My kids and I love capybaras, and for a long time, we have talked about doing an experience with capybaras. We can’t remember the last time we have seen capybaras in person, and we have never been up close. I recently moved to North Carolina and found a fun interactive capybara experience about an hour from Raleigh.

I reserved the experience online. You pick a time and pay ahead of time, although I believe you can also pay on site. However, it seemed like most of the experiences booked up quickly, so it would be tough to know if you could get a spot.

The drive was easy to get to the farm, and is just over an hour from Raleigh.

There are many experiences to choose from at Liberty Acres, from viewing animals to interactions. We decided on “pumpkin carving with pumpkins” in October.

Experience the Joy of Capybara! and love on the largest rodent in the world! Spend an hour at the pond with Capybara, feed them, pet them and take memorable photos! Capybara are active all year long! Not much time in the water when it’s cold! Minor must be accompanied by a paid guardian.

There was plenty of parking, and we signed in and headed over to the capybara enclosure. There is a large area along the pond with numerous capybaras.

We were given a pumpkin with our entry, and we got to work feeding the capybaras!

There were full grown capybaras, as well as babies. They were all very cute and friendly!

I had so much fun with the capybaras. I have never been close to a capybara, no less able to pet one or feed it. They are very calm and fun to hang out with because they are so chill.

We did not carve any pumpkins because we were too busy feeding the capybaras. You can see they were busy polishing off the pumpkins!

In addition to the capybaras, there were many other animals and experiences to choose from. We would have stayed longer to see more animals, but we had some other commitments. The capybara experience was a bit of a splurge, but was on par with what other places charge.

Check out Liberty Acres at https://libertyacres.org/