A café, double decker bus, gift shop and toilet are on site. Tours of the animals are available at no cost. We are open until the end of October with hours detailed at the bottom of this info. Alpacaccinos Café with a turquoise double decker bus as a seating/viewing area are recent additions. Callanish Alpacas is a family run visitor centre located near to the world famous Callanish Stones on the
beautiful Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. We offer drop-in visits and informal tours during opening hours; no booking is required. We can also organise pre-arranged appointments out of hours when possible. We have 10 adult female alpacas (Caskie, Bella, Petra, Martina, Pandora, Osprey, Petula, Alice, Aurelia and Amy), 1 young male alpaca (Domino) and 5 cria (Lily, Loki, Odin, Thora and Zeus). Humpty, Dumpty and Wallace are ridiculously tame Kunekune pigs who were initially eyed with suspicion by the alpacas! We have 8 rare breed four-horned Hebridean sheep (Dafydd, Dai, Delilah, Dwt, Venetia, Dewi, Raleigh and their impressive father Leo). We can’t of course fail to mention Dougal "the tour guide" sheep along with Havana and her twins Zebedee and Zachary who are Zwartble sheep and are extremely friendly. We also have many breeds of unusual looking chickens (Silkie, Pekin, Pilkie, Silver Laced Wyandotte, bantam Partridge Wyandotte, a Barnevelder, Polish Crested, bantam Modern Game, Rosecomb, bantam Scot’s Grey, Frizzle, Sizzle, Sablepoot, Chabo and Serama…the world’s smallest breed of chicken!), peafowl, turkeys and ducks of various comical and striking breeds (Indian Runner ducks, Call ducks, Mandarin ducks, Carolina ducks, Muscovy ducks, Khaki Campbell crosses and rescued wild ducks including rare white mallards). All of our animals have names and unique personalities! Please note that the whereabouts of the animals is weather-dependent. There is no charge but a voluntary donation towards the cost of keeping the alpacas and other animals is welcomed. There is a gift shop on site. We are located at 20 Callanish on the A858 100 yards past the main Callanish Stones turn-off coming from the Stornoway direction. Hope to see you soon! OPENING HOURS :
March : Saturday/Sunday 11am - 2pm
April/May : Wednesday to Sunday 11am - 2pm
June to August : Wednesday to Friday 11am - 2pm Saturday/Sunday 11am - 5pm
September/October : Wednesday to Sunday 11am - 2pm
November to February : pre-arranged appointments only
