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Camp with the Alpacas

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· Yelm, Thurston, Washington
10 acres hosted by Jean V.
4 RV/tent sites
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We fell in love with this house and land when we purchased it in 2009 with the intention of starting an alpaca ranch. We worked for several years to improve the land, pulling acres and acres of Scotch Broom. We now are home to La Vida Alpaca, a herd of about 25 alpacas, and Tahoma Vista Fiber Mill, a custom artisan mill. Meet the alpacas, tour the mill and shop in our farm boutique during your stay. You can also take a fiber arts class while you're here. We can customize one for you. We have great views of Mt. Rainier from many sites on our property. We have a mix of wooded and prairie areas, and cute and friendly alpacas grazing nearby. Note: Site #4 is only available for tent camping. Please book Sites 1-3 if you are have a trailer or RV. Our sites offer potable water, trash disposal, wifi, picnic tables, a toilet, a place for campfires (outside of burn bans), and we are pet friendly! Guests love staying with us: "What a fun and unique trip for our family! Jean and David are such a hardworking and nice couple. We had a great time learning about alpacas. We did the tour and it was really interesting to learn about how the yarn and felt is made. The little shop is cute too and of course we had to grab some souvenirs :) Their dog Snowflake is such a sweetheart and was so kind to our 4.5 year old and rambunctious 2 year old. So neat to have the alpacas roaming around the property. Lots of open spaces for our children to run around on. Definitely recommend!"
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Kendra B.recommends
July 13, 2023
Site 1 - Camp with Alpacas
We had a great two night stay. The hosts are very kind and accommodating folk. My children really enjoyed the alpacas and thought it was a hoot to see them grazing around our campsite.
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Sharon C.recommends
July 1, 2023
Camp with Alpacas
Wonderful stay and visit with the Alpacas. Take the tour, very informative and if you have kids, being able to hug and feed them is priceless. We were the only campers and our first tent camping experience. Went great. My granddaughter loved being with all the animals and her new friend snowflake, the guard dog. Due to another herd we were more towards the front which was a walk to the portapotty but doable.
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Jodie O.recommends
October 10, 2022
Camp with Alpacas
Camping with the alpacas
We Trailer dry-camped with our 3 grandsons (6, 4, and 2) this past weekend, and what a delightful experience! The staff are all so accommodating and informative. The alpaca are sweet, curious, gentle creatures and their guardians Snowflake and Sumi accepted the boys into the herd and we were delighted to hear them alert the couple of times during the night even for all our protection. We felt completely safe and looked after! Our 3 are rambunctious, loud, busy boys yet the weekend felt relaxed and serene in the lovely setting. Thank you to the owners Jean and David for sharing their world with us, and the staff Chayney, James, B, and Linda (and all) for their attentiveness and going above and beyond to help make this weekend special! The boys got to experience supervised petting and feeding of the alpacas, a tour of the working mill, and to visit the shop! We highly recommend doing it all! We will definitely camp with the alpacas again! On a logistical note, we were in campsite Number two, and from what we could see the sites were all nice and flat, amongst some sparse trees, with picnic tables and fire rings… Plenty of space! It was perfect for us! I wish I could attach a picture to this review!
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Chase L.recommends
September 26, 2022
Camp with Alpacas
This was such an awesome experience! Jean and David were a wealth of knowledge and really took the time to answer all of our questions, and there were a lot! We enjoyed the atmosphere being surrounded by alpacas and two of the sweetest dogs! We camped at site 2 which was private enough but still near the alpacas. Highly recommend!
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Stephanie F.recommends
August 15, 2022
Camp with Alpacas
Hanging with alpacas!
My family had a wonderful time staying at Jean’s alpaca farm! We stayed in the first 3 sites with our group, 2 RVs and the rest in tents. They were extremely accommodating with any questions I had prior to the trip. It was so fun having the alpacas wondering around our camp and grazing the grass nearby. Snowflake, the farm dog, was the sweetest girl and loved any cuddles you’re willing to give. The farm tour was very informative. The one difficulty for our group was the bathroom situation and location. It was a little bit of a walk and there was just one porta potty.
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Serine L.recommends
July 11, 2022
Camp with Alpacas
Camping with alpacas.
Love their Great Pyrenees dog, Snowflake! An absolute joy! The alpacas were cute, curious and wandering around the premises which was really fun! Great family & very welcoming!
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Yelm, Thurston, Washington, United StatesTraditional, ancestral territory of Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Stl’pulmsh (Cowlitz), and dxʷsqʷaliʔabš (Nisqually) First Nations according to To respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking
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Hosted by Jean V.Joined in January 2020
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