Trakai Animals: Alpacas and Horse Trails
Type “Trakai zoo” into a search bar and you will come up empty, because there is no zoo, aquarium or safari park anywhere in the town or the surrounding national park. What genuinely exists is smaller and more specific: one alpaca farm and a pair of riding stables in the countryside around Trakai.
Alpaca Family Park, 9km out
Lithuania’s first registered alpaca farm sits in Raudoniškės, near Seimėnai village, about 9km northeast of Trakai, home to more than 40 alpacas brought originally from Chile and Peru. Visits run by scheduled group session rather than casual drop-in, so book ahead through the farm’s own site or its GetYourGuide listing, which pairs the farm with a short Trakai city stop . Visitors can pet and hand-feed the animals and learn the difference between huacaya and suri fleece before buying raw, unprocessed wool at the farm shop.
Horseback riding in the national park
Naujadvario žirgai, based in Jovariškės village about 3km west of Trakai, and Laimingas žirgas on the town’s outskirts both run guided trail rides through the pine forests and lakeshores of Trakai Historical National Park, with lessons for beginners and pony rides for children alongside hacks for experienced riders. Trakai’s official tourism site lists current stables and contact details, since neither club takes walk-up bookings.
Wild fauna, not a wildlife park
Lake Galvė and Lake Skaistis draw mute swans, great crested grebes and mallards year-round, easy to watch from any of the lakeside footpaths without a guide. Inside the Varnikai Botanical-Zoological Reserve east of town, roe deer, wild boar and foxes turn up occasionally along the boardwalk trail, though sightings are opportunistic rather than guaranteed the way a wildlife park would promise.
What not to expect
There is no dolphinarium, no big-cat park and no petting zoo inside Trakai itself; anything advertised that way is either describing the alpaca farm under a different name or is not actually in Trakai.
The verdict
The alpaca farm is the one animal activity worth building a special trip around; the horse stables suit anyone already planning to spend time in the national park on foot or by bike, and the birdwatching is a free bonus rather than a separate outing.
Before you go
Call or message the alpaca farm and the stables ahead of your visit date rather than showing up unannounced, since both run on scheduled sessions and neither keeps regular walk-in hours. For the broader family angle on Trakai, see the family-friendly activities guide .