General admission
Use the farm map to meet the animals and explore designated areas without following a scheduled group tour.
Roscoe, New York
Buck Brook Alpacas
A family-owned Western Catskills farm combining flexible public visits, individual alpaca walks, fiber production, shopping, private events, and barn lodging.
Official farm website
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Farm profile
A working fiber farm with several levels of visitor access
Buck Brook Alpacas is a family-owned farm in the Western Catskills. Alpaca breeding, livestock sales, fiber production, agritourism, and retail all operate from the same property. Visitors primarily come for the alpacas, but the public experience can also include llamas, sheep, goats, rabbits, peacocks, barn cats, and other farm residents.
Instead of one standard tour, Buck Brook offers several ticket types. Guests can explore independently with a map, begin with a short staff introduction, reserve a private educational tour, or book a 30-minute walk with an individual alpaca. Seasonal yoga, assisted photo sessions, private gatherings, and special events add other reasons to visit.
Public farm visits
Explore independently or begin with a guided welcome
General admission provides a farm map with animal facts and lets guests move through the designated visitor areas at their own pace. Most people finish in under an hour, although the experience is not restricted to a fixed tour length. Feed can be purchased during check-in for supervised hand-feeding of alpacas and other animals.
The guided-welcome ticket starts with about 15 minutes of staff-led orientation and questions before visitors continue independently. It includes a small cup of feed and expands the introduction to the farm’s fiber animals. Both formats require every visitor to check in at the farm store upon arrival, and children age five and younger are currently admitted without charge.
Guided welcome
Start with a short lesson and questions, receive feed, and then continue around the farm independently.
Alpaca walk
Take a 30-minute walk with one alpaca, followed by time to meet the farm’s other residents.
Reserved experiences
Walks, private tours, yoga, photos, and celebrations
Alpaca walks pair one participant with one animal for a 30-minute route. Strollers are not allowed on the walk, and children younger than 12 must share an alpaca with an accompanying adult. Friends or family members who want to walk alongside without handling an alpaca need general-admission tickets. These rules make the walk different from simply adding animal time to ordinary admission.
Private tours offer approximately 30 to 40 minutes of guided education for small or larger groups. The farm also schedules alpaca yoga during selected seasons and offers 40-minute staff-assisted photo sessions that require at least 48 hours of advance planning. Customized private events can combine walks, crafts, herd interaction, and food service for birthdays, showers, reunions, school trips, weddings, and other gatherings.
See the private-event possibilitiesFarm store and overnight stay
Fiber goods downstairs and lodging above the barn
The farm store serves as both the visitor check-in point and a substantial retail operation. Its in-person and online collections include yarn, fleece, roving, hand-knit pieces, clothing, socks, hats, blankets, home goods, children’s items, ornaments, gifts, and locally handmade products made with fiber from the herd. Inventory changes, so the live store is the place to check current availability.
An apartment above the barn provides an overnight farm stay with broad Catskills views and the animals housed below. The stay includes a guided farm tour, but visitors can otherwise use the apartment as a quiet base rather than participate in farm chores. Availability and reservations are handled through the lodging platform linked by Buck Brook; this profile links only to the farm’s own lodging information.
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A flexible Catskills farm visit
Buck Brook provides more entry choices than many New York alpaca farms. Independent visitors can explore with a map, first-time guests can add a guided welcome, and people seeking more structured animal time can reserve a walk or private tour.
The farm store makes alpaca fiber uses visible through yarn and finished goods, while the farm stay extends the experience overnight. Families can also review how to meet alpacas calmly before taking part in feeding or close animal interaction.
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Confirm the ticket format, current schedule, child rules, weather status, cancellation terms, and any add-on experiences before traveling.
Farm experiences, store offerings, and visitor policies were checked against Buck Brook Alpacas’ official website on September 18, 2026. Confirm current arrangements directly with the farm before traveling.