Alpaca farming

Are you interested in having alpacas on your farm, or do you want to expand your existing alpaca herd? We have alpacas for sale and can provide good advice, guidance and follow-up. See the information below and feel free to contact us.

We started with alpacas in 2016, with five alpaca mares that were delivered from Lille Alpakka in Nesbyen, and we currently have a herd of about 45 alpacas. We have pregnant mares and are expecting new offspring in the summer of 2026. We focus on breeding and selling live animals. The alpacas are also the farm's production animals that provide us with fiber (wool) that we process into finished products. We have a niche farm shop with alpaca products from the animals on the farm. From 2025, we will offer alpaca meat. A fantastically good meat that is very protein-rich. The meat contains a lot of iron and is considered a lean meat. The alpacas are often used as therapy animals in our Inn på tunet offer. We offer alpaca safaris and alpaca walks on the farm. The alpacas are herd animals, and our animals are used to people and visitors. Some of the alpacas have also been trained to participate in alpaca walks. Alpaca hiking is a guided tour where participants rent their very own alpaca for a walk in the forest and fields.

Covering service for your alpaca mares
We offer mares for breeding. We are happy to take the mares here if desired. We have breeding stallions for sale. Contact us for prices and animal shows.

We offer free breeding of young mares for the first year if you have purchased a young mare from us that is not pregnant. Our alpaca herd is registered in the Norwegian Alpaca Register (NAR) under the name Alpakkagaarden. All our animals have a health certificate, are vaccinated and are followed up with vitamins and minerals. They have their nails regularly clipped, and the fiber is clipped every year in April/May. All alpacas are trained to wear a halter.

Alpacas for sale
We have several animals for sale. Prices start from NOK 15,000 for harness training and manageable young stallions. Pregnant mares from NOK 25,000.
(price varies according to the animal's pedigree, quality and other characteristics). We offer a package price with a 20% discount when purchasing 5 or more animals.

We are committed to breeding so that the herd as a whole improves. We want consistent and good quality throughout the herd because we want to utilize all the fiber for yarn and alpaca products. We want good health and good behavior in all the animals we have. We are therefore careful to use stallions that have a good pedigree, good behavior and that have produced good offspring in the past.

Alpaca exhibitions

We regularly participate in alpaca exhibitions to get professional feedback on our breeding work. We have white, light, fawn, brown, black and gray. White alpacas have been bred the longest, so here the fiber is the finest. White is also the dominant color in alpacas. White fiber is considered (in most countries) the most valuable because of its good quality and because it can be dyed.

You can find useful information at https://www.alpakkaforeningen.no/info/

There you can find information about the Norwegian Alpaca Register (NAR). You will also find a link to the alpaca guide.

General information about alpacas
The alpaca is a peaceful animal belonging to the camel family. It is originally from the Altiplano, a large area in the Andes in South America. They have an average weight of 60-70 kg and a shoulder height of around 1 metre. Around 80% of the world's alpacas are in Peru, but the USA and Australia also have large populations. In Europe, England has the most alpacas, and now Norway is following suit. There are currently 150 members of the alpaca association in this country.

History of the alpaca
The luxurious fibre of the alpaca has been used for thousands of years. In the Andes, alpacas were highly valued by the Inca Indians, who depended on these animals as a source of warm textiles and food. The Spanish invasion of South America in the 16th century nearly wiped out the alpacas, but they survived because they had retreated to mountainous areas where they were inaccessible.

In the 1990s, the first alpacas were exported from Peru to the United States and Australia, and a few years later they were also exported to Canada, New Zealand and England. In Norway, the first alpacas arrived in Hornindal in Sogn og Fjordane in 2004/2005.

The alpaca is a very popular animal and is therefore predicted to have a bright future here in Norway.