Peru
Great Videos and Photos of the Best Places and Things to see in Ica Region Peru. For the independent traveller who is interested in seeing places while planning their next trip. Or for anyone who likes to be close to nature and see the quieter parts of the country or city
Ica Region
The Department of Ica has a remarkable geography. It is the only region of the southern coast formed by plains, also called coast plains, since the Andean Cordillera rise up inland. Some geological folds have determined the formation of dunes moving toward the sea, which form much of the Paracas Peninsula. Some isolated formations located at the southern part created the Marcona complex, with the biggest deposits of iron in the Pacific coast. Wikipedia
Paracas Natioanl Reserve
Paracas National Reserve is a protected area located in the region of Ica, Peru and protects desert and marine ecosystems for their conservation and sustainable use. There are also archaeological remains of the Paracas culture inside the reserve.
National Reserve
Paracas Natioanl Reserve
The reserve is located in the region of Ica, and spans an area of 335000 hectares, 65% of which correspond to marine ecosystems. The highest elevation in the reserve is 786 m. The reserve includes coastal geographic features such as: the Paracas Peninsula, Independencia Bay, San Gallán Island, Paracas Bay and Independencia Island. Wikipedia
Playa Roja
Paracas Natioanl Reserve
Huacachina
Huacachina is built around a small natural lake in the desert. Called the "oasis of America," it is a resort for local families from the nearby city of Ica, and increasingly as an attraction for tourists drawn by the sports of sandboarding on sand dunes that stretch several hundred feet high. Wikipedia
Desert Oasis
Huacachina
Sand Buggying
Huacachina
Hacienda San Jose
Hacienda San Jose was built at the end of the XVII century and was one of the most affluent estates across the Peruvian coast due to its sugarcane production. Nowadays used as a tourist hotel and resort, the infamous plantation was once worked by thousands of slaves whos culture and stories are shown all over the estate.
The House
Hacienda San Jose
Slave Tunnels
Hacienda San Jose
Paracas and Nazca Lines
is the capital of the Paracas District in the Ica Region in Peru. A small port town catering to tourism, Paracas serves as the jumping point for tours to Islas Ballestas and to Paracas National Reservation. The Nazca Lines are 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6 in) deep, and between 0.4 and 1.1 km (.2 and .7 mi) wide. Their combined length is over 1,300 km (808 mi), and cover an area of about 50 sq km (19 sq mi). They were made by scraping off the top layer of reddish-brown iron oxide-coated pebbles to reveal a yellow-grey subsoil.[ Some of the Nazca lines form shapes that are best seen from the air (~1,500 ft), though they are visible from the surrounding foothills and other high places. The shapes are usually made from one continuous line. Wikipedia
Paracas
Paracas and Nazca Lines
Nazca Lines
Paracas and Nazca Lines