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During llama or alpaca trekking near Bern, you can enjoy a relaxed walk through nature with these peaceful and curious animals. In a small group of at least two people, you lead your own animal and experience the tranquil atmosphere.
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Travel Guide
You can see the first difference immediately when you look at the animals side by side. An alpaca is much smaller than a llama. Its wool is also finer and smoother. This is why alpacas are often bred for wool.
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|Lamas|Alpacas| |-------------------|-------|-------| |weight (kg)|130|60| |shoulder height (cm)|120|90| |ear shape|slightly curved|straight up| |head shape|elongated, long nose|rounded, short nose, button eyes| |coat|shaggy, coarse top coat|fine, well structured| |Figure|appear somewhat angular and spiky|soft and curved| |ancestry|guanacos|vicuñas|
Under a trekking you can imagine shorter or longer walks with the animals. Each participant leads one animal on a leash. Trekking is not strenuous because your luggage is basically carried by the llamas. It is suitable for children and adults alike. Very young children are not yet allowed to lead an animal alone. An adult must be present. Before you start trekking with your animal, you will have enough time to get acquainted with it.
Some providers also offer trekking tours of several days. You will spend the night in simple, romantic mass accommodations.
Whether walking or challenging trekking, possibly combined with a boat tour, geocaching or even a cable car ride, some tour providers make almost all customer wishes possible. Occasionally, treks for wheelchair users are also offered
In any case, you should remember to bring weatherproof clothing and comfortable hiking shoes. In most cases, you should also bring your own food. Heavy backpacks are usually carried by the llamas (up to 20 kg per animal) or, for tours lasting several days, by accompanying cars. Llamas are pack animals. However, you are not allowed to ride them, not even children.
In our ultimate guide for llama and alpaca trekking you will also find a route near you. At the bottom of this page, we have answered questions about clothing, animal husbandry and Swiss laws in the FAQ. There you can also find out whether the animals can be dangerous.
There are five providers of llama and alpaca trekking located in the Zurich region.
Wyland Usziit offers llama trekking at various difficulty levels in the district of Andelfingen/Canton Zurich. Tours combined with geocaching or rafting are particularly interesting.
Petra and Martin Heussi offer llama trekking and walks on their farm in Marthalen. The walks are designed to help you unwind from everyday life and require no special fitness level. They last a maximum of 90 minutes.
An introductory encounter lasts 60 minutes and provides an initial contact with the animals. It's especially ideal for younger children, as two of the five llamas come from Circus Nock and are used to crowds and noise.
The trekking is conducted at different difficulty levels and varies in length and terrain depending on the participants' fitness and wishes. The starting point is Marthalen.
The farm is located outside the village towards Rheinau. You can reach it by car from the town center via Lochstrasse and Radstrasse. For individual trekking, you can book combinations with geocaching, rafting tours on the Rhine or Thur, or also include a swimming or refreshment break. You should bring sturdy shoes and weather-appropriate clothing.
Pickup from Marthalen train station
Lunch or dinner as a menu can be added for half-day trekking (four hours) with a minimum of three participants. It will be served after the trekking.
Alpakable is a small farm with four alpacas in Mönchaltdorf (Canton Zurich). Here, you can befriend the alpacas, teach them small tricks, and take walks around the farm.
Monika Büchel and her family operate the Alpakable farm as a non-profit association. It is located in Mönchaltdorf in the Uster district and is reachable from Zurich in just under half an hour via Forchstrasse and the A52. Walks with a light obstacle course begin with a question round about the farm and the alpacas. Afterwards, you can feed the alpacas and befriend them under instruction. Small exercises prepare you for the obstacle course, which will be completed before the walk around the farm.
Visit afternoons for groups start similarly. Instead of the obstacle course and walk, you'll feel and process the alpaca wool. A picnic is planned, for which you need to bring your own food. In the workshops, you'll also become acquainted with the alpacas before learning about their wool and the processing thereof. The spinning course follows a similar format, where you learn to spin with hands, spindle, and spinning wheel and also make a fleece from alpaca wool.
Included are the use of the equipment and the wool needed for visit afternoons, workshops, or spinning courses.
Material costs are charged additionally for visit afternoons for groups. Annual memberships include not only agreed alpaca visits but also workshop access to create a desired product with alpaca wool.
The Meier-Hof near Bülach conducts llama treks up the Höriberg. In the Zurich Unterland region, a leisurely stroll serves to relax.
Albert and Greth Meier own a total of twenty-two llamas and two alpacas on their farm at Meier-Hof. The pastures are located directly in the area of the landing approach to Zurich Airport. Llama trekking can be booked all year round and is offered as a relaxing walk up the 474 meter high Höriberg.
The Meier farm is located in Höri on the Glatt river in Hochfelderstrasse near the Niederhöri school. From Zurich you can reach it in a northerly direction in about twenty minutes via the A1L and A51 freeways. Within the village the signpost meier-lamas leads to the farm. To get to know the animals, you can pet and brush them beforehand.
At the children's birthday party, the birthday child, who is at least seven years old, may choose a llama and invite a maximum of nine friends. He or she can pet and brush the llama and lead it to the Höriberg itself. In total this takes about 2-2.5 hours. The offer for school classes is largely the same as the llama trekking.
own photos; for the children's birthday party the Zvieri is included
Drinks and snacks can be purchased at the Lamastübli at Meier-Hof.
Lama Farm Yacana offers llama walks and meditative tours around the farm on the edge of the forest. Attached is a small store with products made of llama wool.
Karin Juling Hauser currently has three llamas and a male alpaca at the Lama Farm Yacana. The farm is located in the town of Gossau in the canton of St. Gallen. You can reach it from Zurich via Forchstrasse, the A 52 freeway, Leerütistrasse to Grütstrasse in Gossau. The llama walks can be booked all year round, also independent of the official opening hours.
You walk in a group with your llama through the forest and sometimes scramble up the slope. Meditative tours take place at the farm with selected animals. For the photo shoot you can use the spacious enclosure. Also meetings with the llamas for painting and drawing are possible at the Lama Farm Yacana. For the walks you should bring appropriate clothing and sturdy shoes.
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Bröötli following a llama trekking can be booked additionally at the yurt café on the farm. However, it is only open on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The farm Tier Erlebnis Bonstetten lets you enjoy the beautiful area around Bonstetten on an individual llama trekking.
Petra Ingold-Huber primarily offers very individually planned trekking tours, children's birthday parties or family outings. You have the possibility to arrange short excursions or half-day trekking up to four hours or to book encounters with the llamas at the farm.
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Catering can be booked additionally.
In the Ticino region, you can find at least two providers for llama and alpaca trekking.
The Llama Trekking in Malcantone takes you through a beautiful chestnut forest in Ticino up to a viewpoint at the historic chapel of Santa Maria, offering panoramic views of the sunny Malcantone below.
Hanspeter Frei keeps seven llamas on his farm. During the approximately one-hour taster course with llamas, you'll stroll leisurely with him through the chestnut forest up to the chapel of Santa Maria. There are various options for half-day and full-day tours that Hanspeter Frei can plan with you as needed.
This includes a tour to the wild and romantic stream Magliasina flowing through Malcantone. Three popular hiking routes, two cable cars, and regional festivals or markets in the area can also be incorporated into the trekking tours. You can also take the llamas for a swim in lakes or rivers and even for diving.
There are also activities at the farm. From the station Lugano, you can take the post bus to Iseo or be picked up in Lugano by phone agreement. The llama trekking is conducted here year-round.
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Overnight stay with breakfast at Casa Gisoretta in hay, dormitory, or your own tent starting from 25 CHF for adults, 15 CHF for children. Half or full board is possible.
During a Llama Trekking in Ticino, you'll experience a unique panoramic view of the surrounding mountain landscape from Monte Comino, which is located at about 1,200 meters above sea level.
Marisa and Jean-Pierre Bäschlin have been breeding llamas on Monte Comino in Centovalli since 2015. They currently have 12 llamas, eight of which are males. A taster trekking lasts about 1.5 hours, a half-day trekking is 3.5 hours, and a full-day trekking takes 6 hours.
Each trekking takes you over alpine meadows, peat bogs, and forests in the region surrounding the farm. Multi-day trekking is connected with picnics and overnight stays in nature. The llamas carry all the luggage, and you enjoy the fantastic view of numerous peaks in the Ticino Alps and also of Lake Maggiore.
A popular and easy hike goes, for example, from Monte Comino to Mosogno. All trekking tours are planned and calculated directly with you. The same applies to celebrations at the farm that are to be combined with a trekking experience.
The Llama Trekking Ticino farm in Nucleo di Verdasio 1 is 1.2 kilometers from the Funivia Verdasio (Monte Comino) station of the Centovalli train. You can reach the valley station of the cable car to Monte Comino from the station in just a few minutes. The path to llama trekking is well marked at the summit.
The picnic provisions can be included in the calculation.
Blankets made from llama wool can be purchased at the farm.
In the Aargau region, you'll find at least four providers of llama and alpaca trekking.
Wädisfarm offers walks with alpacas around Hunzenschwil in the canton of Aargau. Before heading out, you can participate in a half-hour alpaca license course.
Adele and Wädi Baumann keep seven alpacas on their farm in Hunzenschwil/Lenzburg district. They recommend starting with the alpaca license, which you can obtain after a 30-minute introduction. The small, medium, and large walks last between 75 minutes and 3.25 hours and take you around Hunzenschwil, usually in and around the small mountain Lotten.
Courses are offered for small groups and families of up to five people, lasting about an hour. The Wädisfarm is located on the southeastern edge of Hunzenschwil in Brandfisel-Strasse and is easily accessible from Aarau via the A1/East Aarau exit or Route 5. The large walk includes a snack break. No special fitness is required, but good footwear is essential.
The large tour includes a snack with drinks
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Bauernhof Möhlin offers alpaca trekking through the beautiful Fricktal, where you can relax in untouched nature within a nature reserve.
Claudia and Stephan Herzog have fourteen alpacas on their farm in Möhlin, located about three kilometers northeast of the town center near the Breitsee nature reserve. The Rhine River is about two kilometers away. From Basel, you can reach the farm in thirty minutes by heading east on the A3 highway to exit 15 Rheinfelden Ost.
The path leads from the farm through the forest, past the Rhine and fields. Alpaca trekking is available with at least two animals daily, except on Sundays. During July and August, trekking is not offered due to higher temperatures. The wedding shoot is intended for great photos with the alpacas. Duration and price must be arranged in advance.
Accompanying persons who do not handle animals
Alpaca wool and alpaca blankets can be purchased at the farm.
Amalama used to be called Lama Trekking Bucheggberg / Dürihof .
The farm in Attiswil has 23 llamas with which you can go llama trekking in nearby Bucheggberg. The hilly country is located in the canton of Solothurn.
Tanja Burkolter and Ernesto Romano also treat people with their llamas and even visit them in homes. On the way to their patients, the llamas even ride elevators. The llama trekking goes through the hills of Bucheggberg or to a forest hut where Ernesto Romano tells fairy tales to the participants. He calls this trekking fairy tale trekking. With three fairy tales it lasts about two hours.
The children's birthday party lasts about three hours and includes a small trekking round, followed by grilled cervelat and a birthday cake for dessert. Llama guide training also includes a course and a small trekking round. For companies, team building with llamas is offered, which includes a change of animals in the guide training.
In addition, the farm has several combination offers. Clothing suitable for the weather and sturdy shoes are required for trekking. .
Picnic on the day tour
The Erlebnishof in Gnöd5 offers you experiences in the rural area of the canton of Solothurn with llamas and alpacas. Ponies and goats are also available on request. Popular hiking trails along the Cholersbach stream lead through the forest to the Tüfelsschlucht gorge at the beautiful southern foot of the Jura.
Sabrina Rauscher likes to plan the experiences individually with you. She offers shorter and longer trekking tours or walks around Hägendorf. As intermediate destinations there are different restaurants. A visit to one of the most modern and largest farms in the area is also possible. Those who do not plan trekking can also participate in an obstacle course with a llama or alpaca after getting to know them.
In the Graubünden region, you can find at least four providers of llama and alpaca trekking.
Lamaventura lets you experience mountain tours with llamas in Graubünden. The Surselva region is characterized by beautiful mountain lakes and scenic meadows between mountains and passes.
During the summer holidays, Nadia and David Deplazes offer approximately four-hour llama treks (on Mondays) around Brigels or two-hour tours (on Tuesdays) around Disentis. The meeting point for Disentis is Salaplauna in the summer, Klosterstall, and in the fall, the MGB station Acla da Fontauna. For Brigels, the starting point is at the chapel Sogn Giacun in Brigels, before you wander through the fairytale-like Plaun da Plaids. The minimum age is four years. You need to bring your own food.
It’s important to wear closed shoes with good traction. The usual meeting point for custom half-day or full-day tours is at the Lamaventura farm in Surrein, the Sumvitg llama pasture, or the Rhätische Bahn station. You can plan the destinations of individual treks directly with the organizer. Multi-day tours last between three and fourteen days.
A hiking guide with a federal qualification will accompany you. You’ll be trekking with pack animals through the mountains. Possible areas include Surselva, the Greina plateau, the Gotthard region, or even a crossing of the Alps.
For family holiday tours: a guide and one llama per family
Accommodation and meals are to be paid for yourself
The Arvenhof offers guided treks with and without campfire in the beautiful high mountains at around 1000 meters above sea level in Prättigau. Green meadows, white limestone, and crystal-clear mountain lakes characterize this region.
Rico and Larissa Jegen have up to forty llamas on their farm in Serneus. The half-day trekking tours take you along the river for about two hours. The evening tours also include a barbecue (with food) for about an hour (noon tour is half an hour). ¾ day tours take a similar route or lead uphill to Rüti. Including food, they last about 5.5 hours.
Rico and Larissa offer full-day tours in various difficulty levels. The destination Schifer is reached by different routes. After lunch at a campfire, it’s back. All two- and multi-day tours are tailored and planned individually with you. For the children's birthday party, either a trek or a gymkhana (obstacle course) with llamas is possible. The trekking tours are individually adapted for people with special needs.
Food and drinks (except for afternoon tours), drinks for on the way
Drinks etc., consumed or purchased at the mountain house or restaurant, must be paid for by yourself.
The Pauraria Puntetta organic farm offers llama trekking through the watery mountain landscape of the Müstair Valley in Graubünden, which lies at an altitude of 1,200 meters, for the whole family
Monika and Isidor Sepp are still accepting registrations for taster treks until the day before. They last about two hours and always start on Wednesdays from July to October at 10 am, in February at 1 pm. Meeting point is at the Pauraria Puntetta. They plan individual tours directly with you.
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Yak und Lama Hof Gädemli offers trekking tours with llamas in the Safiental valley, which are given a special atmosphere by the Safier mountain landscape all around and the view of the 2,800-meter-high Piz Fess.
Erwin and Angelika Brandli have on their farm besides yaks and camels also ten llamas. They offer llama trekking as a day trekking (6-8 hours) and as a family fun trek (4.5 hours). Participants will be picked up at Safien Platz, to which the post bus will take you from the Versam station of the Rhaetian Railway.
The day trekking goes two hours uphill in the mountain landscape. At the top you will be served homemade specialties of the Brandli farm and after the way back you will have a cozy snack at the farm. Children are only allowed to participate from the age of 10. Mountain boots and clothing suitable for the weather are a must.
The family fun trek hikes about an hour to the picnic area. Children under 7 guide a llama along with an adult. After a two-hour stay, the trek returns. Llama trekking is offered from May to October.
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In the Lucerne Lake Lucerne region, you can find at least eight providers of llama and alpaca trekking.
Llama Trekking Giswil takes you trekking along a wild stream in central Switzerland. Two-day hikes lead you gently from the over 1,000-meter-high Hasliberg to Giswil.
Marlene and Ernst Ambauen keep fourteen llamas on their farm in Giswil in the canton of Obwalden. You can find it just one hundred meters from the train station. The usual meeting point for llama trekking is therefore at the Giswil train station.
The half-day trek starts from there and leads through the settlement, while the six-hour full-day trek goes to Laui, a ten-kilometer-long wild river in Giswil. There, you can enjoy your own packed meal before returning with the llamas.
Two-day tours begin at the Meiringen Hasliberg/Wasserwendi bus stop and take you to Brünig. The next day, you'll follow the shores of Lake Lungern back to Giswil. You'll walk about four hours daily at a llama's pace. For the first day, you need to bring your own food.
Additionally, good shoes and sun and rain protection are important. School trips are full-day trekking tours for up to 30 participants. The fondue tour lasts two to three hours and includes fondue in the woods with wine, cake, and cooked cheese over the fire.
The children's birthday includes a two-hour trek with a self-prepared picnic. Tours for people with disabilities are discussed and planned individually. A class camp can last between two days and a week, with details also planned individually.
Drinks on the two-day trek are to be paid for yourself.
Llama Trekking Flüehli takes you on short tours to the Kneipp facility. Longer tours let you enjoy the beautiful landscapes of the pre-Alps in central Switzerland, with views of Sörenberg, the Waldemmental, or impressive waterfalls.
Irene and Martin Flipp have been keeping llamas since 2006, and currently have nineteen animals at their farming operation in Spierbergli 6. Flüehli is located in the canton of Lucerne, and all tours start in Flüehli, Hinter-Thorbach 3.
During the trial trekking, you'll walk for a maximum of two hours to a vantage point above Flüehli or along the banks of the Emme. The senior trekking also lasts about two hours, and custom routes are possible.
On a half-day trek, you'll take a wide loop to the Kneipp facility with up to three hours of walking time. Full-day trekking starts at Sattelschlucht or takes you to Waldemmental. Another route includes a stop at a waterfall and a suspension bridge.
For the two-day tour, you'll also go to Sattelschlucht. The hike ends in Guggenen with an overnight stay on the alp, and the next day you’ll take a different route back. Mountain hiking gear with sun and rain protection is essential here. Winter trekking is a maximum two-hour trek through the snow.
Snacks and water should be brought along.
Food from your backpack or after returning to the starting point. For two-day tours, overnight stay on the alp with dinner and breakfast included. Children under 10 years of age lead a llama with an adult.
The Wendelhof offers llama trekking in the beautiful Lucerne Lake Valley with a fantastic view of the mountains and Lake Baldegg.
Bernadette Rüttimann Oehen and Stefan Oehen keep more than one hundred llamas on their large farm in Lieli. They breed and sell llamas, use them for farming and offer llama trekking. Their farm covers an agricultural area of 16 hectares and 4 hectares of forest. A llama trekking with cultural experience lasts two hours and includes a visit to Heidegg Castle, 2.5 kilometers away, with its castle garden and beautiful vineyard.
Individual meals are served in the castle or in the wine cellar. The way back is not on foot, but the Oehens organize a transport. During the children's birthday trekking, which is scheduled to last three hours, a lot of time is spent getting to know and caring for the llamas by the children before the trekking tour leads through meadows and forests. A bread roll is served in the moat of the Nünegg ruin in Lieli, about one kilometer from the farm.
The two-hour Fürobig Trekking goes with you and your llama comfortably over the Lindenberg. On its high terrace, on the western slope, lies Lieli as well as other villages. The llama trekking tour Natur Pur Trekking leads you four hours along the Ballmoors. Here you can get to know the typical plants of a high moor.
Meals (except for Fürobig Trekking and Natur Pur Trekking)
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The Panoramablick farmhouse offers short walks with llamas in the rural surroundings of the farmhouse. In the immediate vicinity of the farmhouse, the Rotbach flows within the small Riffig forest, offering a pleasantly tranquil and calming atmosphere.
Lucia and Brent Kerr will guide you for about 1.5 hours through several small forests, you will pass waterfalls and take a break for snacks. The trails are easy to walk, but not suitable for wheelchairs.
Therefore, there is the possibility for people with limited mobility to experience the llamas directly at the farm. The llama encounter experience is a one-hour program. You can feed the llamas, pet them or just watch them.
Refreshment in the barn is a small café near the neighbor, which is only 80 m from the farmhouse. In the cottage you can stay in a handicapped accessible accommodation in groups up to 21 people (seven bedrooms), also in half board or full board.
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Llama trekking Wolhusen is carried out in the mountainous area west of the river kleine Emme along the Stampflgraben and requires a good level of fitness.
Leonie and Ivo Bachmann have their farm in Wolhusen at Bergli 2. Meeting point for a llama trekking is the meadow opposite Kommetsrüti 80. Those arriving by public transport will be picked up at Wolhusen train station.
A short walk with the llamas takes about two hours in total. The trekking includes getting to know each other and the actual trekking. This takes about 1.5 hours with an ascent of 250 meters in altitude over two kilometers and takes place in all weather conditions. After a picnic break, it goes back about an hour.
Llama trekking is held on Saturdays from about 10 am to 3 pm. An accompanying person is required for each child under the age of eight.
Pick up at Wolhusen train station
Picnic has to be brought by yourself, if necessary it can be booked additionally by arrangement
From Alp Stillaub you can discover the wilderness in the middle of the Entlebuch Biosphere on trekking tours with llamas
Priska & Toni Felder have been breeding llamas since 2004. Their herd in Finsterwald near Entlebuch has about fifty animals. In summer they are all on the Alp Stillaub, which is reached by car from Entlebuch via the Glaubenbergstrasse and from Restaurant Gfellen via a natural road after a total of 8.6 kilometers.
The taster trekking takes about 1.5 hours. During the day trekking with dinner a campfire with Älplermagronen is offered. It is carried out only from May to September. The day trekking with overnight stay is an adventure in the middle of nature in a teepee or in the straw of a 200 year old granary of the alp Stillaub.
You should take a sleeping bag with you. In the morning you will get a rich breakfast. Overnight stays are possible from June to September. Each Lama Trekking is carried out with a minimum of six participants.
For the day trekking either dinner or additionally overnight stay and breakfast are included according to the booking.
Älplermagronen at the campfire you can book at the trial trekking. Bathing in the hotpot is possible after advance reservation, the heating up takes 4-5 hours.
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The tours from the Bristenlama farm in the beautiful Maderanertal valley let you admire the Gotthard massif and individual 3000-meter mountains, powdered white even in summer, while you hike with the llama through a beautiful landscape.
The Fedier-Infanger family keeps about forty llamas in the canton of Uri in central Switzerland. All smaller tours are organized for 4-12 people throughout the year from the Bristenlama farm.
The taster trekking lasts two to three hours in total, a morning or afternoon tour four to five hours. In the summer months, if you are in good shape and have hiking boots, a short round hike via Ried and Amsteg is conceivable. Day tours last seven to eight hours.
You start at the valley station of the cable car Golzern, where the llamas are already waiting for you. You hike to the Maderanertal and at the Golzernsteg you have a lunch break. At a campfire you can grill bratwurst or servelat, served with bread, water and syrup. Through a breathtaking alpine panorama you will continue your hike to the hotel Maderanertal.
If you wish, a cab will take you back to the starting point. In summer the llamas graze on the alp Stäfeli, which reaches on several relays up to the AACZ Windgällenhütte. The full-day tours can only be booked from June to August.
Lunch for day tours
Aperitif, dessert or cake buffet or even barbecue by arrangement for trial and half-day tours; return trip by cab to the valley station of the Golzern cable car.
At the foot of the Rigi you will hike with llamas near Küssnacht in a mountainous landscape with a constant view of Lake Lucerne and the surrounding mountains.
Family Hediger has besides llamas from mid-May to mid-September also cattle and suckler cows in the summering farm. The farm is located on the wide Seebodenalp. It can be reached via the freeway exit Küssnacht am Rigi in the direction of Seebodenalp or by public transport at the Seeboden valley station in Küssnacht.
The round trip to Grod-Ruodisegg and back starts at Seebodenalp and takes about 2.5 hours. It is done with at least 3 llamas. The Glacier Trail and the Grüezi Trail (end point Rigi Staffel) are also organized with a minimum of 3 llamas. They each take about three hours.
A rather short hike, on the other hand, is the easy trail to Grod-Ruodisegg with about 1:45 hours.
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In the Eastern Switzerland / Liechtenstein region, you'll find at least three providers offering llama and alpaca trekking.
From the Animal Experience Farm, you can enjoy trekking with llamas and alpacas through the lush and exceptionally beautiful mountain landscape of the Appenzeller Alps around Urnäsch, featuring peaks up to 1,300 meters high.
Monika Egli will guide you with alpacas and llamas through the surroundings. The hike takes about half of the total time. Children without an accompanying adult must be at least 10 years old to participate in the trekking. With an adult, children from 3 years onward can join.
A taster tour lasts about one hour, the medium tour takes two hours, and the large tour lasts three hours. Experience mornings for kids aged 3-14 take place over a semester on a Saturday morning each month and last three hours each time.
Birthday parties at the farm or outdoors with treasure hunts and Indian tipis can be organized with llamas and alpacas upon request.
You can book a grill party, use of the fire pit, or storytelling in the Indian tipi after the trekking.
The Fairy Tale Hotel Braunwald organizes easy walks to an impressive waterfall in the car-free village of Braunwald in the Glarus region, which can only be reached by the Braunwald train.
The Fairy Tale Hotel Braunwald is home to two llamas, Montana and Fritz, as well as two alpacas, Sam and Frodo. Hotel guests can enjoy a short llama trekking for free on Wednesdays, lasting about an hour, which is more of a leisurely walk from the hotel to the Zillibach waterfall and back.
Children must be accompanied by adults during the trek. A 25-meter long slide runs through the enclosure of the llamas and alpacas and can be used by hotel guests. You reach Braunwald via the Braunwald train, which departs every thirty minutes from the valley station. Next to the valley station, there is the SBB stop Linthal-Braunwaldbahn and a large parking area.
In the Bern region, you'll find at least six providers offering llama and alpaca trekking.
Llama & Co offers trekking with llamas and goats in the beautifully wild alpine landscape of the Bernese Oberland. You'll hike over alpine meadows to Lake Seeberg and possibly further to the jagged cliffs of Geissfluh.
Hugo Frieden is very flexible for a planned taster trek, as it starts directly at his farm. It lasts 1.5 to 2 hours. Sunrise trekking and similar options are organized upon request.
For a Lake Seeberg trek, you can choose whether you want to walk with llamas and/or goats. You’ll hike through the beautiful Diemtigtal nature park and spend four hours at the lake, where you can also enjoy a picnic. The two-day tours are suitable for small children and start at the Gestelen parking lot. Goats and llamas will accompany you through the alpine meadows to Lake Seeberg.
After a picnic, you'll head towards Geissfluh. The area is characterized by jagged rocks and gnarly mountain spruces. Here, tents are set up, and a campfire is lit.
Winter trekking is a cozy two-hour hike through the snow with goats and llamas, offered with or without a subsequent meal in a mountain hut. Overnight stays are also possible here. Corporate events are offered in a very similar manner.
The Llama Trekking Leimiswil takes you along the farm's lavender field, over field paths and through forests in the Oberaargau region of Bern.
Trekking up to three hours
Llama Trekking Leimiswil is run by Helen and Markus Wegmüller-Mosimann in Leimiswil, Eichholz 10. They keep twelve llamas from Lörzbachmühle on their farm during the months of April, July, August, and October.
Their uniqueness is the violet lavender field in Leimiswil, which is a popular photo motif. All trekking tours are planned together with you. You can reach the farm via the S6 or S7 from or to Lucerne by getting off at the Kleindietwil train station and walking twenty minutes to Eichholz or getting picked up.
Overnight stay in the lavender field (including lavender hut for all cases) with welcome aperitif and breakfast for 290 CHF for two people
A llama trekking Schwarzenburg has for example the castle ruin Grasburg as destination and goes through the beautiful nature park Gantrisch in the Bernese midlands of the foothills of the Alps.
Vroni and Martin Mäder keep more than 30 llamas in Schwarzenburg at Katzenstyg 54 next to their farm. Their taster trek lasts 1-2 hours, the half-day trek up to four hours.
The number of animals used on the trek will be agreed with you before you start. Individual tours with groups can be planned in direct consultation. Schwarzenburg is easily accessible from Bern by S-Bahn.
A llama trek from Lama del Rio takes you over rolling meadow hills into the beautiful Emmental Valley, past the Emme River and even across a suspension bridge.
Irene Jörg and Peter Scheidegger run a llama breeding farm at Gotthelfstrasse 14 in Lützelflüh and currently have seven stallions and five mares. The taster trekking takes about half an hour to an hour, a half-day trekking between two and three hours. You have to bring your own food in your backpack.
For the day trekking you have the possibility to book a catering in addition. Children under the age of ten are only allowed to lead a llama together with an adult. Hiking shoes are very important for all participants. All trekking tours start at the farm or by individual arrangement.
Individual tours will be coordinated directly with you and planned together with you. Lützelflüh belongs to the canton of Bern and is easily accessible with the S4 in the direction of Langnau.
Meals, if included in the booking
Catering can be booked for day trips (adults pay 30 CHF, for children from 10-16 years it costs 20 and for smaller children 10 CHF). A party tent from 4x6 meters size can be booked for children's parties or similar celebrations.
From Lama Ranch Wyssachen you walk with the llamas through fragrant fields, meadows and forests, some of which climb steeply and then offer beautiful views.
Christina and Dani Sägesser have eleven trained trekking llamas (including two mares) on their ranch in Wyssachen (Oberaargau), Heimigen 65. A day trekking can be booked as a short tour of about two hours or as a longer tour of about six hours.
A longer day trekking runs for example from the ranch in Heimigen over Schafberg and Böschberg, past the cheese dairy Hälfligen and further uphill through the forest to Guggli, which is located at about 1,000 meters above sea level. After the lunch break, the trail continues down the forest to Schoneggstrasse.
Via Wyssachen you walk with the llama to Bärhegechnübeli with a legendary earth castle ruin, via Freudigenegg and Roggengratbad back to Oberwald near Wyssachen. Via Ischlag, Kätter and Längweid you will arrive back at the llama ranch after six hours of pure walking time.
All tours, especially the multi-day tours, are planned by Christina and Dani Sägesser directly in consultation with you and will then give you a cost calculation as an offer.
There is a dormitory for 20 places for overnight stays at the ranch as well as a bar, the Lamalero Bar. A grill tray or gas grill can be rented.
From the Lama Ranch Brienz you walk through the area around Brienz and have a uniquely beautiful view of the turquoise blue Lake Brienz and the surrounding mountains of the Bernese Alps.
The Flück family currently keeps seven llamas in Brienz with which they offer trekking. Whether taster trekking with a duration of two hours or longer tours; the individual trekking tours and their special features will be planned directly with you. They usually take place on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, but also on other days, depending on the arrangement.
Combinations with a wildlife park visit, a campfire or barbecue on the way are possible. Half day tours last 3.5 to 4 hours, full day tours 5-6 hours. Llama trekking is also possible in winter, combined with a fondue or raclette in the open air.
In the Jura & Three Lakes Region, you'll find at least three providers of llama and alpaca trekking.
Alpaca on the Mountain offers trekking with or without overnight stays in the Jura highlands and along the Aare River. The mountains entice with heights ranging from 1,000 to 1,500 meters and some particularly beautiful views.
Barbara and Martin Herrmann run the farm in Flumenthal, in the canton of Solothurn. Meeting point is Flumenthal or the immediate vicinity (three km), depending on where the twelve alpacas and three llamas are grazing. Group events are offered as walks and trekking tours or in connection with grilling or fondue gatherings.
Depending on customer preferences, bookings are possible from just one hour. Wedding accompaniment with llamas, donkeys, and alpacas makes for a photogenic stroll on the way to the ceremony. For home visits, the animals are brought directly to the home; they can be touched, walked, and photographed there. Combined boat tours start in Solothurn with a trip over the Aare to Zuchwil or Altreu. The animals are present and accompany you on foot on the way back. A cable car ride with an alpaca leads to Mount Weissenstein and is combined with trekking.
Easy walks require no special fitness, while longer treks just need normal fitness. You can book tours here all year round for any special day, even at short notice. Sturdy footwear and weather-appropriate mountain clothes are always required.
Luggage transport is included. Photos are provided free of charge via an internet link. Combined tours come with flat rates.
Especially for grilling and fondue gatherings, you can book catering as well. Overnight stays (in straw, in a tipi, in a tent, or in shared accommodation) are also available for a fee.
The Llama and Donkey Trekking Naturally Leisure takes you on various tours through the 800-meter-high Tessenberg Plateau, for example, to Twannberg, which offers a fantastic view of Lake Biel.
Beni Blaser's farm is home to eight llamas, four donkeys, and two alpacas. His main focus is on a demanding trek that leads through beautiful and spectacular landscapes.
They are also very suitable for kids since donkeys can be ridden easily. Sometimes, the alpacas join the fun too. Beni Blaser offers treks of various lengths for companies, families, schools, and people with disabilities.
The most popular highlight for companies or family celebrations is a half-day trek followed by a TOP barbecue with a barbecue mobile.
Multi-day trekking tours and camps with daily trekking and games are offered and priced individually.
Food during the trek at the campfire (cooked wild salmon; grilled foods; fondue or barbecue). Three rooms for up to 10 people can be booked to undertake various excursions from here.
Alpaca trekking Balmberg Tannenheim takes you through the mountainous landscape on the Solothurn Jura with pretty fir forests and limestone cliffs around the Balmberg.
Elisabeth Bucheli Ryf and her husband Ernst Ryf have a seminar house at Oberbalmberg 23 and have kept alpacas here since 2009. Currently there are eight animals. Mrs. Ryf will lead the trekking. She will guide you through the mountainous area, which is located at an altitude of about 1,000 meters at the pass between Welschenrohr and Günsberg. Individual wishes will be planned and calculated in direct consultation with you. Trekking shoes and adapted clothing are very important.
Picnic has to be brought by yourself, after the trekking there are restaurants nearby. The seminar and vacation house Tannenheim offers 38 beds with self-catering.
For four or more participants, the following prices apply per person: 15 CHF for one hour, 25 CHF for two hours, 35 CHF for three hours.
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In the Valais region you will find at least one provider of llama and alpaca trekking.
Lama Adventure offers tours with llamas in flat terrain on the north side of the Mischabel group. The glacier tour takes you along suonen (water conduits) to the Ried glacier in a valley of the Valais Alps, always with a view of the mountains and the glacier
Dominique Gruber keeps 26 llamas on her farm in St. Niklaus/Canton Valais. She offers llama trekking between May and October for groups like school classes or families, but also for individuals
The treks lead through flat or also somewhat steeper terrain, depending on the booked tour. Besides fixed dates in her program, you can also arrange tours directly with Dominique Gruber. During the summer vacations she leads three four-day tours with llamas as a vacation pass. She will hike with you through the landscapes from the mouth of the Visper valley to the northern Rhone valley to the west
Lama Fun is an encounter day with the llamas, the highlight of which is an obstacle course with fifteen posts. Therapy days with llamas are intended for people with impairments, those at risk of addiction and children with behavioral problems
Reducing anxiety, achieving goals, and taking responsibility for the animal are important components of therapy. A WWF camp is a one-week circus and trekking tour organized in cooperation with WWF mostly for children in St. Niklaus and Grächen.
A day tour with llama trekking costs 65 CHF per person, the glacier tour or a llama fun per day costs 75 CHF.
Everyone leads his llama on a leash.
Snacks and lunch have to be brought by yourself, also for two-day tours.
In the Basel region, you can find at least two providers for llama and alpaca trekking.
At the Obere Klus farm, you can enjoy the beautiful hilly landscape of the Jura with its forests, fields, and vineyards while leading a llama on a leash.
Daniela Tschaggelar has 13 cuddly Wooly Llamas and two alpacas on her farm, Obere Klus. Six to nine llamas are available as leisure animals for you to hike through the hills, meadows, and forests of the Basel-Landschaft region.
The taster trekking includes a short walk (1.5 hours) to get to know the animals. The experience trekking takes you on a longer journey (2-2.5 hours) with the animals, followed by a small snack at the farm.
The animal-assisted therapies help with psychological and/or physical illnesses. They are conducted solely with qualified personnel and in collaboration with a professional institution, focusing on animal care and interaction rather than trekking. Children's parties can be booked for groups of ten or more kids. After a two-hour llama program, you have an hour of private celebration time, with cake and games.
During the summer and autumn holidays, children from the 2nd grade onwards can spend a week walking with the llamas and other animals, feeding and caring for them. There will also be games and crafts. If desired, you can spend a night at the farm during the week. Events for business occasions can be arranged directly with you and calculated accordingly.
The apéro (bread, cheese, sausage, non-alcoholic drinks) is included only in the experience tours. The camps during the school holidays include childcare, meals, drinks, materials, etc., as well as the final barbecue with the parents (no alcoholic drinks).
In winter, the heated llama stable is available for children's parties, with items available for purchase: 1.5L mineral water bottles (3 CHF/bottle, incl. cup), gas grill rental 10 CHF/event, 50 CHF for an overnight stay in the camp including breakfast and dinner.
At the Lörzbachmühle, you can experience llama trekking along the Lörzbach and through small forests nearby, enjoying the lovely landscape of the Basel-Landschaft region at the border with France.
Ruedi & Elisabeth Mosimann have been keeping llamas in Allschwill since 1993 at Lörzbachmühlenweg 5b. Currently, there are about thirty animals, twelve of which are designated for trekking. You can reach the farm by car from Basel via Schönbuchenstrasse or by bus on line 33 to the Allschwill-Ziegelhof stop.
An apéro in the barn, on the farm ensemble, or in the Lörzbachtaler event room (32 seats) can be added, costing 20 CHF per person for up to 50 people. Picnic is to be brought along, and a grill can be used from 4.5 hours onward; this also needs to be provided by you.
The Lama & Alpaca Farm Triesenberg is run by Anna-Lena Beck and Marc Schädler. The llama hikes take you through the Alpine world of Liechtenstein and the surrounding forests. For groups of 20 or more, you can organize a farmers' Olympics with eight fun disciplines.
The taster tour through the Liechtenstein mountains lasts about two hours. It starts at the Lama and Alpaca Farm Triesenberg with a brief introduction and getting to know the animals. After that, you'll walk with a llama through the Triesenberg area.
Nighttime torchlight tours are particularly romantic and can begin either at the farm, in Malbun, or Steg. Llama and alpaca hikes that include a barbecue in the forest, raclette, or fondue outdoors are especially popular.
In the tipi, you can spend the night from April to October, if you wish. The farmers' Olympics are a lot of fun. Several teams compete for victory in:
Drinks and a small snack during the break (except for taster trekking) Fondue, raclette, barbecue, etc., with hot drinks as booked Bread, sausages, salad, drinks for children’s birthdays Catering for the farmers' Olympics can be arranged and booked accordingly
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You can see the first difference immediately when you look at the animals side by side. An alpaca is much smaller than a llama. Its wool is also finer and smoother. This is why alpacas are often bred for wool.
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|Lamas|Alpacas| |-------------------|-------|-------| |weight (kg)|130|60| |shoulder height (cm)|120|90| |ear shape|slightly curved|straight up| |head shape|elongated, long nose|rounded, short nose, button eyes| |coat|shaggy, coarse top coat|fine, well structured| |Figure|appear somewhat angular and spiky|soft and curved| |ancestry|guanacos|vicuñas|
Under a trekking you can imagine shorter or longer walks with the animals. Each participant leads one animal on a leash. Trekking is not strenuous because your luggage is basically carried by the llamas. It is suitable for children and adults alike. Very young children are not yet allowed to lead an animal alone. An adult must be present. Before you start trekking with your animal, you will have enough time to get acquainted with it.
Some providers also offer trekking tours of several days. You will spend the night in simple, romantic mass accommodations.
Whether walking or challenging trekking, possibly combined with a boat tour, geocaching or even a cable car ride, some tour providers make almost all customer wishes possible. Occasionally, treks for wheelchair users are also offered
In any case, you should remember to bring weatherproof clothing and comfortable hiking shoes. In most cases, you should also bring your own food. Heavy backpacks are usually carried by the llamas (up to 20 kg per animal) or, for tours lasting several days, by accompanying cars. Llamas are pack animals. However, you are not allowed to ride them, not even children.
In our ultimate guide for llama and alpaca trekking you will also find a route near you. At the bottom of this page, we have answered questions about clothing, animal husbandry and Swiss laws in the FAQ. There you can also find out whether the animals can be dangerous.
There are five providers of llama and alpaca trekking located in the Zurich region.
Wyland Usziit offers llama trekking at various difficulty levels in the district of Andelfingen/Canton Zurich. Tours combined with geocaching or rafting are particularly interesting.
Petra and Martin Heussi offer llama trekking and walks on their farm in Marthalen. The walks are designed to help you unwind from everyday life and require no special fitness level. They last a maximum of 90 minutes.
An introductory encounter lasts 60 minutes and provides an initial contact with the animals. It's especially ideal for younger children, as two of the five llamas come from Circus Nock and are used to crowds and noise.
The trekking is conducted at different difficulty levels and varies in length and terrain depending on the participants' fitness and wishes. The starting point is Marthalen.
The farm is located outside the village towards Rheinau. You can reach it by car from the town center via Lochstrasse and Radstrasse. For individual trekking, you can book combinations with geocaching, rafting tours on the Rhine or Thur, or also include a swimming or refreshment break. You should bring sturdy shoes and weather-appropriate clothing.
Pickup from Marthalen train station
Lunch or dinner as a menu can be added for half-day trekking (four hours) with a minimum of three participants. It will be served after the trekking.
Alpakable is a small farm with four alpacas in Mönchaltdorf (Canton Zurich). Here, you can befriend the alpacas, teach them small tricks, and take walks around the farm.
Monika Büchel and her family operate the Alpakable farm as a non-profit association. It is located in Mönchaltdorf in the Uster district and is reachable from Zurich in just under half an hour via Forchstrasse and the A52. Walks with a light obstacle course begin with a question round about the farm and the alpacas. Afterwards, you can feed the alpacas and befriend them under instruction. Small exercises prepare you for the obstacle course, which will be completed before the walk around the farm.
Visit afternoons for groups start similarly. Instead of the obstacle course and walk, you'll feel and process the alpaca wool. A picnic is planned, for which you need to bring your own food. In the workshops, you'll also become acquainted with the alpacas before learning about their wool and the processing thereof. The spinning course follows a similar format, where you learn to spin with hands, spindle, and spinning wheel and also make a fleece from alpaca wool.
Included are the use of the equipment and the wool needed for visit afternoons, workshops, or spinning courses.
Material costs are charged additionally for visit afternoons for groups. Annual memberships include not only agreed alpaca visits but also workshop access to create a desired product with alpaca wool.
The Meier-Hof near Bülach conducts llama treks up the Höriberg. In the Zurich Unterland region, a leisurely stroll serves to relax.
Albert and Greth Meier own a total of twenty-two llamas and two alpacas on their farm at Meier-Hof. The pastures are located directly in the area of the landing approach to Zurich Airport. Llama trekking can be booked all year round and is offered as a relaxing walk up the 474 meter high Höriberg.
The Meier farm is located in Höri on the Glatt river in Hochfelderstrasse near the Niederhöri school. From Zurich you can reach it in a northerly direction in about twenty minutes via the A1L and A51 freeways. Within the village the signpost meier-lamas leads to the farm. To get to know the animals, you can pet and brush them beforehand.
At the children's birthday party, the birthday child, who is at least seven years old, may choose a llama and invite a maximum of nine friends. He or she can pet and brush the llama and lead it to the Höriberg itself. In total this takes about 2-2.5 hours. The offer for school classes is largely the same as the llama trekking.
own photos; for the children's birthday party the Zvieri is included
Drinks and snacks can be purchased at the Lamastübli at Meier-Hof.
Lama Farm Yacana offers llama walks and meditative tours around the farm on the edge of the forest. Attached is a small store with products made of llama wool.
Karin Juling Hauser currently has three llamas and a male alpaca at the Lama Farm Yacana. The farm is located in the town of Gossau in the canton of St. Gallen. You can reach it from Zurich via Forchstrasse, the A 52 freeway, Leerütistrasse to Grütstrasse in Gossau. The llama walks can be booked all year round, also independent of the official opening hours.
You walk in a group with your llama through the forest and sometimes scramble up the slope. Meditative tours take place at the farm with selected animals. For the photo shoot you can use the spacious enclosure. Also meetings with the llamas for painting and drawing are possible at the Lama Farm Yacana. For the walks you should bring appropriate clothing and sturdy shoes.
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Bröötli following a llama trekking can be booked additionally at the yurt café on the farm. However, it is only open on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The farm Tier Erlebnis Bonstetten lets you enjoy the beautiful area around Bonstetten on an individual llama trekking.
Petra Ingold-Huber primarily offers very individually planned trekking tours, children's birthday parties or family outings. You have the possibility to arrange short excursions or half-day trekking up to four hours or to book encounters with the llamas at the farm.
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Catering can be booked additionally.
In the Ticino region, you can find at least two providers for llama and alpaca trekking.
The Llama Trekking in Malcantone takes you through a beautiful chestnut forest in Ticino up to a viewpoint at the historic chapel of Santa Maria, offering panoramic views of the sunny Malcantone below.
Hanspeter Frei keeps seven llamas on his farm. During the approximately one-hour taster course with llamas, you'll stroll leisurely with him through the chestnut forest up to the chapel of Santa Maria. There are various options for half-day and full-day tours that Hanspeter Frei can plan with you as needed.
This includes a tour to the wild and romantic stream Magliasina flowing through Malcantone. Three popular hiking routes, two cable cars, and regional festivals or markets in the area can also be incorporated into the trekking tours. You can also take the llamas for a swim in lakes or rivers and even for diving.
There are also activities at the farm. From the station Lugano, you can take the post bus to Iseo or be picked up in Lugano by phone agreement. The llama trekking is conducted here year-round.
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Overnight stay with breakfast at Casa Gisoretta in hay, dormitory, or your own tent starting from 25 CHF for adults, 15 CHF for children. Half or full board is possible.
During a Llama Trekking in Ticino, you'll experience a unique panoramic view of the surrounding mountain landscape from Monte Comino, which is located at about 1,200 meters above sea level.
Marisa and Jean-Pierre Bäschlin have been breeding llamas on Monte Comino in Centovalli since 2015. They currently have 12 llamas, eight of which are males. A taster trekking lasts about 1.5 hours, a half-day trekking is 3.5 hours, and a full-day trekking takes 6 hours.
Each trekking takes you over alpine meadows, peat bogs, and forests in the region surrounding the farm. Multi-day trekking is connected with picnics and overnight stays in nature. The llamas carry all the luggage, and you enjoy the fantastic view of numerous peaks in the Ticino Alps and also of Lake Maggiore.
A popular and easy hike goes, for example, from Monte Comino to Mosogno. All trekking tours are planned and calculated directly with you. The same applies to celebrations at the farm that are to be combined with a trekking experience.
The Llama Trekking Ticino farm in Nucleo di Verdasio 1 is 1.2 kilometers from the Funivia Verdasio (Monte Comino) station of the Centovalli train. You can reach the valley station of the cable car to Monte Comino from the station in just a few minutes. The path to llama trekking is well marked at the summit.
The picnic provisions can be included in the calculation.
Blankets made from llama wool can be purchased at the farm.
In the Aargau region, you'll find at least four providers of llama and alpaca trekking.
Wädisfarm offers walks with alpacas around Hunzenschwil in the canton of Aargau. Before heading out, you can participate in a half-hour alpaca license course.
Adele and Wädi Baumann keep seven alpacas on their farm in Hunzenschwil/Lenzburg district. They recommend starting with the alpaca license, which you can obtain after a 30-minute introduction. The small, medium, and large walks last between 75 minutes and 3.25 hours and take you around Hunzenschwil, usually in and around the small mountain Lotten.
Courses are offered for small groups and families of up to five people, lasting about an hour. The Wädisfarm is located on the southeastern edge of Hunzenschwil in Brandfisel-Strasse and is easily accessible from Aarau via the A1/East Aarau exit or Route 5. The large walk includes a snack break. No special fitness is required, but good footwear is essential.
The large tour includes a snack with drinks
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Bauernhof Möhlin offers alpaca trekking through the beautiful Fricktal, where you can relax in untouched nature within a nature reserve.
Claudia and Stephan Herzog have fourteen alpacas on their farm in Möhlin, located about three kilometers northeast of the town center near the Breitsee nature reserve. The Rhine River is about two kilometers away. From Basel, you can reach the farm in thirty minutes by heading east on the A3 highway to exit 15 Rheinfelden Ost.
The path leads from the farm through the forest, past the Rhine and fields. Alpaca trekking is available with at least two animals daily, except on Sundays. During July and August, trekking is not offered due to higher temperatures. The wedding shoot is intended for great photos with the alpacas. Duration and price must be arranged in advance.
Accompanying persons who do not handle animals
Alpaca wool and alpaca blankets can be purchased at the farm.
Amalama used to be called Lama Trekking Bucheggberg / Dürihof .
The farm in Attiswil has 23 llamas with which you can go llama trekking in nearby Bucheggberg. The hilly country is located in the canton of Solothurn.
Tanja Burkolter and Ernesto Romano also treat people with their llamas and even visit them in homes. On the way to their patients, the llamas even ride elevators. The llama trekking goes through the hills of Bucheggberg or to a forest hut where Ernesto Romano tells fairy tales to the participants. He calls this trekking fairy tale trekking. With three fairy tales it lasts about two hours.
The children's birthday party lasts about three hours and includes a small trekking round, followed by grilled cervelat and a birthday cake for dessert. Llama guide training also includes a course and a small trekking round. For companies, team building with llamas is offered, which includes a change of animals in the guide training.
In addition, the farm has several combination offers. Clothing suitable for the weather and sturdy shoes are required for trekking. .
Picnic on the day tour
The Erlebnishof in Gnöd5 offers you experiences in the rural area of the canton of Solothurn with llamas and alpacas. Ponies and goats are also available on request. Popular hiking trails along the Cholersbach stream lead through the forest to the Tüfelsschlucht gorge at the beautiful southern foot of the Jura.
Sabrina Rauscher likes to plan the experiences individually with you. She offers shorter and longer trekking tours or walks around Hägendorf. As intermediate destinations there are different restaurants. A visit to one of the most modern and largest farms in the area is also possible. Those who do not plan trekking can also participate in an obstacle course with a llama or alpaca after getting to know them.
In the Graubünden region, you can find at least four providers of llama and alpaca trekking.
Lamaventura lets you experience mountain tours with llamas in Graubünden. The Surselva region is characterized by beautiful mountain lakes and scenic meadows between mountains and passes.
During the summer holidays, Nadia and David Deplazes offer approximately four-hour llama treks (on Mondays) around Brigels or two-hour tours (on Tuesdays) around Disentis. The meeting point for Disentis is Salaplauna in the summer, Klosterstall, and in the fall, the MGB station Acla da Fontauna. For Brigels, the starting point is at the chapel Sogn Giacun in Brigels, before you wander through the fairytale-like Plaun da Plaids. The minimum age is four years. You need to bring your own food.
It’s important to wear closed shoes with good traction. The usual meeting point for custom half-day or full-day tours is at the Lamaventura farm in Surrein, the Sumvitg llama pasture, or the Rhätische Bahn station. You can plan the destinations of individual treks directly with the organizer. Multi-day tours last between three and fourteen days.
A hiking guide with a federal qualification will accompany you. You’ll be trekking with pack animals through the mountains. Possible areas include Surselva, the Greina plateau, the Gotthard region, or even a crossing of the Alps.
For family holiday tours: a guide and one llama per family
Accommodation and meals are to be paid for yourself
The Arvenhof offers guided treks with and without campfire in the beautiful high mountains at around 1000 meters above sea level in Prättigau. Green meadows, white limestone, and crystal-clear mountain lakes characterize this region.
Rico and Larissa Jegen have up to forty llamas on their farm in Serneus. The half-day trekking tours take you along the river for about two hours. The evening tours also include a barbecue (with food) for about an hour (noon tour is half an hour). ¾ day tours take a similar route or lead uphill to Rüti. Including food, they last about 5.5 hours.
Rico and Larissa offer full-day tours in various difficulty levels. The destination Schifer is reached by different routes. After lunch at a campfire, it’s back. All two- and multi-day tours are tailored and planned individually with you. For the children's birthday party, either a trek or a gymkhana (obstacle course) with llamas is possible. The trekking tours are individually adapted for people with special needs.
Food and drinks (except for afternoon tours), drinks for on the way
Drinks etc., consumed or purchased at the mountain house or restaurant, must be paid for by yourself.
The Pauraria Puntetta organic farm offers llama trekking through the watery mountain landscape of the Müstair Valley in Graubünden, which lies at an altitude of 1,200 meters, for the whole family
Monika and Isidor Sepp are still accepting registrations for taster treks until the day before. They last about two hours and always start on Wednesdays from July to October at 10 am, in February at 1 pm. Meeting point is at the Pauraria Puntetta. They plan individual tours directly with you.
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Yak und Lama Hof Gädemli offers trekking tours with llamas in the Safiental valley, which are given a special atmosphere by the Safier mountain landscape all around and the view of the 2,800-meter-high Piz Fess.
Erwin and Angelika Brandli have on their farm besides yaks and camels also ten llamas. They offer llama trekking as a day trekking (6-8 hours) and as a family fun trek (4.5 hours). Participants will be picked up at Safien Platz, to which the post bus will take you from the Versam station of the Rhaetian Railway.
The day trekking goes two hours uphill in the mountain landscape. At the top you will be served homemade specialties of the Brandli farm and after the way back you will have a cozy snack at the farm. Children are only allowed to participate from the age of 10. Mountain boots and clothing suitable for the weather are a must.
The family fun trek hikes about an hour to the picnic area. Children under 7 guide a llama along with an adult. After a two-hour stay, the trek returns. Llama trekking is offered from May to October.
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In the Lucerne Lake Lucerne region, you can find at least eight providers of llama and alpaca trekking.
Llama Trekking Giswil takes you trekking along a wild stream in central Switzerland. Two-day hikes lead you gently from the over 1,000-meter-high Hasliberg to Giswil.
Marlene and Ernst Ambauen keep fourteen llamas on their farm in Giswil in the canton of Obwalden. You can find it just one hundred meters from the train station. The usual meeting point for llama trekking is therefore at the Giswil train station.
The half-day trek starts from there and leads through the settlement, while the six-hour full-day trek goes to Laui, a ten-kilometer-long wild river in Giswil. There, you can enjoy your own packed meal before returning with the llamas.
Two-day tours begin at the Meiringen Hasliberg/Wasserwendi bus stop and take you to Brünig. The next day, you'll follow the shores of Lake Lungern back to Giswil. You'll walk about four hours daily at a llama's pace. For the first day, you need to bring your own food.
Additionally, good shoes and sun and rain protection are important. School trips are full-day trekking tours for up to 30 participants. The fondue tour lasts two to three hours and includes fondue in the woods with wine, cake, and cooked cheese over the fire.
The children's birthday includes a two-hour trek with a self-prepared picnic. Tours for people with disabilities are discussed and planned individually. A class camp can last between two days and a week, with details also planned individually.
Drinks on the two-day trek are to be paid for yourself.
Llama Trekking Flüehli takes you on short tours to the Kneipp facility. Longer tours let you enjoy the beautiful landscapes of the pre-Alps in central Switzerland, with views of Sörenberg, the Waldemmental, or impressive waterfalls.
Irene and Martin Flipp have been keeping llamas since 2006, and currently have nineteen animals at their farming operation in Spierbergli 6. Flüehli is located in the canton of Lucerne, and all tours start in Flüehli, Hinter-Thorbach 3.
During the trial trekking, you'll walk for a maximum of two hours to a vantage point above Flüehli or along the banks of the Emme. The senior trekking also lasts about two hours, and custom routes are possible.
On a half-day trek, you'll take a wide loop to the Kneipp facility with up to three hours of walking time. Full-day trekking starts at Sattelschlucht or takes you to Waldemmental. Another route includes a stop at a waterfall and a suspension bridge.
For the two-day tour, you'll also go to Sattelschlucht. The hike ends in Guggenen with an overnight stay on the alp, and the next day you’ll take a different route back. Mountain hiking gear with sun and rain protection is essential here. Winter trekking is a maximum two-hour trek through the snow.
Snacks and water should be brought along.
Food from your backpack or after returning to the starting point. For two-day tours, overnight stay on the alp with dinner and breakfast included. Children under 10 years of age lead a llama with an adult.
The Wendelhof offers llama trekking in the beautiful Lucerne Lake Valley with a fantastic view of the mountains and Lake Baldegg.
Bernadette Rüttimann Oehen and Stefan Oehen keep more than one hundred llamas on their large farm in Lieli. They breed and sell llamas, use them for farming and offer llama trekking. Their farm covers an agricultural area of 16 hectares and 4 hectares of forest. A llama trekking with cultural experience lasts two hours and includes a visit to Heidegg Castle, 2.5 kilometers away, with its castle garden and beautiful vineyard.
Individual meals are served in the castle or in the wine cellar. The way back is not on foot, but the Oehens organize a transport. During the children's birthday trekking, which is scheduled to last three hours, a lot of time is spent getting to know and caring for the llamas by the children before the trekking tour leads through meadows and forests. A bread roll is served in the moat of the Nünegg ruin in Lieli, about one kilometer from the farm.
The two-hour Fürobig Trekking goes with you and your llama comfortably over the Lindenberg. On its high terrace, on the western slope, lies Lieli as well as other villages. The llama trekking tour Natur Pur Trekking leads you four hours along the Ballmoors. Here you can get to know the typical plants of a high moor.
Meals (except for Fürobig Trekking and Natur Pur Trekking)
Apéro at Fürobig Trekking and Natur Pur Trekking
The Panoramablick farmhouse offers short walks with llamas in the rural surroundings of the farmhouse. In the immediate vicinity of the farmhouse, the Rotbach flows within the small Riffig forest, offering a pleasantly tranquil and calming atmosphere.
Lucia and Brent Kerr will guide you for about 1.5 hours through several small forests, you will pass waterfalls and take a break for snacks. The trails are easy to walk, but not suitable for wheelchairs.
Therefore, there is the possibility for people with limited mobility to experience the llamas directly at the farm. The llama encounter experience is a one-hour program. You can feed the llamas, pet them or just watch them.
Refreshment in the barn is a small café near the neighbor, which is only 80 m from the farmhouse. In the cottage you can stay in a handicapped accessible accommodation in groups up to 21 people (seven bedrooms), also in half board or full board.
Llama trekking Wolhusen is carried out in the mountainous area west of the river kleine Emme along the Stampflgraben and requires a good level of fitness.
Leonie and Ivo Bachmann have their farm in Wolhusen at Bergli 2. Meeting point for a llama trekking is the meadow opposite Kommetsrüti 80. Those arriving by public transport will be picked up at Wolhusen train station.
A short walk with the llamas takes about two hours in total. The trekking includes getting to know each other and the actual trekking. This takes about 1.5 hours with an ascent of 250 meters in altitude over two kilometers and takes place in all weather conditions. After a picnic break, it goes back about an hour.
Llama trekking is held on Saturdays from about 10 am to 3 pm. An accompanying person is required for each child under the age of eight.
Pick up at Wolhusen train station
Picnic has to be brought by yourself, if necessary it can be booked additionally by arrangement
From Alp Stillaub you can discover the wilderness in the middle of the Entlebuch Biosphere on trekking tours with llamas
Priska & Toni Felder have been breeding llamas since 2004. Their herd in Finsterwald near Entlebuch has about fifty animals. In summer they are all on the Alp Stillaub, which is reached by car from Entlebuch via the Glaubenbergstrasse and from Restaurant Gfellen via a natural road after a total of 8.6 kilometers.
The taster trekking takes about 1.5 hours. During the day trekking with dinner a campfire with Älplermagronen is offered. It is carried out only from May to September. The day trekking with overnight stay is an adventure in the middle of nature in a teepee or in the straw of a 200 year old granary of the alp Stillaub.
You should take a sleeping bag with you. In the morning you will get a rich breakfast. Overnight stays are possible from June to September. Each Lama Trekking is carried out with a minimum of six participants.
For the day trekking either dinner or additionally overnight stay and breakfast are included according to the booking.
Älplermagronen at the campfire you can book at the trial trekking. Bathing in the hotpot is possible after advance reservation, the heating up takes 4-5 hours.
The tours from the Bristenlama farm in the beautiful Maderanertal valley let you admire the Gotthard massif and individual 3000-meter mountains, powdered white even in summer, while you hike with the llama through a beautiful landscape.
The Fedier-Infanger family keeps about forty llamas in the canton of Uri in central Switzerland. All smaller tours are organized for 4-12 people throughout the year from the Bristenlama farm.
The taster trekking lasts two to three hours in total, a morning or afternoon tour four to five hours. In the summer months, if you are in good shape and have hiking boots, a short round hike via Ried and Amsteg is conceivable. Day tours last seven to eight hours.
You start at the valley station of the cable car Golzern, where the llamas are already waiting for you. You hike to the Maderanertal and at the Golzernsteg you have a lunch break. At a campfire you can grill bratwurst or servelat, served with bread, water and syrup. Through a breathtaking alpine panorama you will continue your hike to the hotel Maderanertal.
If you wish, a cab will take you back to the starting point. In summer the llamas graze on the alp Stäfeli, which reaches on several relays up to the AACZ Windgällenhütte. The full-day tours can only be booked from June to August.
Lunch for day tours
Aperitif, dessert or cake buffet or even barbecue by arrangement for trial and half-day tours; return trip by cab to the valley station of the Golzern cable car.
At the foot of the Rigi you will hike with llamas near Küssnacht in a mountainous landscape with a constant view of Lake Lucerne and the surrounding mountains.
Family Hediger has besides llamas from mid-May to mid-September also cattle and suckler cows in the summering farm. The farm is located on the wide Seebodenalp. It can be reached via the freeway exit Küssnacht am Rigi in the direction of Seebodenalp or by public transport at the Seeboden valley station in Küssnacht.
The round trip to Grod-Ruodisegg and back starts at Seebodenalp and takes about 2.5 hours. It is done with at least 3 llamas. The Glacier Trail and the Grüezi Trail (end point Rigi Staffel) are also organized with a minimum of 3 llamas. They each take about three hours.
A rather short hike, on the other hand, is the easy trail to Grod-Ruodisegg with about 1:45 hours.
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In the Eastern Switzerland / Liechtenstein region, you'll find at least three providers offering llama and alpaca trekking.
From the Animal Experience Farm, you can enjoy trekking with llamas and alpacas through the lush and exceptionally beautiful mountain landscape of the Appenzeller Alps around Urnäsch, featuring peaks up to 1,300 meters high.
Monika Egli will guide you with alpacas and llamas through the surroundings. The hike takes about half of the total time. Children without an accompanying adult must be at least 10 years old to participate in the trekking. With an adult, children from 3 years onward can join.
A taster tour lasts about one hour, the medium tour takes two hours, and the large tour lasts three hours. Experience mornings for kids aged 3-14 take place over a semester on a Saturday morning each month and last three hours each time.
Birthday parties at the farm or outdoors with treasure hunts and Indian tipis can be organized with llamas and alpacas upon request.
You can book a grill party, use of the fire pit, or storytelling in the Indian tipi after the trekking.
The Fairy Tale Hotel Braunwald organizes easy walks to an impressive waterfall in the car-free village of Braunwald in the Glarus region, which can only be reached by the Braunwald train.
The Fairy Tale Hotel Braunwald is home to two llamas, Montana and Fritz, as well as two alpacas, Sam and Frodo. Hotel guests can enjoy a short llama trekking for free on Wednesdays, lasting about an hour, which is more of a leisurely walk from the hotel to the Zillibach waterfall and back.
Children must be accompanied by adults during the trek. A 25-meter long slide runs through the enclosure of the llamas and alpacas and can be used by hotel guests. You reach Braunwald via the Braunwald train, which departs every thirty minutes from the valley station. Next to the valley station, there is the SBB stop Linthal-Braunwaldbahn and a large parking area.
In the Bern region, you'll find at least six providers offering llama and alpaca trekking.
Llama & Co offers trekking with llamas and goats in the beautifully wild alpine landscape of the Bernese Oberland. You'll hike over alpine meadows to Lake Seeberg and possibly further to the jagged cliffs of Geissfluh.
Hugo Frieden is very flexible for a planned taster trek, as it starts directly at his farm. It lasts 1.5 to 2 hours. Sunrise trekking and similar options are organized upon request.
For a Lake Seeberg trek, you can choose whether you want to walk with llamas and/or goats. You’ll hike through the beautiful Diemtigtal nature park and spend four hours at the lake, where you can also enjoy a picnic. The two-day tours are suitable for small children and start at the Gestelen parking lot. Goats and llamas will accompany you through the alpine meadows to Lake Seeberg.
After a picnic, you'll head towards Geissfluh. The area is characterized by jagged rocks and gnarly mountain spruces. Here, tents are set up, and a campfire is lit.
Winter trekking is a cozy two-hour hike through the snow with goats and llamas, offered with or without a subsequent meal in a mountain hut. Overnight stays are also possible here. Corporate events are offered in a very similar manner.
The Llama Trekking Leimiswil takes you along the farm's lavender field, over field paths and through forests in the Oberaargau region of Bern.
Trekking up to three hours
Llama Trekking Leimiswil is run by Helen and Markus Wegmüller-Mosimann in Leimiswil, Eichholz 10. They keep twelve llamas from Lörzbachmühle on their farm during the months of April, July, August, and October.
Their uniqueness is the violet lavender field in Leimiswil, which is a popular photo motif. All trekking tours are planned together with you. You can reach the farm via the S6 or S7 from or to Lucerne by getting off at the Kleindietwil train station and walking twenty minutes to Eichholz or getting picked up.
Overnight stay in the lavender field (including lavender hut for all cases) with welcome aperitif and breakfast for 290 CHF for two people
A llama trekking Schwarzenburg has for example the castle ruin Grasburg as destination and goes through the beautiful nature park Gantrisch in the Bernese midlands of the foothills of the Alps.
Vroni and Martin Mäder keep more than 30 llamas in Schwarzenburg at Katzenstyg 54 next to their farm. Their taster trek lasts 1-2 hours, the half-day trek up to four hours.
The number of animals used on the trek will be agreed with you before you start. Individual tours with groups can be planned in direct consultation. Schwarzenburg is easily accessible from Bern by S-Bahn.
A llama trek from Lama del Rio takes you over rolling meadow hills into the beautiful Emmental Valley, past the Emme River and even across a suspension bridge.
Irene Jörg and Peter Scheidegger run a llama breeding farm at Gotthelfstrasse 14 in Lützelflüh and currently have seven stallions and five mares. The taster trekking takes about half an hour to an hour, a half-day trekking between two and three hours. You have to bring your own food in your backpack.
For the day trekking you have the possibility to book a catering in addition. Children under the age of ten are only allowed to lead a llama together with an adult. Hiking shoes are very important for all participants. All trekking tours start at the farm or by individual arrangement.
Individual tours will be coordinated directly with you and planned together with you. Lützelflüh belongs to the canton of Bern and is easily accessible with the S4 in the direction of Langnau.
Meals, if included in the booking
Catering can be booked for day trips (adults pay 30 CHF, for children from 10-16 years it costs 20 and for smaller children 10 CHF). A party tent from 4x6 meters size can be booked for children's parties or similar celebrations.
From Lama Ranch Wyssachen you walk with the llamas through fragrant fields, meadows and forests, some of which climb steeply and then offer beautiful views.
Christina and Dani Sägesser have eleven trained trekking llamas (including two mares) on their ranch in Wyssachen (Oberaargau), Heimigen 65. A day trekking can be booked as a short tour of about two hours or as a longer tour of about six hours.
A longer day trekking runs for example from the ranch in Heimigen over Schafberg and Böschberg, past the cheese dairy Hälfligen and further uphill through the forest to Guggli, which is located at about 1,000 meters above sea level. After the lunch break, the trail continues down the forest to Schoneggstrasse.
Via Wyssachen you walk with the llama to Bärhegechnübeli with a legendary earth castle ruin, via Freudigenegg and Roggengratbad back to Oberwald near Wyssachen. Via Ischlag, Kätter and Längweid you will arrive back at the llama ranch after six hours of pure walking time.
All tours, especially the multi-day tours, are planned by Christina and Dani Sägesser directly in consultation with you and will then give you a cost calculation as an offer.
There is a dormitory for 20 places for overnight stays at the ranch as well as a bar, the Lamalero Bar. A grill tray or gas grill can be rented.
From the Lama Ranch Brienz you walk through the area around Brienz and have a uniquely beautiful view of the turquoise blue Lake Brienz and the surrounding mountains of the Bernese Alps.
The Flück family currently keeps seven llamas in Brienz with which they offer trekking. Whether taster trekking with a duration of two hours or longer tours; the individual trekking tours and their special features will be planned directly with you. They usually take place on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, but also on other days, depending on the arrangement.
Combinations with a wildlife park visit, a campfire or barbecue on the way are possible. Half day tours last 3.5 to 4 hours, full day tours 5-6 hours. Llama trekking is also possible in winter, combined with a fondue or raclette in the open air.
In the Jura & Three Lakes Region, you'll find at least three providers of llama and alpaca trekking.
Alpaca on the Mountain offers trekking with or without overnight stays in the Jura highlands and along the Aare River. The mountains entice with heights ranging from 1,000 to 1,500 meters and some particularly beautiful views.
Barbara and Martin Herrmann run the farm in Flumenthal, in the canton of Solothurn. Meeting point is Flumenthal or the immediate vicinity (three km), depending on where the twelve alpacas and three llamas are grazing. Group events are offered as walks and trekking tours or in connection with grilling or fondue gatherings.
Depending on customer preferences, bookings are possible from just one hour. Wedding accompaniment with llamas, donkeys, and alpacas makes for a photogenic stroll on the way to the ceremony. For home visits, the animals are brought directly to the home; they can be touched, walked, and photographed there. Combined boat tours start in Solothurn with a trip over the Aare to Zuchwil or Altreu. The animals are present and accompany you on foot on the way back. A cable car ride with an alpaca leads to Mount Weissenstein and is combined with trekking.
Easy walks require no special fitness, while longer treks just need normal fitness. You can book tours here all year round for any special day, even at short notice. Sturdy footwear and weather-appropriate mountain clothes are always required.
Luggage transport is included. Photos are provided free of charge via an internet link. Combined tours come with flat rates.
Especially for grilling and fondue gatherings, you can book catering as well. Overnight stays (in straw, in a tipi, in a tent, or in shared accommodation) are also available for a fee.
The Llama and Donkey Trekking Naturally Leisure takes you on various tours through the 800-meter-high Tessenberg Plateau, for example, to Twannberg, which offers a fantastic view of Lake Biel.
Beni Blaser's farm is home to eight llamas, four donkeys, and two alpacas. His main focus is on a demanding trek that leads through beautiful and spectacular landscapes.
They are also very suitable for kids since donkeys can be ridden easily. Sometimes, the alpacas join the fun too. Beni Blaser offers treks of various lengths for companies, families, schools, and people with disabilities.
The most popular highlight for companies or family celebrations is a half-day trek followed by a TOP barbecue with a barbecue mobile.
Multi-day trekking tours and camps with daily trekking and games are offered and priced individually.
Food during the trek at the campfire (cooked wild salmon; grilled foods; fondue or barbecue). Three rooms for up to 10 people can be booked to undertake various excursions from here.
Alpaca trekking Balmberg Tannenheim takes you through the mountainous landscape on the Solothurn Jura with pretty fir forests and limestone cliffs around the Balmberg.
Elisabeth Bucheli Ryf and her husband Ernst Ryf have a seminar house at Oberbalmberg 23 and have kept alpacas here since 2009. Currently there are eight animals. Mrs. Ryf will lead the trekking. She will guide you through the mountainous area, which is located at an altitude of about 1,000 meters at the pass between Welschenrohr and Günsberg. Individual wishes will be planned and calculated in direct consultation with you. Trekking shoes and adapted clothing are very important.
Picnic has to be brought by yourself, after the trekking there are restaurants nearby. The seminar and vacation house Tannenheim offers 38 beds with self-catering.
For four or more participants, the following prices apply per person: 15 CHF for one hour, 25 CHF for two hours, 35 CHF for three hours.
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In the Valais region you will find at least one provider of llama and alpaca trekking.
Lama Adventure offers tours with llamas in flat terrain on the north side of the Mischabel group. The glacier tour takes you along suonen (water conduits) to the Ried glacier in a valley of the Valais Alps, always with a view of the mountains and the glacier
Dominique Gruber keeps 26 llamas on her farm in St. Niklaus/Canton Valais. She offers llama trekking between May and October for groups like school classes or families, but also for individuals
The treks lead through flat or also somewhat steeper terrain, depending on the booked tour. Besides fixed dates in her program, you can also arrange tours directly with Dominique Gruber. During the summer vacations she leads three four-day tours with llamas as a vacation pass. She will hike with you through the landscapes from the mouth of the Visper valley to the northern Rhone valley to the west
Lama Fun is an encounter day with the llamas, the highlight of which is an obstacle course with fifteen posts. Therapy days with llamas are intended for people with impairments, those at risk of addiction and children with behavioral problems
Reducing anxiety, achieving goals, and taking responsibility for the animal are important components of therapy. A WWF camp is a one-week circus and trekking tour organized in cooperation with WWF mostly for children in St. Niklaus and Grächen.
A day tour with llama trekking costs 65 CHF per person, the glacier tour or a llama fun per day costs 75 CHF.
Everyone leads his llama on a leash.
Snacks and lunch have to be brought by yourself, also for two-day tours.
In the Basel region, you can find at least two providers for llama and alpaca trekking.
At the Obere Klus farm, you can enjoy the beautiful hilly landscape of the Jura with its forests, fields, and vineyards while leading a llama on a leash.
Daniela Tschaggelar has 13 cuddly Wooly Llamas and two alpacas on her farm, Obere Klus. Six to nine llamas are available as leisure animals for you to hike through the hills, meadows, and forests of the Basel-Landschaft region.
The taster trekking includes a short walk (1.5 hours) to get to know the animals. The experience trekking takes you on a longer journey (2-2.5 hours) with the animals, followed by a small snack at the farm.
The animal-assisted therapies help with psychological and/or physical illnesses. They are conducted solely with qualified personnel and in collaboration with a professional institution, focusing on animal care and interaction rather than trekking. Children's parties can be booked for groups of ten or more kids. After a two-hour llama program, you have an hour of private celebration time, with cake and games.
During the summer and autumn holidays, children from the 2nd grade onwards can spend a week walking with the llamas and other animals, feeding and caring for them. There will also be games and crafts. If desired, you can spend a night at the farm during the week. Events for business occasions can be arranged directly with you and calculated accordingly.
The apéro (bread, cheese, sausage, non-alcoholic drinks) is included only in the experience tours. The camps during the school holidays include childcare, meals, drinks, materials, etc., as well as the final barbecue with the parents (no alcoholic drinks).
In winter, the heated llama stable is available for children's parties, with items available for purchase: 1.5L mineral water bottles (3 CHF/bottle, incl. cup), gas grill rental 10 CHF/event, 50 CHF for an overnight stay in the camp including breakfast and dinner.
At the Lörzbachmühle, you can experience llama trekking along the Lörzbach and through small forests nearby, enjoying the lovely landscape of the Basel-Landschaft region at the border with France.
Ruedi & Elisabeth Mosimann have been keeping llamas in Allschwill since 1993 at Lörzbachmühlenweg 5b. Currently, there are about thirty animals, twelve of which are designated for trekking. You can reach the farm by car from Basel via Schönbuchenstrasse or by bus on line 33 to the Allschwill-Ziegelhof stop.
An apéro in the barn, on the farm ensemble, or in the Lörzbachtaler event room (32 seats) can be added, costing 20 CHF per person for up to 50 people. Picnic is to be brought along, and a grill can be used from 4.5 hours onward; this also needs to be provided by you.
The Lama & Alpaca Farm Triesenberg is run by Anna-Lena Beck and Marc Schädler. The llama hikes take you through the Alpine world of Liechtenstein and the surrounding forests. For groups of 20 or more, you can organize a farmers' Olympics with eight fun disciplines.
The taster tour through the Liechtenstein mountains lasts about two hours. It starts at the Lama and Alpaca Farm Triesenberg with a brief introduction and getting to know the animals. After that, you'll walk with a llama through the Triesenberg area.
Nighttime torchlight tours are particularly romantic and can begin either at the farm, in Malbun, or Steg. Llama and alpaca hikes that include a barbecue in the forest, raclette, or fondue outdoors are especially popular.
In the tipi, you can spend the night from April to October, if you wish. The farmers' Olympics are a lot of fun. Several teams compete for victory in:
Drinks and a small snack during the break (except for taster trekking) Fondue, raclette, barbecue, etc., with hot drinks as booked Bread, sausages, salad, drinks for children’s birthdays Catering for the farmers' Olympics can be arranged and booked accordingly
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Llama and alpaca trekking · answered by the editorial team
For day trips you usually need:
For tours lasting several days you will also need
In any case, please pay attention to the additional information of the respective trekking provider.
You should be cautious if a male kitten approaches you too closely and does not maintain the approximately ten centimeters "decency distance". It is not a sign of trustworthiness if such an animal leans against you, rubs against you or pokes its nose into your crotch. Animals also usually avoid you if you walk toward them. Excessive proximity to humans in the early adolescence of male llamas and alpacas can lead to what is known as berserk male syndrome. An animal that has this syndrome recognizes humans as rivals and can become very aggressive. But do not worry, the experienced breeders recognize such a thing very quickly and take these animals out of the herd.
Llamas and alpacas are herd animals. Since they tolerate cold well, keeping them in open pens with direct access to grassland is common. They usually graze on various meadows in their area for eight to ten hours a day. In summer, they need a shady shelter and always enough water. They are sheared once a year. Since they are distinctly herd animals, keeping them individually is not permitted. Alpacas and llamas live fifteen to twenty-five years.
In Switzerland, several laws are valid that have an influence on the animal-friendly keeping of alpacas and llamas The Animal Protection Act (TSCHG) serves to protect the dignity and welfare of the animals. According to Art 31 of the TSchG, a permit is required for commercial use and there must be a certificate of competence for keeping. The implementing Animal Protection Ordinance (TSchV) regulates the keeping, use and handling of animals. The Ordinance of the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) on the keeping of farm animals and pets (HaustierV) builds on this.
The BLV has published a technical information based on all legal requirements. It states all minimum requirements for the keeping of llamas and alpacas.
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