- Ballestas Islands
- White sand dunes
meals
Wednesday
l Pisco - Ica - Nazca
In the morning, we'll take a speedboat to the rocky Ballestas Islands. It's prohibited for humans to enter the islands on land, so we'll have to stay in the boat and observe the animals from a distance of about 50 metres. However, we'll be able to observe penguins, sea lions and thousands of marine birds completely free from captivity.
We'll then travel to Huacachina, just outside the city of Ica. Here, we'll find white sand dunes. Aside from the natural beauty of this calm oasis, it will be possible to hire equipment for sand-boarding or to take buggy tour.
Finally, it's on to Nazca where we'll arrive at night.
1 hour(s)
4 hour(s) (250 km)
A trip by sea what fun it can be...
10/11/2008
The second day after 6 hours of sleep and a little breakfast we were mey by our bus driver Pedro in front of the hotel. He took us to a little port in front of the Ballestas Islands. From there we started a boat trip where we saw, besides a giant figure in the sand in form of a candle holder, penguins, sea lion families and many other animal species.
Thanks to an engine failure some of us were able to take a bath in the sea.
Back on the mainland we drove to a Pisco distillery where we were able to taste 6 different types.
Afterwards our journey took us to the oasis Huacachina where after lunch our Sand Buggies waited. During the Buggy tour we could practice Sandboarding on 6 different dunes. We all had lots of fun!!
At night we drove over many, bumpy Peruvian roads to our hotel where a BBQ waited for us. In the evening we played a well-known dice game.
“Even engine failure has its advantages.”
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