A place to create memorable moments

When we decided to open Cranfield Alpacas at the end of 2019, we did so with one goal – to share these wonderful creatures with as many people as possible. Alpacas are happy, playful and beautiful animals that love the company of each other and of our guests.

Come for the Alpacas, stay for the view

We (and our Alpacas) are blessed to be located just south of Kilkeel in a largely undiscovered corner of the island of Ireland. This area has been home to people for over 5000 years, with ancient burial grounds, fossils, Viking ballast, tales of lost Ghost ships, American GIs and much more all located in our beautiful surroundings.

Our main field gives you stunning panoramic views of Carlingford Lough, the Mourne Mountains, the Cooley Peninsula and Prince Harry and Meghan’s Irish ancestral castle. We love peoples reaction as they enter and see the landscape in all it’s glory. You won’t be alone when you say ‘Wow, that’s some view’. Come along, enjoy it, relax and feel your stresses and strains melt away with these therapeutic animals.

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Our Story

One spring morning in 2018, my husband Peter asked me to pack my wellies, which was strange as why would I need wellies for a simple shopping trip to Belfast? It all became clear when we made an unexpected stop to visit a family of Alpacas.

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From just the 2 of us to a family of 13 in a matter of minutes

Both myself (Pamela) and Peter had both always loved Alpacas, so deciding to adopt one was an easy decision. What we hadn’t planned to do was to adopt 11…

Having completed his alpaca husbandry courses, Peter knew how to take care of them, and soon after, we had their new home ready to go and welcomed them to Cranfield.

The boys soon became a big local talking point, leading to more and more people we knew asking if they could visit and meet them. It was clear that they brought joy to the people who visited, and it was clear the Alpacas loved the guests just as much too, so we decided to look at opening up to the public.

Opening our doors for Christmas 2019

After some meticulous planning, we opened our doors with a special Christmas event in 2019. We loved how happy our visitors were and we knew this was going to bring us both a lot of joy and personal fulfilment. From that point on, we opened up our doors full time and have been inundated with visitors of all ages coming to spend time with us and our wonderful boys.

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Pamela and Peter look forward to welcoming you soon!

Say hello to our Alpacas

Our Alpacas are FULL of personality, charm and the occasional moment of mischief and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Discover all the quirks of their individual personalities like Albert who has a bit of attitude and thinks he should be the boss, but is so sweet with visitors, then there’s our shy boy Wilbur and Handsome Hugo our pin-up boy…Everyone has a favourite, who will be yours?

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Albert

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Coco

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Hugo

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Humphrey

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Midnight

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Pablo

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Ralph

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Sebastian

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Sylvester

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Cisco

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Wilbur

Kind Words

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Didn’t realise how adorable alpacas could be.

Pamela and Peter were very friendly and hospitable and told us all about the alpacas and about the surrounding area! Would definitely come back again

Laura Graham

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We all had a great time, lovely walk, the beach is just stunning even on a cloudy day.

The alpacas are so cute. Easy to get to and the owners are lovely, very knowledgeable and helpful.

Janice Vance

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Absolutely loved this experience. The alpacas are beautiful and Pamela and Peter are great, incredibly nice people and their love for their alpacas is infectious (in the best way!). Would highly, highly recommend and hope to be back soon!

Barbara Abbiss

Come for the Alpacas, stay for the view

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