Alpaca Walks 2025

Please note we are not an open farm and alpaca walks are only available on set dates.

Yew Tree Alpacas offer a fabulous Alpaca Activities from its base in picturesque Anstey in East Hertfordshire. Any of walks and activities make a fantastic present or a special treat for yourself. An unforgettable experience for that animal/alpaca mad friend or relative.

Yew Tree offers two different types of alpaca walks and the Alpaca Adventure from April to September 2025. HOme made cream teas or lunch are included in all our activities.

1 - The Alpaca Stroll Walk 20 mins. Event duration 2-2.25hrs hrs

2 - The Alpaca Walk Experience Walk 30-35 mins mins. Event duration approx. 2.5 hrs

3 - The Alpaca Adventure Meet and feed and get up close. Event duration 2-2.25hrs

The Stroll and the Walk Experience offer so much more than just an alpaca walk.....

Initial short talk on alpacas and back ground to our herd
Guidance and training on walking with an alpaca
Alpaca walk - see above for what the different walks involve
Feeding carrots and photo opportunities at the end of the walk
A delicious lunch or Cream Tea & home made cakes (depending on the date you choose)
Alpacas grazing adjacent whilst you enjoy your lunch/tea (depends on month)
Opportunity to browse & buy at the Yew Tree alpaca shop

A summary of the each walk is given below with a more detailed programme for each on the pdf further down the page.

The Alpaca Stroll includes a 20 minute walk around our fields at Yew Tree, this is for the slower walker and is more of a stroll than a conventional walk. If you are little nervous, and are worried about the speed you walk you should book this option. Children 13-15 years can book 1-1 alpaca on this option only. Children 10-12yrs must book the sharing option.

The Alpaca Walk Experience includes approx 30-35 minute walk experience both outside tracks and the Yew Tree grazing fields. This walk requires you to be able to walk confidently without assistance, at a normal pace. There will opportunity to have some fun taking your alpaca over a few jumps and agility obstacles at the end of the walk.

The detailed programme for the types of walk can be seen by clicking the relevant links below. All two walks have a one person-one alpaca option and sharing - two people sharing one alpaca.

The Alpaca Adventure does not involve walking an alpaca but does involve feeding and getting close to the alpacas and includes sandwiches and home made cakes afterwards. You can find more details by clicking here

Food and Refreshment

An important part of Yew Tree's walks are the home made lunch and teas afterwards. All the sandwiches are made at Yew Tree on the day and the cakes and scones for the cream tea are home made at Yew Tree. You can check out the details of each below. Each walk date will have either a lunch or cream tea and cakes afterwards. This is included in the dates diary below.

The cream tea walks do not include sandwiches but there is an option to book sandwiches as an addition to the cream tea and cakes. Note, this an additional pre booked option and cannot be booked on the day of the walk. See below.

The booking procedure below takes you through how book in stages. If you are not sure what to book or if you have further questions please call us or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or tel 01763 848257

Download details of the
Alpaca Walk Experience

Download details of
the Alpaca Stroll

Download Lunch Menu

Download Cream Tea Menu

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Age Limits

Note: the age limit for walking our alpacas is 10 years.

Children aged 10-15 years must walk with an adult on the Alpaca Walk Experience (i.e. they must choose the sharing option). They can walk one to one on the Alpaca Stroll.

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Prices

Alpaca Walk Experience
1 person walking 1 Alpaca (with lunch or cream tea and cakes)	£48
2 people sharing 1 Alpaca (with lunch or cream tea and cakes)	£85

Alpaca Stroll
1 person walking 1 Alpaca (with cream tea and cakes)	£38
2 people sharing 1 Alpaca (with cream tea and cakes)	£70

The Alpaca Walk Experience

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How to Order

STEP 1

CHOOSE WALK TYPE

Choose the type of walk - either the alpaca walk experience or alpaca stroll.

Please ensure you select the walk that is suitable for ALL the people in your group.

STEP 2

SELECT DATE

Select the date – click on the month you prefer to reveal all the dates for that month. You can then see all the dates for your preferred walk and the different food options with each. Click on the preferred date and you will be taken to the relevant booking page.

STEP 3

SELECT QUANTITY

When on the booking page for your selected date you decide whether you would like to share an alpaca or walk one alpaca one person – note: If there are 10-15 year olds in your group for the Walk Experience they must share with an adult i.e. you must select the sharing option when you book except for the Alpaca stroll. It is possible to walk one to one on the Alpaca Stroll.

Please ensure you read our Terms & Conditions before you book. Click here for details.

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Summary of Dates (click on your preferred date to book)

MARCH

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Sat 1st March 10:30am

Extended Countryside Walk

With Lunch

Fri 7th March midday

Extended Countryside Walk

With Cream Tea & Cakes

Sat 8th March 10:30am

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Lunch

Fully Booked

Sat 15th March 10:30am

Extended Countryside Walk

With Lunch

Fully Booked

Fri 21st March midday

Extended Countryside Walk

With Cream Tea & Cakes

Sat 22nd March 10:30am

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Lunch

Fri 28th March midday

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Cream Tea & Cakes

Sat 29th March

Extended Countryside Walk

With Lunch

1 alpaca place remaining

APRIL

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Sat 12th April 2pm

Alpaca Adventure (no walk)

With Cream Tea and Cakes

Fully Booked

Sat 19th April 2pm

Alpaca Stroll

With Cream Tea and Cakes

Fully Booked

MAY

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Fri 9th May 2pm

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Cream tea & cakes

Sat 10th May 10.30am

Alpaca Walk Experience

with lunch

Fri 16th May 10:30am

Alpaca Stroll

With Lunch

Sat 17th May 2pm

Alpaca Walk Experience

Cream Tea & Cakes

Fully Booked

Fri 23rd May 10:30am

Alpaca Walk Experience

with lunch

Sat 24th May 2pm

Alpaca Stroll

With Cream Tea and Cakes

3 alpaca places remaining

JUNE

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Fri 6th June 2pm

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Cream Tea and Cakes

Sat 7th June 10:30am

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Lunch

Fri 13th June 10:30am

Alpaca Stroll

With Lunch

Sat 14th June 2pm

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Cream Tea and Cakes

3 alpaca places remaining

Fri 20th June 10:30am

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Lunch

Sat 21st June 2pm

Alpaca Stroll

With Cream Tea and Cakes

JULY

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Fri 4th July 2pm

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Cream Tea and Cakes

Sat 5th July 10:30am

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Lunch

3 alpaca places remaining

Fri 18th July 10:30am

Alpaca Stroll

With Lunch

Sat 19th July 2pm

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Cream Tea and Cakes

Fri 25th July 10:30am

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Lunch

Sat 26th July 2pm

Alpaca Stroll

With Cream Tea and Cakes

AUGUST

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Fri 8th August 2pm

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Cream Tea and Cakes

Sat 9th August 10:30am

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Lunch

Fully Booked

Fri 15th August 10:30am

Alpaca Stroll

With Lunch

Sat 16th August 2pm

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Cream Tea and Cakes

Fri 22nd August 10:30am

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Lunch

Sat 23rd August 2pm

Alpaca Stroll

With Cream Tea and Cakes

1 alpaca place remaining

SEPTEMBER

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Fri 5th Sep 2pm

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Cream Tea and Cakes

Sat 6th Sep 10:30am

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Lunch

Fri 12th Sep 10:30am

Alpaca Stroll

With Lunch

Sat 13th Sep 2pm

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Cream Tea and Cakes

Fri 19th Sep 2pm

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Cream Tea and Cakes

Fri 26th Sep 10:30am

Alpaca Walk Experience

With Lunch

Sat 27th Sep 2pm

Alpaca Stroll

With Cream Tea and Cakes

Alpaca Events for Non-walkers/Children under 10 yrs

If you are looking for an Alpaca event suitable for those who would prefer just to meet and feed the alpacas (and not walk) or children 6-9 yrs please visit our Alpaca Adventure pages.

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Upgrade to Afternoon Tea on the cream tea & cake walks

You have the chance to upgrade the cream tea & cakes option on our walks by adding freshly made sandwiches. . Each serving includes one round of sandwiches (4 sandwiches) with salad garnish and a bag of crisps. Crisps can be any brand.

The sandwiches will be on brown/granary bread and will be one of the following four fillings (you can request which filling of those below via email beforehand)

Cheddar Cheese & Chutney
Brie, redcurrant & rocket
Tuna mayo & spring onion
Ham salad

The cost is £4.50 per person

Orders for two or more people within one booking will have different fillings for each round of sandwiches.

Please note it is not possible to have sandwiches instead of the cream tea/cakes included in the cost of the walk. The above offer is in addition.

Add Sandwiches to your Basket here

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Gift Box

If you are buying the walk as a gift why not add the walking gift box, something a bit more special than just giving the order confirmation.

There are 2 options for the walking gift box…

Standard gift box cost £7
Alpaca walking colour leaflet, About Yew Tree colour leaflet, fleece sample, Christmas/greeting card & A5 flat packed gift box, gift rosette. Will arrive flat packed.

Premium gift box cost £10
The above with alpaca key ring, & alpaca facts info added plus details of your chosen walk. Please note this will arrive flat packed and does include postage for a box made up.

Add Gift Box to your Basket here

I would just like to say how pleased I am with the gift box, my granddaughter will love the experience.

Customer booked an alpaca walk and gift box. Based in Buntingford

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Testimonials & Facebook Reviews

Read our wonderful reviews on our Facebook page.

These lovely comments are from some of visitors .....

My wife and I had a fantastic afternoon and Scrunchie was wonderful. We will definitely be recommending you to all our friends.
Best of luck for the future
SS,Stevenage

Hi Penny & Steven, just a quick note to say thank you both for a truly enjoyable afternoon we both had with you both, all the alpacas and of course Isaacs. I have wanted a walk with them for years and it was well worth waiting for. We very much want to come again so keeping my fingers crossed.
Maggi, Hitchin

I just wanted to say a big thank you for this morning, my son had a brilliant time, we all enjoyed it. Your alpacas are lovely animals all with their own characters! I can see why you keep them. I'm sure we will be back at some point.
Lisa, Welwyn

What an absolutely brilliant experience. We both enjoyed it very much and hope to return to do another walk with you soon.

Katie

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Gift Vouchers for Alpaca Walking

We no longer do gift vouchers specifically for Alpaca Walks. Instead we have a range of general gift vouchers which can be bought in values of £5, £10, £15, £25, £50, £75 & £100, which can be used against our activities, including walks, or in our online shop.

Simply work out the value of walk you wish to buy for and order the appropriate value in our gift vouchers. You can either receive your voucher online or opt for a gift box which includes a hard copy voucher. In the gift box you will receive the A6 card voucher in an envelope (similar to that pictured below), an alpaca walking greeting card in cello for you to complete, plus a colour A5 leaflet on Alpaca walking and colour A5 leaflet on Yew Tree Alpacas.

Buy Alpaca Gift Vouchers

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Animal Activities Licence

Yew Tree Alpacas have been licenced by the East Hertfordshire District Council to operate an alpaca walking business based at Anstey in East Hertfordshire. We hold animal activities licence 19/0915/AA which is valid for 3 years.

Our first licence was issued from March 2019 – March 2022. We were reassessed in June 2022 and the renewed licence is valid until March 2025.

View Licence

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Terms & Conditions

Please note the following terms & conditions regarding Yew Tree Alpacas, Alpaca Walking

We can take a maximum of 10 alpacas on the walk experience, 9 alpacas on the extended walk, 8 alpacas on the Alpaca Stroll. If the bookings are 4 or fewer, 2 weeks before the date, then we reserve the right to offer an alternative date or your money back.
During all walks we have two Yew Tree personnel on foot. One at the front and and one at the back of the alpacas for extra safety and security.
Children are welcome 10 -15 years. On the Walk Experience and Countryside walks they must share an alpaca with an adult, the accompanying adult must be 18 years or above. Note on the Alpaca Stroll it is possible to book one alpaca for one child 10-15yrs
Note if your booking is just 1 adult, 1 alpaca we assume you will be attending alone. If it is only you who wants to do the walk and your partner is just coming to accompany then you book the shared option and you do all the walking with our alpaca.
If you come with someone who has not booked, they should either drop you off and return later or wait in the car. There is no waiting area on site for those who have not booked.
The walk experience and Countryside walks involve a short trip mini bus trip to and from the walk location. The arrival and latter part of the event are at Yew Tree Alpacas base in Anstey. It is not possible to travel direct to the walk location or go in your car behind the minibus.
There is no discount on the two person price if a 10-15yr old child is one of the pair
All stated prices include both the alpaca part of the event and either lunch or cream tea. There is no extra to pay for the food and refreshment part. Conversely you don't receive a discount if you do not want the food and refreshment section.

You will receive automatic confirmation by email at the time of booking. Approx 5 days before the event you will receive the detailed programme and pre walk information.
Date changes cost £10 per booking up to 14 days before the date of your walk. If you wish to change the date then please contact us and we will provide you with a code so you can rebook online. This code will be for your original purchase price minus our £10 admin fee.
It is not feasible to change to another date within 14 days of your walk.
Cancellation 14 or more days prior to the event 50% refund. Within 14 days no refund.
If some or all of your group do not attend on the day there are no refunds.
If showery/light rain on the day of the visit it is likely to be going ahead. However if there are high winds/heavy rain (or other unforeseen circumstances) then we may have to cancel the visit. We will telephone/email you by 7.30am if the walk is to be cancelled. We will offer you a voucher code for the full value of your booking so you can book one of our walks in 2025 (or if you prefer a refund this will also be feasible minus an admin charge of £5.00). Please note this is only if we (Yew Tree Alpacas) have to cancel the walk.
If you decide not to come due to weather conditions and the walk goes ahead, the above does not apply, there is no refund.
Please note the duration of the two alpaca walks published. If you are a slow walker, unsteady on your feet or have an injury which impacts on your walking ability, then the walk experience and Countryside walks are NOT suitable. The alpaca stroll may be possible but you should email us to check otherwise book the alpaca adventure. You must be able to use both hands to hold the lead rope when walking your alpaca, if you cannot do this then the alpaca walks are not suitable for you.
Alpacas can be scared or surprised by sudden sounds/movement this means that it is possible your alpaca may suddenly pull or shy during the walk. This is not common/usual but it is possible. You must be confident that you have the strength to hold the alpaca if he suddenly pulls forward during the walk.
It is very important you consider carefully which walk is most appropriate for you/your group. If you are not sure and you have not walked with Yew Tree alpacas before then book either the mini or the Walk experience, you can always book the Countryside walk at another time if you enjoy your visit.

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