Excerpt from “cape {town} etc” As the Eastern Cape, SOUTH AFRICA, battles with an ongoing drought that has left much of the province without water, the Mukuti Stud Alpacas are looking for a new place to call home. Mukuti Stud is a small alpaca breeding farm based in the Eastern Cape that makes exquisite yarns…

A new project – 2008 Our aim in research and development of the alpaca in South Africa is the improvement of the herd as well as the improvement of their very valuable fleece. We have learned, through other breeders in other, very extreme climatic areas in South Africa, that the fleece of the animals is…

A new home for our alpacas February 2011: Life brings changes – not only for us, but also for our alpacas. Our core herd, including 4 pregnant females, have made the long trip from Noordhoek, in the Western Cape, to Graaff Reinet in the Eastern Cape. It was a long road – an approximate 10-hour…