Alpacas rival Cliffs as tourist attraction

A HERD of alpacas in Co Clare is proving to be as big a tourist attraction as local sights like the Cliffs of Moher.

Tour buses of holidaymakers in the Burren region have been stopping off to take snaps of the animals, which are native to Peru but have been imported to the rugged limestone area.

Academic-turned-farmer Damien Dyar now hopes to develop his 70-alpaca farm near Fanore to accommodate school trips visiting the Burren.