Final we hit the sea

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After getting some r&r in Huacachina it was off to the seaside town of Pisco to get in a bit of wildlife watching. The town of Pisco was reasonably non-discript, much like many other Peruvian towns, the main attraction is the sight seeing to be had in Paracas about 20mins away. We booked into a tour at our hostal, and the next day we were off nice and early. The not so well organised tour saw us arrive at the wharf first and pile into our boat last. The first part of the day we got to see an ancient hillside geoglype, a dolphin, penguins, sealions and more birds then you can possibly imagine. The place with all this action was an island off the coast called Isla Ballestas, home to the largest bird migration in the world. The sides of the island were absolutely covered with birds along with their guano (once the richest fertiliser in the world) and in the sea and on the beach were thousands and thousands of sealions. The boat trip was interesting and worthwhile, but nothing to write home about. Hang on isn´t that exactly what I´m doing.

After the boat ride we were off to the national park to see the coast line. We managed to see some spectacular views and were sprinkled with some useless information from our tour guide.

WIth nothing much else to see of do in Pisco, it was onwards to Lima, to see if city life agrees with us more this time around.

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Photos

Fishing boats
The Peruvian coast is rich with sea life which they catch by the ton load for the locals to eat

The Candelbra
A giant figure etched into the hillside measuring 150m high and 50m wide

Glimpse of a dolphin
This dolphin swam around our boat for a while and some of the locals onboard were screaming with delight. All those black dots in the distance are birds, birds, and more birds.

King of the rocks
Some of the many island inhabitants

Little fella
This guy must have thought we looked pretty funny in our bright orange life jackets

The other side of the Pacific
The very same ocean that laps at the coast of New Zealand just a few thousand miles away

The Cathedal
The famous structure called the Cathedral that looks remarkable like the shape of Australia.

Local fishermen
Gathering even more seafood, just what I needed.