Family Dream
The team behind Es Currals Alpacas Ibiza & Wishfulfilling Weaving is a small but nice family. The founders and owners of this unique initiative are San and her husband Bart.
The couple moved from Belgium to Ibiza at the end of 2018, after having been active for more than 25 years as a nurse and journalist respectively, to make their dream come true: their own alpaca farm with a weaving studio in the sunny Balearic Islands.
San and Bart moved from Belgium to Ibiza at the end of 2018 to make their dream come true: their own alpaca farm with weaving studio
Ibicencos
They were immediately embraced by the local Ibicencos and in search of suitable farmland they soon ended up with Maria, a tough and always smiling Ibicenca of 81 years old. After a tough life as a farmer, Maria now enjoys her tropical garden with her cute dog Niko in her beautiful, remote finca where she and her family had kept cattle and other animals for decades.
They were embraced by Maria, an Ibicenca of 81 years old at her beautiful, remote finca
Es Currals
Maria saw that Bart and San’s alpaca dream could come true on her farm. And also her dear family and dog Niko were very fond of this!
Out of gratitude and respect for the warm welcome and the help of Maria and her fellow islanders, the very first alpaca farm on Ibiza was christened ‘Es Currals’: the local word for the typical Ibicenco animal enclosures built of rock at the old finca farms.
Out of gratitude and respect for the warm welcome, the very first alpaca farm on Ibiza was christened ‘Es Currals’
Meet Team Es Currals
San
Age 48
Co-founder & owner
Wants to restore the old weaving trade to its former glory. Spins yarn at 160km/h and turns alpaca wool into gorgeous weaving creations.
Dreams of a pioneering role as an alpaca whisperer.
Bart
Age 47
Co-founder & owner
Wants to write a book while surrounded by his alpacas. Conceived a manual filtering system for his high quality alpha poo fertilizer, Alcaca Oro Negro.
Ever the passionate storyteller who sees a story in every movement of his alpacas.
Maria
Age 81
Finca landlady
Wants to turn her botanical garden into a tropical jungle with the help of Alcaca Oro Negra, the magical alpaca manure.
Enjoys the revival of her finca after decades of keeping her own chickens, sheep, goats, pigs and horses in her currals.
