点评:I've always wanted to visit Shamarra Alpaca Farm so on recent day trip to Akaroa we went for a day-after my birthday treat (please note you do need to book first, you can't just turn up).
Unfortunately, being July, although it wasn't raining at the time, it was damp underfoot and there was low cloud, so what I imagine would've been beautiful scenery was somewhat obscured. I'd highly recommend wearing gumboots during the wetter months. We didn't take a change of footwear and although there are brushes there to get rid of the excess mud, our shoes were still left a bit dirty which we were conscious of when we then went on to Akaroa. It's also a bit muddy in the winter months around the entrance to the farm shop so we traipsed mud into the car.
The road/driveway up to the farm is single lane, however the staff are awesome at ensuring you won't meet someone coming the other way.
The staff were all very friendly and polite. We learnt so much about alpacas. We got to get up close to a number of them, including some younger ones. To my surprise, the male alpacas are more sociable than the females.
Our tour group were small, we met a lovely family over from Sydney, I hope the rest of their travels around NZ went well. The hot drink and snack afterwards is a great idea.
I'd highly recommend this farm tour to anyone who likes alpacas. It would just be better to do it in summer.
翻译:我一直想去参观 Shamarra 羊驼农场,所以最近去阿卡罗阿一日游时,我生日后第二天就去了那里(请注意,您需要先预订,不能直接到场)。
不幸的是,当时是 7 月,虽然当时没有下雨,但脚下很潮湿,还有低云,所以我想象中的美丽风景有些模糊。我强烈建议在雨季穿雨靴。我们没有换鞋,虽然那里有刷子可以去除多余的泥土,但我们的鞋子还是有点脏,我们去阿卡罗阿时意识到了这一点。冬季,农场商店入口附近也有点泥泞,所以我们把泥土踩进了车里。
通往农场的道路/车道是单车道,但工作人员很棒,确保您不会遇到迎面而来的人。
工作人员都非常友好和礼貌。我们学到了很多关于羊驼的知识。我们有机会近距离接触其中的一些羊驼,包括一些年轻的羊驼。令我惊讶的是,雄性羊驼比雌性羊驼更善于交际。
我们的旅行团很小,我们遇到了一个来自悉尼的可爱家庭,我希望他们在新西兰的其余旅行一切顺利。之后的热饮和小吃是个好主意。
我强烈推荐这个农场之旅给任何喜欢羊驼的人。夏天去会更好。