Paracas Hostels - Reviews and Rates

Lima was meant for me to book tours really. I wasn´t meaning to stay there long and to actually look around there. So when I got to my hostel, I didn´t expect to find a flyer that was asking for volunteers for a nonprofit project. Specifically they were looking for doctors, opthamalogists and mental health workers. I responded with an email. The...

We just got off a 4 hour bus ride that smelled like a porta-potty. No joke--we had to use our sweatshirts to make burkas to try to block the smell. When that didn't work we held tangerine peels to our noses. That worked better. Besides the awful bus ride, the rest the day was wonderful. We started by taking a tour of the Ballesta Islands, also k...

We got up early this morning to head off to the Ballesta Islands and National park of Paracus. We piled into a motor boat of about 20 people, put on our bright orange life preservers... safety first... and we were off. We drove out of the harbor, and stopped to see a cliff carving called the trident -- I believe they said it was over 100m. tall ...

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: Wildlife FACT: Ballestas Islands has a concentration of marine animals and birds at the Paracas National Reservati...

We got up early (again) to make our way to the ocean so we could see some penguins. I really am not sure what Andrew´s obsession is with these thing but we feed the obsession whenever we can. We got on a boat and out to some small islands about an hour away. It was the first foggy, overcast, damp day we have had since we have been here. A little...

We stayed the night in Pisco in a hotel which smelt a bit wierd. We had good food and drink though. The majority of Pisco town is still pretty damaged from the earthquake which hit last August, considering it was over 8 months ago the town still looks in pieces. Half of the hostels in the guide book no longer exist, there are lots of volunteers ...

Following the crisis in Lima, we headed to Paracas, a tiny little town further south on pacific coast for a bit more peace and quiet. Spent 1st night enjoying the local cebiche (peruvian speciality of raw fish marinaded in lemon) which really is delicious and drinking with locals. Christophe is really getting into his salsa... un dos tres... Nex...

As usual anything worth doing means you have to get up early. So for our two hour boat tour of the Paracas Reserve that was exactly what we did. Paracas is known as "the poor man´s Galapagos" due to its plethora of animals on little islands and the fact that it cost us a whopping 100 soles (33.33 dollars). That´s for the two of us (it was suppos...

Alors voila, c'est la fin. Demain, nous rentrons a Lima pour prendre notre avion mercredi. Nous avons passe nos deux dernieres journees a Paracas. C'est un endroit vraiment relax. "Relax" n'est peut-etre pas le mot approprie, rien ne semble se passer ici mais serieux, apres notre week-end mouvemente, c'est pas nous qui allons nous plaindre! Le b...

This is the day we went to do a "Sting" on a local restaurant that was serving Turtle. The boss of the reserve, Jefe had arrived that morning . He´s a cross between a wannabe "Magnum P.I." and The Hoff from "Baywatch", but god bless him, he looks more like Magnum´s boss. But that doesn´t stop him. Over breakfast, with the other rangers of the re...