The Llama Lodge

05/06/2024

Happy birthday to this crazy alien species aka Myrddin our ‘baby’ llama, who is seven today. Still existing in his own little world…no one knows what he thinks……or if he even thinks... All we know is that he is the calmest, most gentle soul, with an amazing smooth silky coat!

05/06/2024

Max always enjoys Mondays

05/06/2024

Many thanks to Lauren from Dyfed Farm Vets for visiting the llamas this week and giving everyone their annual vaccinations. Animal welfare is always top of everything we do here and we really appreciated Lauren’s calm and confident presence around the llamas and making sure they were safe for another year.

05/06/2024

Happy birthday to our kind senior llama Ieuan, who turned 11 today. Always the perfect gentlemen, who is not too keen in the limelight but always happy to help out. Time flies when you’re llama trekking! 🦙🦙🦙

05/06/2024

Dylan the submarine

22/05/2024

Here’s a few of the cheeky young llamas that we have rehomed in the past year. From left: greedy Gordon Brown (probably part guanaco, and we suspect a bit in-bred!), centre is Ethelred - a very sweet patient boy, and right: Bojack, a beautiful young man who loves to kick over his food buckets!

Lurking in the background is Albie (L), one of our trustee’s llamas, and Jojo Llama (R), another llama we rehomed last year. He was likely under 1 year old when he arrived guessing by his size. Like all our rehomed llamas, his exact age is unknown.

We’ve been busy fattening all these skinny young boys up over the winter, and they are currently loving the fresh spring grass!

22/05/2024

Myrddyn munching away in the sun

19/05/2024

Hendrix enjoying golden hour 🌞🦙🦙🦙

19/05/2024

17/05/2024

Happy birthday to the most famousest llama in the entire wide world, Max! Also the biggest diva. Seven today, where has the time gone? Penblwydd hapus you big hairy beautiful prima donna 🥳🦙🤗

17/05/2024

Happy llamaversary everyone! 🥳🦙

13th May marks the date that llamas first descended upon Glanrhydwilym, and they continue to amaze us just as much now as they did all those years ago. There’s nothing better than hanging out with these curious souls in the fields and listening to what they have to say 🤗🦙🦙🦙

15/04/2024

I went on holiday to a llama sanctuary and it was so amazing I'm already planning my return 🦙🥰 https://tinyurl.com/4ckfvarc

06/04/2024

This is Jeremy, a llama that we rehomed last year. Next to him are Elvis (L) and Sir Patrick Moore (R), our Customer Liason Turkeys. This photo actually won an award run by the British Llama Society, under the theme ‘best friends’. The turkeys often try to come with us on llama treks; indeed we have often wondered whether we should branch out into turkey trekking, such is their enthusiasm for following us everywhere. They’re a massive hit with our visitors too - we have a saying here: people come for the llamas but leave with the turkeys - such is their popularity and frequent mentions in the guest book and in reviews. Guests are routinely heard to utter the phrase ‘I’ve never seen a live turkey before in person’. Everyone goes home a turkey convert.

No need to convert anyone to llamas of course. Jeremy here came from a large herd of over 100 llamas that we coordinated the rehoming of last year on a really tight time span. Jeremy and a few of his friends ended up staying with us long term, and waking up to see his sweet little face every morning reminds us of how privileged we are to do what we do and gives us the strength to continue doing it. Lots of exciting plans and discussions taking place currently for the next phase of Project Llama. As soon as everything is in place and we’re ready to go you’ll be first to hear about it here! Thanks as always for your support and to everyone who has supported us through this wet wet wet muddy winter.

01/01/2024

Happy New Llama Ears everyone 🥳🦙

05/12/2023

Christmas Gift Vouchers now available from www.llamas.wales !

Help feed our hungry rescue llamas this winter by picking up a gift voucher (or six). Each voucher entitles the lucky recipient to a free llama walk with their very own llama - a win win for everybody!

Get ‘em before the turkeys eat them 🥳🦙🦃

23/10/2023

05/10/2023

Noah felt obliged to stop for a toilet break on one of our recent llama treks. Ethelred looks on disgusted 🦙💩🫢

16/09/2023

Noah and Alex recently on one of our weekly llama treks through the valley. Want to join us? Book now via www.llamas.wales 🦙🦙🦙

14/09/2023

Exploring recently with world famous Max Llama, little Noah, and trainee rehomed llama Ethelred, who has been joining us at the back of the llama line on some customer llama treks lately, and is doing really well - we’re so proud of him! 😊🦙🦙🦙

16/08/2023

A few weeks back we finally finished this year’s shearing. Very late this year due to all the wet weather. We shear purely for health reasons - to keep the llamas cool in summer. The undomesticated guanaco that llamas are descended from shed their coats, but llamas - being an entirely domesticated species that have been selectively bred for their fibre for thousands of years - require regular shearing in order to stop overheating. Not every llama necessarily needs shearing every year - it depends very much on their coat type and the individual animal.

Here head llama Teilo models the 2023 look - and doesn’t he look happy about it 😊🦙

26/04/2023

Celebrate Spring with Zazu 🌼🦙

22/04/2023

Big thanks to Dyfed Farm Vets for providing our annual llama health check recently - everyone got a clean bill of health and some good drugs to keep them fighting fit for for another year 💪🏿🦙😊