Our story written by The Alpaca Man (Jon)

Welcome to Lower Bush Alpacas.

Lower Bush alpacas started when my children Harry and Freddie visited an alpaca farm in September 2018 where Harry was in his element. Just being with alpacas created a feeling we couldn't get enough of and so was born our alpaca love! The alpacas were so curious about Harry and they became best friends immediately. With support from my Dad, Roger, and his wife, Hilary, we were excited to welcome our first five male alpacas into our family. The alpacas came to their new home in Cuxton, Kent in July 2019.

The first 5 boys Aubree, Benjen, Davos, Marsden and Sunset settled into their new home well. Many hours spent with them, getting to know their individual personalities, gaining their trust through making them feel safe and comfortable, meanwhile working hard to learn all about taking care of them. This was further educated by enrolling on some husbandry days (at Spring Farm Alpacas https://www.springfarmalpacas.co.uk ) to ensure we have the knowledge to look after these amazing animals properly. This has then been furthered with CameliDynamics training at SimplyAlpaca in Worstershire.

We opened in the New Year 2020 for Alpaca Experiences, beginning with Alpaca Walking. But it wasn't long before we had to close in March during COVID. This gave us time to tweak a few things and further train the alpacas for other experiences we had planned. We were however able to stay open for vulnerable people who would benefit with the support our team and our wonderful alpacas offer. This is where we started running well being sessions which soon turned into Nurture Groups from schools.

We re opened when we were allowed to and so was born the Picnic with alpacas experience. Up to 6 people (The Covid Rules) were allowed to meet up outside. We advertised this and everyone booked up to get outside and start to re build their lives near the end of a long pandemic.

We now have 15 alpacas and 3 Pygmy goats and we offer a range of wonderful 'Alpaca & Goat Experiences'. Walking, Petting, Picnics, Keeper days, Birthdays, Off sight visits to Weddings, Care Homes, Schools. We run Nurture group sessions with National Autistic Society, Work alongside The City of Rochester School so they can provide BTEC Qualifications and AQA's in Land Based Studies using our farm as a facility for this. Husbandry courses, Voluntary days.

We would like to build on working on our SEN Provision and start working alongside more schools and center's.

See our social media accounts for the daily goings on around the farm.

If you are interested in finding out more or would like to book up an experience in advance or buy a voucher please feel free to contact us or book via the link on the home page.

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