Stubbs Farm Alpacas

You'll find yourself face to face with some genuinely curious alpacas at Stubbs Farm, just outside Bungay in Norfolk. These are proper friendly creatures - they'll amble over to investigate you as much as you've come to gawk at them. The farm lets you get up close, which is the whole appeal. Kids absolutely love it, though fair warning: if your children are the type to lose interest after twenty minutes, this isn't a full day out. An hour or so is realistic unless you're combining it with a walk around the surrounding countryside.

What you're doing is straightforward - feeding and interacting with the alpacas, taking photos, generally enjoying the novelty of being near these long-necked, woolly animals without a zoo barrier between you. It's low-key and genuinely fun if you're into that sort of thing. The farm setting means you get the smell and the mud to go with it, which some people love and others find offputting.

If you're staying at Wardley Hill Campsite just 2.7 miles away, this works as a decent half-day activity to break up a camping holiday. The Wildings Elms Meadow and Dawn Chorus Holidays are also nearby if you're glamping instead. Norfolk's full of quiet country pursuits, so Stubbs Farm fits neatly into that slower-paced farm visit category. Worth checking their website or ringing ahead for admission costs and opening times before you head out - farm opening hours can be seasonal.