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Are you looking for basic grass roots information on farming alpacas?
Yes, well you're in the right place. In places throughout this website you'll see the reference to Camelids, that's because Camels, Alpacas and llamas, Vicuna and Guanaco are all members of the camelid family. We have both llamas and Alpacas hence the word camelids being used. We pride ourselves in giving honest advise and straight up answers to any of your questions. No hard sell just honest options so you can be well informed before you even decide alpacas or Llamas are for you. We'll show you how to catch and pen your Alpacas / Llamas - Body Condition Score your new friends - Trim nails - give vaccinations - place the Halter on - help with shearing arrangements if needed either here with us or at your place. Lots of information is also available here in the husbandry section

Are camelids really as easy to care for as you have read elsewhere?
Yes, they really are. We waste many hours just sitting and enjoying the company of our camelids, they're very inquisitive creatures and love to check out what's going on around them. Shearing needs done once a year, they eat about as much as a sheep does but Alpaca get 75% more nutrition from what they eat turning it into energy etc. You can see more on Alpaca health here

Do they spit?
Yes, they do BUT generally only at each other.If you do get spat at it's usually because they feel threatened by you, or you haven't read the body language and they were actually aiming at another camelid which you happened to be in the crossfire of.

What's the difference between Alpacas and llamas?
Llamas are the bigger of the two camelids, but with the quieter nature as far as I'm concerned. Llamas have big banana shaped ears and short fibre on their face and legs. Llamas are great companion animals and love long treks, they'll carry a pack and comfortably carry around 60 kg. Alpacas are happier just to hang out with their mates in a paddock, they are the fibre producing gurus. You can work with the fibre off both animals but the alpacas fleece is just incredible and without the guard hair which all double coated or woolley llamas have. Under that guard though is a lovely almost down like fibre, really soft but short in length. Check out some of the photos and you'll see both Alpacas and llamas, our section on the history of camelids should help answer some other questions

Warning Proceed with Caution these animals are highly addictive.

We'd love to thank the more than 60 people that came to meet and greet our camelid friends on our Open day in May. Lots of questions were asked and all of our girls stood nicely in their paddocks for the attention well received. Everyone of the visitors had their own favourites in the herd. The obstacle course was a huge hit with the kids and grown ups alike. 6 of our beautiful pets have also now got new homes to go to and we'd personally like to welcome those people to the wonderful world of alpacas. More photos from the open day are in the News and Photos section,

 Our online shop is now up and running! Enjoy.

We are proudly members of the Alpaca Association of New Zealand.