Ashdown Forest Llama Park
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The Ashdown Forest Llama Park is a large park situated in the Ashdown Forest
, East Sussex
, at Wych Cross, Forest Row
. It is home to more than 100 llama
s and alpaca
s. This number has increased dramatically since the foundation of the park in 1987 and its opening to the public in 1996.
Reindeer
are also on show at the park.
Buildings include a small museum / education centre, and the shop and café in the visitors' centre. There is also a farmhouse, which is home to the park's owners.
The aim of the park is to breed and sell llamas and alpacas, and to increase people's knowledge of the animals. It also gives visitors the opportunity to learn about domestication of species in the lama
genus in the Andes
hundreds of years ago.
The shop sells llama-themed gifts, as well as Peruvian
clothes and food.
Ashdown Forest
Ashdown Forest is an ancient area of tranquil open heathland occupying the highest sandy ridge-top of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is situated some south of London in the county of East Sussex, England...
, East Sussex
East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
, at Wych Cross, Forest Row
Forest Row
Forest Row is a village and relatively large civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. The village is located three miles south-east of East Grinstead.-History:...
. It is home to more than 100 llama
Llama
The llama is a South American camelid, widely used as a meat and pack animal by Andean cultures since pre-Hispanic times....
s and alpaca
Alpaca
An alpaca is a domesticated species of South American camelid. It resembles a small llama in appearance.Alpacas are kept in herds that graze on the level heights of the Andes of southern Peru, northern Bolivia, Ecuador, and northern Chile at an altitude of to above sea level, throughout the year...
s. This number has increased dramatically since the foundation of the park in 1987 and its opening to the public in 1996.
Reindeer
Reindeer
The reindeer , also known as the caribou in North America, is a deer from the Arctic and Subarctic, including both resident and migratory populations. While overall widespread and numerous, some of its subspecies are rare and one has already gone extinct.Reindeer vary considerably in color and size...
are also on show at the park.
Buildings include a small museum / education centre, and the shop and café in the visitors' centre. There is also a farmhouse, which is home to the park's owners.
The aim of the park is to breed and sell llamas and alpacas, and to increase people's knowledge of the animals. It also gives visitors the opportunity to learn about domestication of species in the lama
Lama (genus)
Lama is the modern genus name for two South American camelids, the wild guanaco and the domesticated llama. This genus is closely allied to the wild vicuña and domesticated alpaca of the genus Vicugna. Before the Spanish conquest of the Americas, llamas and alpacas were the only domesticated...
genus in the Andes
Andes
The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...
hundreds of years ago.
The shop sells llama-themed gifts, as well as Peruvian
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
clothes and food.