If you are looking for alpacas for sale or simply searching for information about alpacas, we are excited that you found us and are happy to assist you in any way we can. At Lewis River Alpacas we have an unremitting goal of improving the overall quality of our alpacas. This would include fiber, conformation and even their disposition in order to help advance the rapidly growing alpaca industry in North America. We have a sincere desire to work with established owners and breeders in this effort as well as assisting new breeders in developing a successful alpaca business.

Making the decision to buy a few alpacas or several alpacas is a decision that should never be  made in haste as there  are several fundamental  factors that require consideration.

We are currently building our small Huacaya Alpaca herd from quality blood lines that go back to ribbon winning alpaca legends. Such greats include Patagonia's Compradre, SA Huckleberry, Aussie Rockford, Michelangelo, Dom Alamir, Patagonia's Drake and The Godfathers Accoyo Marlin Brando. All of our alpacas are North American alpacas, meaning that they were not imported from any single country such as Chile, Peru or Bolivia. Although we recognize subtle differences related to heritage, we prefer to look for characteristics that will produce alpacas with the best possible conformation and fiber qualities. We should note that in the show ring alpacas are judged as a breed (Alpaca, Huacaya or Suri ) with no distinction given to origin such a Chilean, Bolivian or Peruvian. Individual alpacas are judged on their own merits for conformation and fiber qualities.  After all, we do raise alpacas for the fiber...

Why fiber? Alpacas produce one of the world's finest and most luxurious natural fibers, commonly referred to as a specialty fiber and is available in many natural colors. It is very similar to cashmere in it's softness and luster, yet warmer and lighter than wool. Approximately 30% of people are allergic to wool, yet have no adverse reaction to the finer and more luxurious alpaca fiber. We should note that recent studies have shown an allergic reaction to wool is usually from the coarse fibers present in the wool, making it self evident why there is no reaction to the finer alpaca fiber. In North America the fiber market is just getting a good start with alpaca fiber continuing to command top price on the market. Many alpaca ranches process their own fiber, spinning the yarn and producing beautiful garments for sale to the public. Check out these awesome alpaca products!