London Dairy Alpacas — Attraction in Town of Two Rivers

LondonDairy is an excellent example of a “working” alpaca ranch that offers the opportunity to tour by appointment and learn about the uniqueness of alpacas and their history along with some insight into raising alpacas. Whenever I have visited the ranch, the owner and staff have been very friendly and knowledgeable. The tours are informative and the tour guides make learning about the alpacas very fun and interesting. There is even a small gift store where you can pick up some yarn, socks, scarves, hats and other unique apparel made with alpaca fiber or even items from the alpaca home country of Peru. The owner also offers very helpful and in depth learning seminars on occasion. I was amazed to learn how fragile an alpaca really is and how susceptible to illness and diseases they are, and the care that needs to be taken in order to raise them and keep them healthy and safe. I can understand and appreciate that LondonDairy is a working ranch as well as the owner’s private residence and not an open petting zoo, even though the alpacas are very cute. I have learned that there are a lot of safeguards that need to be taken and I greatly appreciate that the owner is kind enough to offer tours and open the gift store by appointment, so we that are unfamiliar with alpacas can have an opportunity to learn more about this very...

We were on our way up to egg harbor for a wedding and stopped our first night at the lighthouse inn. We saw an ad in one of their brochures for London Dairy Alpacas. We had some time before our other hotel check in and called to see what this place was all about. The gentleman on the phone was so sweet and sold us on taking a tour about 2 hours later that day. We are so happy that we went. The farm is so clean and well taken care of. Our tour guide, Laura, was very knowledgeable and took time to answer questions. There was another group of 5 that were there also and we had a blast. Now the Alpacas. We fell in love. They are so sweet and adorable. You can tell just by looking at them how well they are taken care of. It took us a few attempts to pet them because even though we thought we were moving slow we weren't moving slow enough for them! We got to feed them and watch them interact with each other. It honestly was one of the biggest highlights of our trip. It has been a week and my husband is still talking about them. We would go back in a heartbeat. And at 6 dollars a person it's a steal. We would pay double and still love it just as much. I ended up buying a little lion made of alpaca hair and it is my favorite keepsake from our entire trip. Also make sure if you can to tip Laura!...

Unfortunately, my family and I had a similar experience to some of the others posting here. Two days after calling for information about tours and being told that, for the self- guided tour "any day after 4:30 is usually fine, " my wife called to ask about coming out later that day. The same voice that seemed so pleasant during the earlier call was now severe, rude, and patronizing. She said "we are a working farm and require advanced registration!" My wife then politely asked when a good time would be and was told "it's not going to be possible" and then the voice hung up on her. We understand perfectly well what a working farm entails as we both come from farming families. However, if you are offering a public service you should never treat your customers as if they are beneath you. I'm thankful for these reviews as a place where bad behavior can be called out. I would hope that the inevitable response from the owners will be apologetic and conciliatory rather than the repetition of their appointment policy and "working farm" excuse posted so many times here, but beware. Also, I find it interesting that at least a couple of the positive reviews use exactly the same language, sometimes several times. Makes me wonder about the authenticity of...