Tappen brings together a range of visitor experiences: supervised encounters with rescued llamas and alpacas, wine and vineyards, and historic vehicles. You can explore the area from several perspectives—from a guided animal encounter to a tour of a winery and indoor and outdoor exhibits.
Animal Encounters, Wine and Vehicles in Tappen
At The Llama Sanctuary, you can enjoy safe, supervised, up-close encounters with rescued llamas and alpacas. On a guided tour, visitors can meet and feed 60 or more animals. Advance booking is required for the tour. Check the booking terms before your trip, as they may change.
At Recline Ridge Winery, a guided tour takes you through the winemaking area and vineyards. Terraces and picnic areas offer the chance to enjoy the winery’s wines with views of the vineyard and grounds. A licensed picnic area and a wine-tasting terrace are also described. Contact the winery directly to check the current availability of the tour and offerings.
The White Post Auto Museum & Antiques Mall displays historic vehicles in both an indoor exhibition space and an outdoor area. This makes it different from the guided visits at the Sanctuary and Recline Ridge: the focus here is on the vehicles and their display. The museum’s opening hours may vary by season; check them before your visit.
If you’re choosing between these experiences, the main difference is their format: a supervised animal encounter with feeding, a guided introduction to winemaking and vineyards, or historic vehicles displayed indoors and outdoors. For the tours, booking or current availability are the practical details to confirm in advance; for the museum, seasonal opening hours may be a deciding factor.
In the wider Columbia-Shuswap destination
The wider Columbia-Shuswap destination also offers distinctive nature and cultural experiences. At Tsútswecw Park, kekulis (pit houses), artifacts and pictographs are among the Shuswap’s strictly protected cultural sites. The park’s 26-kilometre trail network is used for hiking and mountain biking in summer, and cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in winter. So the activities available there vary considerably by season. Another trail option in the wider Columbia-Shuswap destination, the Shannon Beach Trail Network, has four kilometres of hiking and cycling trails, as well as two loop options.
Shuswap Lake Park has a one-kilometre sandy and gravel beach with a buoy-marked swimming area. Copper Island, also within the park, offers a different perspective on the landscape, with a 2.8-kilometre hiking trail.
Discover more destinations: Sorrento, Beaverfoot, Sicamous, Revelstoke, Field, Scotch Creek, Celista, Squilax
Go to the wider travel overview: Columbia-Shuswap.
