About Us

Introducing your hosts
 
We are Brenda & Stewart McLean and have been involved in farming all our married lives, initially dairying in the King Country in the North Island and then in Southland and Otago.

Stewart was a third generation dairy farmer, while Brenda was a Secondary school teacher, specialising in social sciences before going on to become a teacher of the deaf. After moving to Southland we became involved in sheep and beef farming.  A big change from dairying.
 
Some years later, after down sizing to a smaller farm near Milton, in Otago, we purchased our first alpacas. The purchase of our first llamas came three years later.  After being asked many times what the difference between alpacas and llamas was, we decided to look at purchasing a llama gelding so that we could show people, and also be able to honestly answer their questions.  We bought 5 female llamas instead!

Our herds have grown and we now have over 200 alpacas (both huacaya & suri), and over 20 llamas. Since then we have been asked many times which we prefer – llamas or alpacas.  I can honestly say neither – we like them both. 
 
Llama trekking offers us a way to share our pleasure in both groups of these wonderful animals, and to share the peace, tranquillity and views of the rolling pastures of our South Otago farm.