Walking llamas is a lot of fun and something that if you have the opportunity to do, to try it!

 

It was a cold spring morning in Norway with the temperature at around -4 °c and I'm wrapped up warm with my walking boots on, ready to meet my llama. We walked up to the llama farm where we saw the llamas for the first time. They were very calm and relaxed and were quite intrigued about us, they did come over to their fence to say hello.

 

We met our tour guide who was very nice and then we proceeded to watch the llamas get their walking harnesses and their leads put on. We had a quick lesson on how to handle them and then we got out llamas. They had fun names like: Google, Kevin, Toby and Elvis. We then had a test walk to get to meet our llama around a field. They definitely each have their own personalities which is very sweet. After our test walk in the field we began our tour of the local village. It was great fun.

 

We took them through the fields of Norway. The scenery was amazing with the mountains surrounding us, with their snowy tops and small waterfalls. We set for a gentle pace through the fields, past some raspberry canes as well as a beautiful stream we had to cross. The llamas behaved well and we only avoided a few spits. 

 

We then walked back to the farm where they were taken off their harnesses and back in the pen where they joined each other and went back to eating and relaxing.

Felix, a member of the group I went on the llama walk with says, ’It was great! I don't think my llama wanted to be besties initially but he warmed up near the end.’

I would definitely recommend a walk with a llama as it was very funny and an experience that I will never forget. Locally there are many different petting zoos around Colchester which have animal handling experiences, this will bring immense amounts of enjoyment for all the family!