Reserve of Paracas - Huacachina (Ica) The next day I spent much of the day and then write about the middle of the afternoon decided to go on a half hour Paracas Pisco. Paracas is the starting point of Baillets islands where you can see an extraordinary variety of birds, penguins and sea lions is the purpose of my sentence. Arriving I'm accosted by a lady who runs a backpackers hostel. The room is 15 soles equivalent 5USD. Perfect. I ask myself, is acquainted with my roommates. Gili an Israeli came Paracas looking at wave and wind and Macarena, an Argentine, joined shortly by some friends to go on the road hitchhiking in Peru. In the evening we eat with the rest of the passengers present in the hotel a plate of pasta with Italian generously prepared by an Italian couple in this hotel. The next day was the visit of the island. Many tourists flock. Predictably. Four ships depart consecutively for the island is that half an hour from the coast. On arrival we observe carefully all the over half a million cormorants, guano, penguins that live on the premises. It's impressive. Some sea lions lying on rocks, asleep. This is the period of births to females who occupied the island for a few months time to raise their young. For males is the conquest to the female. A real fight lions for these polygamous animals can have up to 15 females alone. We visited the 3 islands in one hour and then Let's go back to port. It is time for me to move on.
I spent several hours in the Paracas reserve. The landscape is lunar. Sandy soils contain a high concentration of iron which gives apparently a red sand dunes. A biker's paradise. I travel in complete freedom throughout the park and then join the cutting edge where Adrillo below on the beach anglers are seeking Corden and Chita they then sell to restaurants Crillee Paracas. I will ask myself a few moments to observe sea lions and spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.
I definitely takes the road to Ica and Huacachina mid-afternoon. I will be there by 16:00. Huacachina is located just minutes from the city of Ica, heavily destroyed by the earthquake of 2007, while as the city of Pisco. Ica is located at two tectonic plates which is the region to be a potential risk area. Since 2007 no earthquake has occurred. But much of the coast has been badly affected.
There are millions of years the sea covered the city of Ica which explains the presence of large sand dunes on the outskirts of Huacachina. Some can reach over 1000 meters above sea level. Huacachina the desert is therefore higher than the Sahara. The desert stretches for 60 km in depth up to the coast.
Just found a hotel I embark in a "desert tour" aboard a giant big buggy, these cars steel structure, super strong. We descend the slopes at full speed, time to reach the sand dunes we surfed using wooden planks sliding scale. Of sandboarding. The dunes, visible to infinity, impress and disturb so it is surprising to find so many in this place to infinity while the dry valleys were not only just a few kms. We leave a rapid pace across the desert to go on Huacachina. The sun has just passed away and fill the sky. I will spend the evening with Paul and Fanny met a few hours earlier in the tour. I have to return to Cusco a few days later.
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