Atlanta Alpaca Treehouse in the Bamboo Forest — Attraction in Atlanta

Spiteful hosts. We booked their llama cottage through Airbnb, upon arriving to the home we quickly realized how unsafe the neighborhood was. There were many individuals on the streets and one approached our vehicle making threats. Ourselves and young children were shaken up. We got to the cottage and noticed things like the ac unit is padlocked (to prevent theft because it’s a rough neighborhood), the front door looks like it has previous damage maybe from a forced entry, and the hosts tell you to take everything out of your vehicle for this reason as well. This is in addition to the encounter we had deemed an unpleasant check in process. Once we got our kids inside and calm, we decided not to stay here because no one felt safe. We left within a hour of checking in and contacted the hosts with our reasons, and asked if they would be open to working out any sort of refund. They were immediately offended and refused, but worse than that they treated us rudely. They made comments like “we’re off to a birthday dinner so we’ll just let Airbnb handle it” “we’re in city what do you expect” Zero empathy for our family’s experience and basically disbelief. Why would we travel hours to get there just to turn around and find different lodging with small children? Kara then left a review on my Airbnb profile, after I was very kind and told her I wouldn’t leave a poor review for them regardless of not wanting to work with us. In her review she said that we had unpacked all of our things into their home for hours and then just decided to leave which is totally untrue. I don’t understand why a host would leave a poor review when we did not damage their home nor their reputation. We had a bad experience and decided not to stay. They still kept our money, so what gain do you have by being that...

A hidden gem in Atlanta, tucked away in an unassuming area on Fayetteville road is an amazing little rescue farm and bamboo forest with a custom built treehouse. Kara( one of the owners) is so knowledgeable and caring when sharing her story of how chickens were a gateway to a Llama and Alpaca rescue-sanctuary . The tour takes you on the farm to hear the history of the animals, the motivation behind the rescue area and the treehouse. You round out the experience with a walk thru the bamboo forest and feeding the rescues organic carrots. Photogenic” Figgie”is curious and the queen of the farm. Dali-Llama is on the mend and keeps an eye out for all the action. Please note: Limited parking on site Lots of free street parking on Mary Dell. Wear comfortable farm appropriate shoes . You will be walking in animal areas on straw/ hay , dirt and wood. Bring your own water bottle. Limit outside items like purses and extra items to carry. (You are outdoors on a farm and there is no storage area) This is NOT a petting zoo. This is a rescue farm where these animals find safe haven and live out the rest of their lives. Some have very difficult stories and can be distant. When you come you will be visiting them in their home so please be kind and let them come and interact with you. They do not like to be touched on the face . (Then again you too tend not to like to be touched on the face by strangers.) The chance to feed them carrots was interesting as they have no teeth at the top only at the bottom. Their lips work like that of an elephant trunk. When you leave you will walk away better informed and grounded. I encourage you to take an Atlanta Stay- Cay at the Atlanta Alpaca ( and Llama, chickens , rabbits, dogs, fruit trees, flowers , bamboo...

We were here for a Wine Tasting event. Tickets online were $20+tax/person. When we arrived it was a bit weird as there was no desk to “check-in” or a person who would greet guests and say a few words about the place or how the event worked. We found a small desk where the wine tasting was happening. We asked the guys how it worked and what we could use the tickets for. They didn’t know and said that the tasting was free. They were also selling wine for $10/glass. The alpacas were beautiful and they were roaming freely among guests which was fun, however it was obvious that they didn’t want to be touched at all and were not interested in people, unless they were being fed carrots (small bags of carrots were also extra $$). Overall it would’ve been a fun experience, but $42 for two people is extremely expensive, just to be able to see some alpacas. No one asked for the tickets so I guess anyone could just walk in for free and buy a glass of wine and have the same experience. I wish I had given that money to an animal shelter instead. (Btw, we’ve been to an alpaca farm not so long ago North of Atlanta, and a complete 1 hour-long tour was $17/pp and the place was much bigger and had many more different animals too.) Sadly this wasn’t a well-organized event, and quite frankly even though the animals were cute, it felt like a rip off.

Response to the owner: we spent about an hour there but no one was at the gate during that time. Also, it wasn't made clear that this was a fundraiser event and I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere that the money goes towards the treatment of injured animals. But I'm happy if that's the case as we like to support anything that has to do with the well-being of animals. I hope they will get...