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 drive by car with the 4-meter trailer and our precious cargo. Summer in the Karoo is not for the faint-hearted – the heat of up to 40°C degrees around Beaufort West had all of us panting. Our main concern was the dehydration of and the extreme stress to the animals. About 100 kilometres before Graaff Reinet the rain clouds made driving bearable and just before we reached our destination it began to drizzle. A fit welcome for weary souls.
The new home of our alpacas is Crickleywood Farm, 50 kilometres North of Graaff Reinet. The Mukuti herd has settled in. We are awaiting the birth of the next generation of alpacas – we will update you on all the developments.
In April 2011 we moved our alpaca boys, who lived out in the “Klein Karoo” of the Western Cape and on Doornkraal Farm around Ceres, to join our herd on Crickleywood Farm in the Eastern Cape. We arrived after dark the previous evening – the males were more than happy to be greeted by a group of beautiful, healthy ladies and their off spring early the next morning.
