#icaperu

[soniamfotografia-blog]

🌵 #cactus #cactusgram #cactuslover #cactusart #dunas #desert #desierto #platancion #huacachina #ica #icaperu #perú #peru2017 (en Huacachina, Ica, Peru)

[positivecreations]

I just came back from an awesome little family trip to the province of Ica, here in southern coastal Peru. I went with my parents, my beloved @paulinacasatiart and my artist homie @el_chimu . We started by visiting the oasis of “Huacachina”, where we did a tour of the sand dunes in these huge sand buggies and also sand boarded a bit too. Then the next day we cruised to “Paracas” to do a boat tour of the natural preserves with lots of beautiful animals and even saw some mysterious ancient geoglyphs in the sand. Always great to share special moments, views and delicious food with my dear family and friends. Grateful! #familyvacation #familytrip #icaperu #huacachina #huacachinaoasis #nazcalines #paracas #artistfriends #islasballestas #ceviche #beachtime #timeoff #vagaciones #grateful (at Huacachina, Ica, Peru) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm_-g4VOa6G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lavishpink]

Sabbatical Essay #Day 14: A Day at a Peruvian Desert

My friend Laura who is a scientist, wanted to go see some yardangs in Peruvian desert and so we planned a day for it.  We hired private tour guide and a driver to take us from our hotel in Ica to this specific desert area where there were some yardangs.  I’ve been googling and I cannot really find the name of this desert we were at but I remember our guide telling us it being called something like “Pacific Peruvian Tropical Desert”.  It is called this (i think) because it used to be ocean there.  

We had a super early morning and I was heart-warmed that our hotel cooked and set a lovely breakfast table for us next to the pool before we were to leave.  (the hotel itself was in super reasonable price and breakfast was included). 

 “Our” desert was located somewhere between Ica and Nazca so it was a couple hour drive from our hotel to the desert.  It was not a tourist destination nor a park where you park your car at a parking area and walk in or buy tickets so once we got there, we just drove into the desert and moved around.  

Desert was huge, bleak, barren, and empty (obviously).  We mainly went around to see small and big yardangs.  There were some small ones.  One was small as maybe a table and then there were huge ones where we could actually climb on and walk around on and Laura filmed the big ones with her drone which was also fun to watch.  

We found fossilized shark remains and other animal bones as we went along. 

There was almost no one in the desert and our guide was very anxious when we did see one other car from far away, and another car with obvious tourists.  He seemed very worried about the pirates/robbers that might show up (which has happened before in this area).  Thankfully we didn’t run into any of them.  

Our guide and driver had brought home made sandwiches from home for our lunch with a lot of avocados in them and they were shockingly good.  

BEST PERUVIAN LUNCH EVER!

After our desert adventure, we were dropped off at Ica bus station for our next bus ride to Nazca- our final destination before leaving Peru.  

We had chicken dinner nearby the bus station which was pretty good.  I am not sure when but I think sometime that day, we realized we didn’t have accommodation for that night (we somehow did not know this day’s hotel was forgotten because everything else was booked and planned by our travel agent Nury in Lima)  

So we found a place a place on hotels.com in city of Nazca.  I think it was first time I’ve ever booked a hotel for THAT DAY... and it was kind of cool .. in a nerdy way I guess.  

I really wish I’d get to ride on another Peruvican bus for another adventure someday.  :) 

[djlikey]

🌧 🙌 #icaperu #fromperu #djlikey #naturaleza https://www.instagram.com/p/CJV_lKNl7cA/?igshid=1v5ovl7b0za50

[viajesperu2020-blog]

Sandboarding en Cerro Blanco Ica, actividad perfecta para los viajeros amantes de la aventura. Despierta tu lado aventurero y atrévete a disfrutar de esta increíble actividad en Ica.  

[caminalosandes-blog]

Finding an oasis in the middle of the desert is something rare. But finding a person who adores you, who will always be there for you, that supports your silly decisions, who matches every single cell of your body, who is proud to be with you and the one who will give you a thousand stars to make you happy is even rarer 💫 have you been to a desert before? . [email protected] | caminalosandes.com . [phone] . #caminalosandes @explorerssaurus_ #icaperu (at Huacachina, Ica, Peru) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3zwDXCA1fJ/?igshid=1vbtc2lyzcawp

[pandoradark]

#atardecer #brujasdecachiche#icaperu #soleil #coucherdusoleil #peru #ica https://www.instagram.com/p/Buew2q7nO31/?igshid=1var1l50rox3e

[the-monster-trio]

#huacachina #icaperu #peru #turismo #viaje #viajes #lagohuacachina #sudamericana #ica (at Huacachina, Ica, Peru) https://www.instagram.com/p/BycRz6UAVfg/?igshid=xfrwpfucwsg0