All About Alpacas

Alpacas are a small member of the camel (camelid) family, which includes llamas. They originally came from the mountains in South America (Peru, Bolivia, and Chile). Alpacas are about the size of a large dog (100-200 pounds) and tend to be very fuzzy due to their thick, gorgeous fleece.

There are TWO kinds of alpacas:

The Suri (sir-ee) alpaca has long, lustrous fiber that resembles strands of a rope.	The Huacaya (wa-ki-ya) alpaca has fluffy fiber that has crimp (is wavy).

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