Alpacas should be provided about 50 square feet of shelter per animal (a three-sided lean-to is usually adequate), and an acre of pasture land for every 5-10 animals, realizing that the higher the density, the more you will have to supplement their diet with hay.

How much space do you need for 2 alpacas?

How much land do I need? Anyone with an acre of pasture has enough land to keep alpacas. They have a stocking rate 1 greater to that of sheep so around 6 alpacas per acre throughout the year.

How much land do alpacas need?

Alpacas and llamas do not require much land. Sheridan recommends two acres of pasture for up to a dozen llamas (a maximum of six llamas per acre), and Foss said you should have one acre of land for every six alpacas.