Llama vs Alpaca

During your trip to Peru, we help you to spot the differences between these cute pals!.

Is that a llama? Or maybe it’s an alpaca? Is it the same animal with different names?
These are the common questions that visitors ask during their trip to the Andes when they see llamas and alpacas in their natural habitad.

Peru Trip Advisors helps you distinguish the differences so that you can recognize them during your trip.

SOME DIFFERENCES ARE:

LLAMAS

Llamas are larger than alpacas.
Have relatively coarse wool.
An adult llama weighs between 130-200 kg. (280-440 lb).
Llama wool color is usually white, but also available in black, shades of brown, red, and beige.
Llama is used for meat, wool, milk and hides.
Llamas are very confident and brave animals. Llamas seem to be too confident/proud to ever learn tricks from humans.

ALPACAS

Alpaca is half the size of llama.
Alpaca has longer and finer wool.
An adult alpaca weighs between 50-80 kg. (110 to 176 lb).
Alpaca wool is available in 22 colors including black, white, pinto, brown, red, fawn, rose and gray.
Alpaca is mainly used for wool.
Alacas are very gentle and shy. They are very intelligent and can learn tricks.