Camelid Care Session at Basecamp North Lakes

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Learn the basics of Camelid care with the Alpacaly herd and our expert guide team! Learn all about Camelid biology, health and wellbeing, handling, haltering and husbandry! Join a group of fellow enthusiasts of up to 8 people to complete our educational (and super fun) care session that will have you alpaca whispering in no time!

Camelid Care Session at Basecamp North Lakes

Come and join us at our very newest site and home to our base of operations! We have our very own lake here with water birds and wildlife to enjoy, there is also a wonderful farmshop stocking local produce and a cafe filled with pies, cakes and all manner of delights made right on the premises!

As a Non-Profit Social Enterprise all the income from our activities goes back into supporting the work we do re-homing and rescuing alpacas and llamas, and providing free and subsidised activities for third sector organisations! For more information about the work we do have a look here

What to Expect

PLEASE BRING WELLIES! This site can get very muddy in parts so we strongly advise you wear wellies.
Activity takes place at Basecamp North Lakes, Cocklakes House, Troutbeck, Penrith, CA11 0SG.
Prices start at £55 for visitors 10 yrs & over.
Participants under 18 can be booked on unaccompanied however a parent or guardian must remain on site at Basecamp for the duration of the activity.
All participants must be paid for as part of the booking.
This activity takes place in a sheltered but open barn so please wear suitable clothing that keeps you warm and that you don’t mind potentially getting muddy!
Activity lasts 2hrs with a safety introduction at the start and involves learning all about camelid care and their biology, conducting health checks and creating the best environments for your alpacas!
You’ll receive a learning pack containing all of the infomation you’ve gathered!
Group sizes of up to 10 people.

Accessibility | Facilities

This activity is currently not suitable for anyone with mobility issues or wheelchair users as it involves the handling of alpacas, however we hope to evolve the activity in future to be able accomodate additional needs so please bear with us :)
Site facilities include cafe with indoor and outdoor seating, gift shop, farmshop, wheel chair accessible free car parking in close proximity to facilities, disabled access toilet.

Discover more at Basecamp...

We have our very own lake here with water birds and wildlife to enjoy, there is also a wonderful farmshop stocking local produce and a cafe filled with pies, cakes and all manner of delights made right on the premises!…And did we mention we have our own lake ;)

Come and sample all of the amazing local producers! Such as…

Wild & Fruitful – Jams, marmalades, chutneys, sauces, honey & peanut butter made 10 miles from Basecamp!
Lakeland Meus – Delicious range of meuslie made 17 miles from Basecamp!
More? Bakery – Freshly made bread 25 miles from Basecamp!
Redbank Coffee – Kendal Coffee Roasters 34 miles from Basecamp!
Lakes Free Range Egg Company – 5 miles from Basecamp!
Wintertarn Dairy Butter – 2o miles from Basecamp!
Torpenhow Dairy – Organic milk & cheeses made 22 miles from Basecamp!
Silver & Green – Premium Mediterranean delicasies supplied 4 miles from Basecamp!

Tripadvisors Number 1 Thing To Do in The Lakes!

I can’t recommend this activity highly enough, it’s all we’ve talked about since we’ve come home!