Paracas Reserves

Description Tour to the Paracas Reserve in Ica

With the “Tour to the Paracas Reserve in Ica”, you can visit in Ica the Interpretation Center of the reserve, the Cathedral, the Supay Beach viewpoint, the Paracas Peninsula, Yumaque beach, Red beach and Lagunillas beach. The entire Paracas Reserve and its protected area.

THE PARACAS NATIONAL RESERVE is a protected area of Peru located in the province of Pisco, in the department of Ica. It was declared as such on September 25, 1975 and was created in order to conserve a portion of the sea and the desert of Peru, giving protection to the various species of wild flora and fauna that live there.

It preserves a representative sample of the marine ecosystems of the cold sea of the Peruvian Current or Humboldt Current, considered by specialists as the most productive on Earth, in addition to maintaining the environments used by a wide variety of migratory species for food and shelter during their long annual journeys.

The sea is favored by the microcurrents of water, a fact that attracts a large number of fish, other species in the area and fish farmers. These upwelling currents bring nutrients from the seabed, fertilizing the surface waters, this leads to an overproduction of phytoplankton, which biologists know as high primary productivity.

Enjoy the Paracas Reserve Tour in Ica

MAIN POINTS OF VISIT

• Paracas (7 masl)
• Ica (406 masl)

Day 1: Paracas National Reserve – Interpretation Center – Cathedral – Supay Beach Viewpoint – Yumanque Beach – Roya Beach – Lagunillas Beach

• Beginning of the Paracas National Reserve Tour: 10.45 hrs We will pick you up at the hotel to go to the pier.
• 11.00 hrs We will board the motorboat to start the excursion to the impressive Coastal Desert of the Paracas National Reserve, we will visit the Interpretation Center of the reserve, which offers interesting pictures and photos showing all the life and fauna that exists in it.
• Then we will go by boat to La Catedral, an impressive rock formation that is 28 to 40 million years old and resembles a gigantic cathedral. The partial collapse suffered in the earthquake that devastated Pisco in 2007 has not limited the majesty of the landscape that can be seen from there.
• Supay Beach Tour: We will make a stop at the Supay Beach viewpoint where you can appreciate a landscape of cliffs, then we will take you to beautiful beaches like Yumaque, where you will have a certain time to explore this beach of clear sands and finally the Red Beach, located in the bay of Lagunillas, a unique place for the strong reddish color of its shore.
• Tour of the Paracas Peninsula: We will also make a tour of the Paracas Peninsula, observing the reddish desert, yellow, formations made by the winds and visiting its beautiful beaches, such as Yumaque beach, Red beach and Lagunillas beach, in this beach you will have free time for lunch as there are restaurants in front of the beach, or take walks around the beach in search of photos, then we will return to Paracas.
• It has great coasts for the conservation and quiet reproduction of numerous species of resident and migratory birds. Among the most common are the pelicans, the gray gull, the black-bellied gull, the black-bellied gull, the rayador, the arctic plover, the Chuita, the guanay, the condor, the Humboldt penguin (in danger of extinction) and the parihuanas or flamingos.
• The fish found in this maritime zone are: sole, white toyo, bonito, tramboyo, ray, cheetah, sardine, anchoveta, pampanito, grouper, corvina, lorna and many other species.
• The mammals in this reserve are mainly represented by the sea lions of one hair or chusco, the sea lion of two hairs or fine wolf, the bufeo and the marine cat, this one, in danger of extinction.
• We will also visit the modern visitor center of the Paracas National Reserve and optionally the Julio C. Tello Museum.
• We will go to La Aguada Beach to observe flamingos and migratory birds. Additionally we will have a panoramic view of the rock formation “La Catedral”.
• We will visit the beautiful beaches of Yumaque, Playa Roja and Lagunilla, after which we will transfer you to the hotel.

BREAKFAST – HOTEL / LUNCH and DINNER – PASSENGER