About Us...

Southern Estate Alpacas was established in the Fall of 2008 by Jerry and Liz Bates. Jerry is the Finance Director at Select Luxury Cars www.selectluxury.com where they sell high-line import vehicles all over the world and Liz is a Territory Sales Manager in Pharmaceutical sales for Inventiv Health. We both enjoy our jobs to the utmost, however, we are apart from each other 6 days a week and long to be together.

After extensive research and visiting several alpaca farms we came to realize they all seemed to have one thing in common...they are all run by "happy couples just like us!!" Wow...what a concept! It was amazing to visit each farm and notice the stress free life style they all lived being around alpacas! We both mutually agreed this was a lifestyle we wanted to pursue, a way to supplement our income and provide an excellent opportunity for retirement. The more research we do the better raising alpacas seems to get. We are so excited about creating a farm where people can come visit and see what attracted us to the "alpaca way of life!" 

Liz and I are starting slow and with more expensive and higher quality alpacas to ensure our herd starts off above average. We are doing this to enable us to end up with a top notch farm right from the beginning. We feel the research we have done and the friends we have made along the way will help us achieve our dream of spending our days together.

We are looking forward to you visiting and getting a big alpaca kiss from Duke or Avalanche and showing you God's wonderful creation!   

 

“Pursuing our dream so we can help you start yours!”