Paracas, Peru Travel Blogs

Ballesta Island and Paracas Tour
Aug 12, 2008 (6 photos)

... Channel islands in California minus the millions of birds.       My second tour is the visit to Paracas national park. This is not as interesting as the Ballestas island trip since it only includes a stop at the local museum, ...

Poor Man's Galápagos - Paracas
Aug 29, 2008 (22 photos)

... habitat thing again - this Park reserve was like nothing we have at home..fascinating... anyway... The name Paracas means "sand storms".  I havent written earlier but I didnt know that Lima doesnot get rain.   It doesnt have a rain ...

Pisco Sours and sweet sea creatures
Dec 31, 2005 (6 photos)

... value throughout South America) we did the rounds of travel agencies in search of a well-priced day tour to nearby Paracas National Park and the Ballestras Islands - settled for 35 soles each with Ballestras Expeditions. The Ballestras Isles are often ...

Paracas
May 22, 2008 (40 photos)

Paracas

The poor man´s Galapagos
Oct 20, 2007 (44 photos)

... they do it).  But we didn´t get weird lizards and ancient tortoises.  Oh well. When we arrived at the Paracas pier there were already a zillion other tourists and pelicans.  Yay, pelicans!  Apparently we weren´t the only people to ...

Pisco and Paracas
Nov 10, 2005 (14 photos)

... down to Pisco on the coast. Pisco is a really small town which I used to explore the nearby Islas Ballestas and Peninsula de Paracas, which hold abundant wildlife in the Bird and Sea Lion Colonies. I took a cheap tour with the first sight being the famous ...

Islas Ballestas... a follow up to Nazca?
May 23, 2008 (69 photos)

Islas Ballestas... a follow up to Nazca?

Poor Man's Gallapagos
May 2, 2004 (5 photos)

... , but the new "town" is growing rapidly. Takes a lot of guts to do that! In the afternoon we drove onto the Paracas peninsula, which was stunning, and most surprisingly wasn't blowing a howling gale, so we were able to enjoy it. We walked out to the ...

Islas Bellastas
Jul 3, 2005 (9 photos)

Our first stop on the whirlwind tour of Peru was to be at Paracas to visit the Islas Ballestas (otherwise known as the poor man's Galapagos!) We'd actually pre-booked the tour as we knew we were on abit of a tight schedule which made for luxury travelling ...

Paracas, Peru
Jun 12, 2007 (8 photos)

... and the tinkle of bush camp wee-wees! Lovely! The sunset was awesome too! Unfortunately, we set of the next am to go to Paracas port where the boat trips depart from .... and then there was MIST! We arrived early at around 8am, and waited .... and ...

Baby sea lion swimming school and other adventures
May 2, 2006 (18 photos)

... of nowhere, sandboarding (or wussing out!), staying at our very own oasis in the dunes at Ica, seeing the amazing wildlife at Paracas (similar to Galapagas), camping on a beach while Pervians had a huge party next to us, a crazy Aussie climbing a cliff in ...

Ballestas island and sand buggying.
Nov 16, 2008 (9 photos)

... galapogos islands. Lots of sea lions. penguins, birds and guano (smelly bird poop)! Saw some dolphins quite close to the paracas coast. In the afternoon went sand buggying and sand boarding. It was thrilling going doen steep slopes in a tiny buggy. We ...

Humbolt Penguins! I love them!
Jun 7, 2009

Woke up around 7 AM just in time for breakfast on the Cruz Del Sur bus which wasn't too bad. Got off the bus at Paracas and immediately people was asking me if I want to go on a tour of Ballestas Island which I said sure. Went with the first person and ...

The Worst Dinner yet
Oct 24, 2009

... places we have visited, and all the things we have tried... last night was our worst attempt at dinner... sadly! We had arrived in Paracas really hungry after no breakfast nd had a really nice brunch... I had really nice Fish (t had pink fins) and Al had a ...

Nasca & Paracas
Mar 12, 2009 (10 photos)

Nasca is as exciting at Barry in Wales, but without the attraction of the new Waitrose.  If it wasn`t for the lines you could easilly drive through the town without giving it a second glance,  What about the lines? I hear you all ask, ok it goes ...

Poor Man´s Galapagos
Mar 17, 2009 (23 photos)

... sun....too much sun. The last couple of days have been spent in what felt like directly on top of the equator in Paracas. Even though I slathered sunscreen on myself and sat under an umbrella the entire time, I still managed to acquire an entire body ...

Amnesia and birds galore!
Nov 18, 2009 (13 photos)

... chicken is so popular here, but I wonder what animal rights activists would say… After 3˝ hours of driving we reached Paracas, which is nothing but a small fishing village that is making money out of all the tourists coming here to see the Ballestas ...

Islas Ballestas - Penguins, Pelicans and Sealions.
Oct 25, 2009

we woke up bright and breezy, ready for the day ahead (and really hungry for breakfast!) After a chicken sandwich and a leche chocolate, we went to find our boat - we were added to a tour group and jumped on pinguino IV, life jackets on and off we went to ...

Paracas
Oct 1, 2008 (21 photos)

... koennen von unserem Balkon aus die Voegel beim Jagen in der Bucht beobachten. Und genau wegen denen sind wir hier, denn Paracas ist die Basis fuer Bootstouren auf die Islas Ballestas, oft auch genannt die Galapagosinseln des armen Mannes. Sie sind einfach ...

The Long Journey Home
Aug 19, 2008

... to meet the bag! We headed back into Ica and planned to get one of the frequent buses further up the coast to Paracas.  Unfortunately, there was some sort of strike in the town with numerous police kitted out in riot gear.  This meant that ...

Peru, Ballestas Islands / Paracas National Reserve
Aug 30, 2008 (6 photos)

Sat 30.8.08: Peru, Ballestas Islands / Paracas National Reserve PERSONAL: Whilst it was interesting to see the animals, the boat ride gave me a bit of sea sickness. Spotted dolphins and sea lions swimming in the waters. Attractions: ...

Poor Man's Galapacous Island
Jan 6, 2006 (3 photos)

Off through the dessert there are a few oasis, my stop includes the animals on Isla Ballestas, where penguins, sea lions and quadrillion birds live. There are so many birds that this island is harvested for its fertile crap. Every 7 years 300 men set ...

Otocje Ballestas i nacionalni park Paracas
Jul 8, 2007 (14 photos)

... u bilo sto. Gliser najprije piči punih 30 čvorova (50 km/h) na drugu stranu zaljeva, do obale poluotoka Paracas, do jedne od znamenitih "terenskih" slikarija - do "svjećnjaka" (El Candelabro). Sluzbena "spikerica" govori dvojezično ...

A Taste (or twelve) of the Coast
Sep 30, 2009 (27 photos)

... was kind-of a turd.] We arrived no time too soon to the market, where the taxi service loaded passengers for nearby Paracas, which had gone practically untouched in the quake. From there, we awaited another fare to fill our next cooperative taxi and we ...

Ballestas Isla, Paracas National Park
Nov 8, 2006

We were up at 6 am to get to the speedboats to take us to the Isla Ballestas which is means arches. We saw many birds and the Peruvians collect the Iguano from these islands. We also managed to see numerous sea lions and Penguins as well as a solitary ...

No towels on this beach
Jun 14, 2005

Paracas National Park is an enormous desert wilderness on the edge of the Pacific ocean. It has the most imposing cliffs with a rowdy sea crashing in to small coves and unreachable beaches. In particular 'The Cathedal' a magnificent rocky outcrop covered ...

Finally at sea level again! And at the SEA!
Nov 24, 2009 (8 photos)

Today we drove from Nazca to Paracas via Ica and Huachachina (otherwise known as the Oasis). And we stopped by Pisco to taste some of the famous Pisco wine which is made into Pisco Sour cocktails - Peru´s national drink! After a couple of hours we arrived ...

Paracas
Oct 25, 2008 (40 photos)

This morning we left Lima to discover real Peru. We left the tall buildings behind us and began to discover the wide desert and admire the big mountains, similar to what you might see in Iran or Oman. On the road, we saw the ...

On my own in Paracas
Sep 26, 2009

Hello again, After meeting with our new group in Lima our first port of call was a seaside town called Paracas. This is near the town of Pisco, famous for the local drink.... Pisco Sour. However, we couldn´t stay there because an earthquake destroyed ...

Paracas
May 23, 2009 (5 photos)

Der kleine Kuestenort Paracas war der letzte Stop vor der unvermeidbaren Reise nach Lima. Hier gab es auch nur einen guten Grund einen Zwischenstopp einzulegen, die vorgelagerten Inseln mit ihrer reichen Tierwelt. Ansonsten war der Ort einfach nur total ...