Whitetop is a fluffy, white llama from North Carolina, USA, who spends his days bringing joy to children at Victory Junction camp.
This special camp helps kids with chronic conditions have fun, and Whitetop is always there to play and cuddle with them.
He also looks after the other farm animals like a wise and gentle grandpa! 👴
At the age of 27 years and 250 days old, he officially earned the title of world’s oldest llama EVER.
Whitetop (whose full name is Dove Oaks Whitetop, after the Dove Oaks Farm where he was born) was donated to Victory Junction in February 2006, before you were even born!
So for the last 19 years he has been living there with his beloved campers and staff, to which he’s been super loving and respectful.
Such a good boy! ❤️
“He’s the llama that you love,” Billie Jo Davis, the Barn Director at Victory Junction, told us. “He’s just awesome.”
“He is so good with our campers that as soon as our camp days start, he just lays down and he doesn't get up until lunch. He'll just lay there and he lets kids run up to him and love on him,” she added.“He treats it like a job – it is his job!”
In the barnyard, Whitetop lives with…
- 9 horses 🐎
- 2 goats 🐐
- 2 rabbits 🐇
- 2 donkeys 🫏
- 1 cow 🐄
His pasture mates are 2 miniature donkeys named Jed and Jethro, and his best friend is Gus-Gus, a miniature highland cow that grew up alongside Whitetop and thinks of him as… his grandpa!
“Because they played so much together, Gus-Gus thinks Whitetop is a cow!” said Billie Jo.
“He likes to try to jump on him and play with him, and we're like, no, he's old, leave him alone! But Whitetop is just too sweet with them.”
Whitetop never spits at anyone – which, believe it or not, is super rare for a llama! 🤪
Well, if we’re being completely honest, he does sometimes try to spit at his pasture mates when he wants food (or when they annoy him, which we understand), but he’s so old that nothing comes out.
Kids get to pet, groom, and take pictures with Whitetop. They have the best time together!
In fact, his absolute favourite thing to do with people is take selfies – so if you want a photo of Whitetop, you have to take a picture with Whitetop...
What a diva. 😎
About his personality, Billie Jo said:
“He's not afraid of anything. He’s so good at his job that he can always be trusted with campers of all abilities. He's just there for them.”
Welcome to the Guinness World Records family, Whitetop!
