Your hosts at Starlight Llama are builder John Clapp and sculptor Dee Boyle-Clapp.
Starlight Llama is the region’s only solar-powered, off-the-grid, bed and breakfast in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. Our newly opened bed and breakfast is just minutes from downtown Northampton, but light years from the hustle and bustle of daily life.
Hike, bike, snowshoe, and if you’d like, walk our trails with a llama, toss a snack to the peacocks, or see why everyone loves our miniature donkey. A visit to our llama farm, takes you to 65 acres of conservation restricted property that has been in our family for 6 generations.
Starlight Llama offers three beautiful rooms each decorated with original art, a mix of antique, contemporary and Shaker reproduction furniture. Each has its own private bathroom and two offer a private entrance.
Breakfast starts with coffee or an offering of teas, fresh fruit, and a delicious gourmet breakfast of Swedish oatmeal pancakes, cider French toast, egg dishes compliments of our free-range hens.
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Our Rooms and Fees
Starlight Llama Bed and Breakfast offers three rooms in our contemporary home. Built in 2000, two rooms have their own attached private baths and their own entrance. A third room has its own private bath located directly across the hall. Each room has a queen sized bed and is decorated with original art, a blend of antique and contemporary furniture and Shaker furniture built by John.
Rooms can accommodate one or two people. Children over 12 years of age are welcome, but will need their own room.
Starlight Llama is smoke free in the building and the grounds. If you miss your pets, enjoy our dog and cat.
Room fees are $100 per night. Check in is 5:00 p.m. or as arranged. Check-out is 11 a.m.
Reservations will require a 50% deposit. Cancellations 2 weeks in advance will be credited. We prefer a two-night stay.
Breakfast is served from 8:30 to 10. We will work to accommodate your dietary needs and schedule. Breakfast is gourmet vegetarian, and features a variety of free-range egg dishes. Start with granola, fresh fruit, and enjoy one of our delectable timbales, Swedish oatmeal pancakes, or unique dishes featuring seasonal foods fresh from our garden.
Starlight’s Farm
Our property was part of a 700 acre dairy farm that has been in John’s family for six generations. To protect this land from development, we have placed our 65 acres in a Conservation Restriction, ensuring that meadow and woodland creatures will always have a place to call home.
Coming up the driveway you might see rabbits scurrying back to their hedgerow, indigo buntings, bluebirds and crows and at noon, listen and look for the resident broad hawk.
While walking our trails, we invite you to look for signs of deer, bear, fox and bobcat. Don’t worry, you won’t see the animals themselves and the woods are very safe.
Bird lovers should watch for flocks of wild turkey, woodpeckers, and other native birds. At night listen for the owls or packs of coyote that roam the ridges of the hills. . If a large black bird soars overhead, look at the head. If it is white, you have seen an eagle, if the head appears bald, red or black and it has an enormous wingspan then you have discovered a recent arrival to the Valley, the turkey vulture.
The reservoir across the road often hosts otters, beavers, kingfishers and lone Great Blue Heron.
This is a working llama and hay farm. Depending upon the time of the year, you may witness (or help with!) bringing in the hay, shearing a llama, or digging in the garden.