Mariposa Gardens Alpaca Ranch

OBSESSED. My first time ever seeing alpacas and they’re one of my new favorite animals! My friend told me there was an alpaca ranch around here and after searching online, I found this place and came with a couple of friends. When we came here, we didn’t expect it to be a house so we drove around trying to find an entrance. Finally we just decided to park in the front and ring the doorbell, and Allison was kind enough to show us around her beautiful ranch.
They keep the males separate from the females, and sometimes alpacas fight with each other so they separate those as well. And the cutest part is that alpacas love traveling as a herd, so whenever we walked one way, all of them as a pack would follow and go towards us! Apparently the black alpacas are more rare so they have a lot more of those, but personally I think the white ones are the cutest ones ever. I really wanted to buy one and take one home, the cheapest one is a few hundred dollars ahhhhh new goal in life is to have an alpaca when I’m older. You can buy one from here if you’re really interested though, they’d probably be such a great pet to have.
Allison let us feed the alpacas and they tickle you in such a cute way when they’re eating off of your hands! Don’t be scared cause most of them are super friendly. Alpacas are so cute… everything about it is adorable, even their poop is so tiny and circular and cute. And they way they eat and chew on hay OMG SO CUTE. After we took a look around the ranch and got all our pictures, we went inside to check out some products they’ve made from alpacas and oh my they are soft and great quality. I got an alpaca beanie ($ 30) and my friend and sister both got alpaca headbands ($ 20 each), and we bought 5 plush alpaca toys ($ 10 each). Great souvenirs, good for the winter because they’re extra warm.
My friend drove all the way from Monterey Park to check this place out and said it was worth it! We will definitely be back… probably during the winter time when it’s not as hot and we made a deal to come here at least once a year. Would definitely recommend everyone to come here and see CUTE ALPACAS!