still available). If there no further dates e.g. the August adventure then there is no refund.
- If you do not turn up on the day you loose your booking, it is non transferrable.
- If you decide not to take up any of the options within the package they are non refundable
- The adopting of an alpaca does not confer any level of ownership.
- Note our 2020 adoptions are only available to buy from 1st Dec 2019 - 31st July 2020. They are unavailable from 1st August to the end of November 2020. The 2021 packages will go live on 1st Dec 2020.
Note posting dates for adoption gift boxes if ordering before Christmas
Note the last posting day for adoption packs to arrive by Christmas is Friday 20th Dec. Orders must be received by 5.30pm on Thursday 19th Dec to be posted on the Friday. The next date for posting your order for order arrifving after 5.30pm 19th Dec will be Mon 30th December 2019.
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For any questions please call 01763 848257
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Feedback from our Adopters
Our visits have been really enjoyed by our adopters. We had a great recommendation from Kate see below....
We really enjoyed our day at Yew Tree Alpacas. Many ‘adoptions’ give you very little chance really to meet your adoptive animal; however, this package seemed very well designed – I felt it would strike a good balance between keeping the alpacas happy, which is important, while giving my daughter the chance really to get to know more about them. The parcel sent out was fun to open and she enjoyed looking at the photos and the lovely sample of wool.
We were so lucky with the weather on that first visit – the farm was a beautiful setting with the sun out! We had plenty of time with the alpacas and a chance to ask all the questions we wanted. We came away feeling that we had really got to know more about these fascinating animals.
It was also nice to have the tea and cake offered and the chance to look at the knitted goods made with alpaca wool – all very tempting! We are really looking forward to coming back again in the summer.
Kate, St Albans
