Ica Small Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Spent the past few days in several little towns in Southern Peru on my way from Lima to Arequipa. Ballestas Islands - The poor man´s Galapagos. Tons of wildlife, including penguins, sea lions, and lots of sea birds. Huacachina - A small town surrounded by sand dunes, with a small but beautiful lake. Did sandboarding (basically, snowboarding on s...

After an early start, we got onto our trusty minibus then took a speedboat to the nearby Ballestas Islands in the pacific ocean. The journey to the port took us past the site of an 800ft long geoglyph called the Candelabro. Dug several feet deep into the ground, its shape is strange; a stalk surmounted by three decorated arms. It vaguely resembl...

Did a stint in the Desert. Hot weather swimming pools, Sandboarding and DunneBuggys ....what more do you want from a desert!

Landed in Lima weary, after enduring 8 uncomfortable hours in a tiny LAN Peru airlines seat. Was greeted with a suprisingly modern, clean and quite airport. A distinct lack of people hassling a big white gringo like meself made my morning :). After hear mostly bad things about Lima, Janice and I decided to head directly out of there to our first...

Our little oasis in the middle of the desert! Amazing place. Full of backpackers out to have a good time. We went out on the sand buggies huge 4x4`s with roll bars (thankfully we didn`t have to use them though) and man did they go! We sandboarded down enormous sand dunes, which was great fun, a softer landing than snow, but you get covered in sa...

Our next stop along the coast was the Oasis of Huacachina near the city of Ica. This area of Peru has a large strip of desert between the coast and the mountains. The oasis is surrounded by huge sand dunes - the reason for our visit. We were staying at El Barco hostel which runs dune buggy and sand boarding trips into the sand dunes. After a bri...

The longest bus ride, 36 hrs from Sucre, Bolivia back to Ica, Peru. Safe bus companies, Flores and Cruz Del Sol, book a day in advance to ensure a seat. Back in the desert of Peru along the Pacific coast is a small town Huacachina. The nearby bustle of Ica can be enteraining if you drink enough Pisco Sour. A local liquer brewed at one of the 70 ...

It may not be the most famous place on earth for wine, but it is certainly proud of its vinyards. Ica is a place that you can take a cab from vinyard to vinyard sampling wine and the famous potent potable Pisco. We hired a cab to drive us around for the day taking us to see the sights at a very reasonable rate.  He doesn't give you a private tou...