Cute, timid, furry adorable creatures abounded around me as that fled their pens to run in the large corral. It was a joy to watch them playfully jump, run, and roll around on the ground in an effort to scratch that itch. Nibbling at the grass was interesting to watch. They don't rip it out the ground, but act like a lawn mower and preserve the root for future feasting.
The corrals and pens were filled with mothers and their young babies. Babies are born every day at the farm during spring and summer. Their gestation period is around 11 months. Timing is critical because they do not want the babies born in the fall or winter because the weather needs to be warm for them to survive.
We disembarked our ship, the Viking Jupiter, and had over twelve hours before our flight would return us home. Luckily, I found a great guide in Sean, from Chile Dream Tours through Viator. Pacific Treasures: Penguins and Alpacas was such a delight!
Over the next nine hours we toured the Pacific region and observed Penguins from a distance, had a lovely lunch, and visited the Quintessence Alpaca Farm.
Enjoy our moments with the curious Alpacas....perhaps this is will be on your bucket list!
Happy travels,
~ Cindy
The corrals and pens were filled with mothers and their young babies. Babies are born every day at the farm during spring and summer. Their gestation period is around 11 months. Timing is critical because they do not want the babies born in the fall or winter because the weather needs to be warm for them to survive.
We disembarked our ship, the Viking Jupiter, and had over twelve hours before our flight would return us home. Luckily, I found a great guide in Sean, from Chile Dream Tours through Viator. Pacific Treasures: Penguins and Alpacas was such a delight!
Over the next nine hours we toured the Pacific region and observed Penguins from a distance, had a lovely lunch, and visited the Quintessence Alpaca Farm.
Enjoy our moments with the curious Alpacas....perhaps this is will be on your bucket list!
Happy travels,
~ Cindy
Loved the video. So cute how they greet across the fence by touching noses, then the whole group wants to get in on it. Same when one adult rolled in the dust pit they all wanted to roll.
ReplyDeleteThank you! That was a male in the pen and the females were all coming over to get acquainted. They nearly knocked the fence down and they had to shoe them away from him. There are a whole lot of mommas there with their babies...and a lone male. Rolling in the dust helped to get ride of itches and they love to do that. They are very playful.
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