The fence that we find works best for alpacas is the no-climb fencing.  You may have heard that alpacas do not challenge fences.  They do under certain conditions.  Males will challenge fencing to get to females that are ready to breed.  Some alpaca males are aggressive towards other males and they will challenge a fence to try to fight the other males.  In some cases, if an alpaca has been separated from the herd, they will try to challenge a fence to get back to the herd.  Males like to play king of the hill, if your manure pile is fenced, they may try to jump it to get on top of the hill.  They do not challenge a fence to escape your property; they have no desire to leave the rest of the herd.

   Five foot no-climb fencing is the best to use between your males and females with some good strong wooden posts.  We have used intermediate wooden posts with T-posts and that has worked well.  If you do use T-posts, it is a good idea to place caps on the tops to prevent injury if they do try to go over the fence.  There is no need to use barbed-wire fencing or electric fencing.  In fact, using these types of fencings can and have injured alpacas.

   When you cut the fencing material, fold back all loose ends so as not to leave anything that can poke your alpaca’s skin or eyes.  Do not leave gaps between your gates openings or hinges.  Many times alpacas will stick their neck in-between them trying to reach greener grass on the other side.  Keep your gates and fencing as close to the ground as possible for the same reason.

   For the whole parameter of your land and in some other areas, like your quarantine area, you can use four-foot no-climb.  I like the five-foot between the neighbor's main area and our main area.