{"id":3637,"date":"2013-11-23T15:41:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T21:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/?p=3637"},"modified":"2013-12-02T17:31:10","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T00:31:10","slug":"how-to-identify-alpacas-vs-llamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2013\/11\/23\/how-to-identify-alpacas-vs-llamas\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Identify Alpacas vs. Llamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alpacas, llamas, and vicuna are found in the higher regions of Peru. Besides being cute and fun to watch, you can easily buy alpaca products on your <a title=\"Cusco City Tour\" href=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/peru\/overview.php?trip=1_day__Cusco_City_Tour_and_Ruins_(half_day)\">tour in Cusco<\/a>, in the <a title=\"Sacred Valley Tour\" href=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/peru\/overview.php?trip=1_day__Sacred_Valley:_Pisac\/Ollantaytambo_-_Cusco_(FD)\">Sacred Valley<\/a>, and near the <a title=\"Colca Canyon tour\" href=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/peru\/overview.php?trip=3_day__Arequipa_and_Colca_Canyon\">Colca Canyon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5525\/10716534723_4597de0806_m.jpg?resize=240%2C169\" width=\"240\" height=\"169\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alpacas near Cusco<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Alpaca<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Looks like a big sheep, also &#8220;rasta&#8221; with long hair<\/li>\n<li>Typically one color only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2863\/10611033564_05bdf5aca0_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Llama near the Colca Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Llama<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Has a longer neck with head up<\/li>\n<li>May have ribbons in its hair<\/li>\n<li>Usually more than one color<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7386\/10612278036_291bcbfdba_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicuna in the Sacred Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Vicunia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No domesticated<\/li>\n<li>Looks more like a large gazelle<\/li>\n<li>Brown on top, white on bottom, not so fuzzy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shopping for Alpaca Products<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3790\/10611428334_62c1427fd2_m.jpg?resize=240%2C160\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alpaca Factory near Cusco<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Baby alpaca is much nicer that adult alpaca, but can be 4 times the price<\/li>\n<li>Acrylic is shiny, lighter weight, and feels cool to the touch<\/li>\n<li>Best to buy alpaca goods direct from a factory\n<ul>\n<li>Better price than in a store<\/li>\n<li>Can guarantee that it is really alpaca<\/li>\n<li>Local markets mostly sell &#8220;maybe&#8221; alpaca (not &#8220;baby&#8221; alpaca, i.e., acrylic)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alpacas, llamas, and vicuna are found in the higher regions of Peru. Besides being cute and fun to watch, you can easily buy alpaca products on your tour in Cusco, in the Sacred Valley, and near the Colca Canyon. Alpaca &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2013\/11\/23\/how-to-identify-alpacas-vs-llamas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"How to Identify Alpacas vs. Llamas http:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xxsg-WF","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-peru"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xxsg-WF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3637"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3765,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3637\/revisions\/3765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}