Callanish Alpacas
A charity near the Callanish Stones caring for alpacas and more than a hundred and eighty rescued and rare-breed animals, with free entry, tours, a cafe and a shop.
A short way from the Callanish Stones, Callanish Alpacas is a small charity that looks after a whole farmyard of animals, many of them rescued or of rare breeds.
Alpacas are the stars, often wearing bright coats against the island weather, but there are also four-horned sheep, pigs, ducks, chickens, turkeys and a peacock who likes to show off his tail.
Entry is free, and a guided tour introduces you to the animals, each of which has a name. Visitors praise how close you can get and how friendly and knowledgeable the owners and staff are. Afterwards there is coffee in the cafe, where you can try an Alpacaccino, seats in an old double-decker bus, and a gift shop of alpaca goods.
The centre opens from Wednesday to Sunday, eleven until two. Donations help pay for the animals' care.
Wednesday to Sunday, 11am to 2pm.
Free; donations welcome.
- Where
- Callanish, Lewis.
- Entry
- Free, with a tour.
- Also
- Cafe and shop.
Opening hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- 11am–2pm
- Thursday
- 11am–2pm
- Friday
- 11am–2pm
- Saturday
- 11am–2pm
- Sunday
- 11am–2pm
At 20 Callanish, close to the Callanish Stones, HS2 9DY.
Callanish StonesA cross-shaped setting of standing stones on a ridge above Loch Roag, raised 5,000 years ago, before Stonehenge.Under a mile3 min by road
Hebridean Copper Kettle FudgeFudge from an honesty box at Breasclete.1 mile3 min by road
Dun Carloway BrochA 2,000-year-old broch tower on a rocky knoll near Carloway, still standing nine metres tall.6 miles9 min by road
Gearrannan Blackhouse VillageA village of nine restored thatched blackhouses by the sea at Garenin, lived in until 1974.8 miles16 min by road
Mangersta Sea StacksSea stacks on the Uig coast.26 miles33 min by road
Places to stay near the charity, and when each is next free.
Scotland, in print.
Every photograph commissioned, every word written by somebody who went. Printed twice a year, made in Scotland.
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