About us

Background

We have worked with animals for over 30 years, and started researching alpacas about 1998, and after buying a farm in Fauquier County, Virginia, we started to plan for the day we could beginning raising alpacas.

First we had to prepare the infrastructure of the farm, and also learn about the needs of the animals we wanted to live with. Once we felt we had done that, we defined our requirements for a prestige, pedigree herd of healthy fiber animals, and started to plan for the type of herd we wanted to develop. Eventually the day arrived that we could make arrangements for the delivery of our foundation herd, and we haven't looked back since!

Alpaca Advantage is a medium-sized family-run herd, dedicated to breeding healthy animals of good conformation, and producing good quality, dense fleeces. The alpaca business is ultimately about fiber, and there is no long term future for any herd that is not concentrating on improving its fiber characteristics to meet defined goals.

We would be delighted to talk with you about our own fiber objectives, and to explain the way in which we are using established scientific and genetic principles to breed better animals and improve our herd's breeding averages.

Call us anytime!

Farm visits

In 2005 we moved to a farm just outside Front Royal, in Warren County, Virginia, situated in the Blue Ridge mountains, about 90 minutes from the center of Washington, DC, straight along the I-66.

Make a visit to us part of your next family outing. We just ask that, as we are a working farm, you let us know in advance that you will be stopping by.

How to get here

Group visits

As well as the opportunity for individuals and families to visit our farm and see us and our animals at our home base, we also welcome organized groups from schools, libraries, camps, nursing homes, and other organizations.

We regard these events as opportunities to educate others about "the alpaca advantage", as well as to provide them with a fun day out looking at our animals and alpaca products.

If you would like to arrange a visit for your group ~ give us a call. We'll be happy to set something up and tailor it to your needs.

Code of ethics

We want to work with our customers in a way that is to the advantage of them, us, and our animals. We strongly believe in the principles of fairness and honesty, and to this end, we have a published code of ethics. You can read a copy here:  Code of ethics

Contact us

Alpaca Advantage
River Bend Farm
484 River Bend Farms Road
Front Royal, VA 22630-4951

Telephone: (540) 635-5308
Fax:           (540) 635-7193