After many years of friendship, shared school runs, a mutual love of animals and careers in animal care and welfare, not to mention plenty of ‘what shall we do with our lives’ gossips over endless coffee, the Dartmoor Llama dream was born for Scarlett and Debbie in 2024 when Diane and Steve decided to retire from 19 years of llama walking adventures.
One night, (at 11.55pm!) Scarlett stumbled upon the post from Diane sharing her sadness that a new owner had not been found for Dartmoor Llama Trekking and that the business would be closing permanently, and in a sleepless surge of excitement, Scarlett sent a message to enquire.
The next day, after a few texts to Debbie which she thought had the potential to be another one of Scarlett’s ‘it’ll be fine’ moments, an appointment had been made to meet the llamas and to discuss the possibility of purchasing the business.
That evening, when Scarlett popped in for another coffee and gossip, she was greeted by a very smiley Debbie who said, ‘This is it isn’t it!’.
From that moment, it was a whirlwind of llama paperwork, mapping routes on Dartmoor and the request for kind permission from local landowners, until finally, the llama herd arrived at home.
After lots of time spent helping the llamas to settle in to their new home and bonding with their new family, the walking adventures began.
Fast forward to summer 2024 and the Dartmoor Llama Team are ready to welcome new visitors for walks across Dartmoor in the Yelverton area.
