{"id":15973,"date":"2026-01-11T17:51:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T21:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/?p=15973"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:59:29","slug":"paracas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/paracas\/","title":{"rendered":"Paracas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15973\" class=\"elementor elementor-15973\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5003222d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5003222d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a4d9442\" data-id=\"2a4d9442\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fa81012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fa81012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paracas, Peru<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69d1ebc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69d1ebc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f757b7\" data-id=\"7f757b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e65d74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e65d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>12 July 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c28a0c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c28a0c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d01b319\" data-id=\"4d01b319\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55286ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"55286ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15975\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-602bd541 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"602bd541\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1410e487\" data-id=\"1410e487\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69707ac0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69707ac0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paracas is often called the poor man&#8217;s Galapagos. I guess because there are sea lions and sea birds here. I think that whoever coined this term did Paracas a huge favor because there isn&#8217;t a lot going on here.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36370a73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36370a73\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c4d2355\" data-id=\"7c4d2355\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-463accf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"463accf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Indi and I decided on a Peru trip during one of her term breaks. I was able to leave 5 days before Indi. We set Cusco as our meeting place. I decided to take a bus and make stops along the way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3165647a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3165647a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24dcf018 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24dcf018\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">D\u00eda 1<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e014e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e014e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Paracas<\/li><li>Ballestas Islands<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b1880e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6b1880e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-edfb504 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"edfb504\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdddf25\" data-id=\"bdddf25\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8bbee37 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8bbee37\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d99f510\" data-id=\"d99f510\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe1d1ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe1d1ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After landing in Lima, I was picked up by PeruHop. I had bought a ticket with them before my arrival. It&#8217;s a hop-on\/off bus service for tourists. It simplifies the bus travel experience, so I gave it a try. The bus picked up other passengers and set off for my first destination, Paracas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb67a2f\" data-id=\"eb67a2f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23e45bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"23e45bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3154-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15997\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3154-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3154-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3154-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3154-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3154-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3154-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b96b9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b96b9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Soon, we left Lima. We stopped at a restaurant on the way to Paracas. It was a little gimmicky, and the sandwich was just alright. I love me some Inca Kola, though.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-05c1a0c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05c1a0c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b97641\" data-id=\"4b97641\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d5a9de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d5a9de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/71085856413__A0FC1861-77FC-4AA9-A5D5-002477B45F75.fullsizerender-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15998\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/71085856413__A0FC1861-77FC-4AA9-A5D5-002477B45F75.fullsizerender-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/71085856413__A0FC1861-77FC-4AA9-A5D5-002477B45F75.fullsizerender-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/71085856413__A0FC1861-77FC-4AA9-A5D5-002477B45F75.fullsizerender-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/71085856413__A0FC1861-77FC-4AA9-A5D5-002477B45F75.fullsizerender-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/71085856413__A0FC1861-77FC-4AA9-A5D5-002477B45F75.fullsizerender-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/71085856413__A0FC1861-77FC-4AA9-A5D5-002477B45F75.fullsizerender-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-11f2545\" data-id=\"11f2545\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6e3570 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e6e3570\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3156-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15999\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3156-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3156-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3156-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3156-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3156-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3156-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7920d54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7920d54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"449\" data-end=\"884\">The ride from Lima wound down the coast, and before long I was stepping off in this small, dusty beach town in the desert.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9fb10c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9fb10c3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f497b70\" data-id=\"f497b70\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad952c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ad952c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8254ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8254ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paracas<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82f08d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"82f08d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"90%\" height=\"500px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"accelerometer; magnetometer; gyroscope; xr-spatial-tracking\" style=\"display:block; margin:20px auto; border:0 none; max-width:880px;border-radius:8px; box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 2px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 4px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 6px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 8px 16px rgba(0,0,0,0.11);\" src=\"https:\/\/panoraven.com\/en\/embed\/hfROUXomZW\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5dfc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed5dfc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"919\" data-end=\"1371\">The town of Paracas itself is tiny and stretches along the coast of a desert landscape. There isn\u2019t a huge amount to see, but I walked around the streets, stopped in a couple of local grocery-type shops, and grabbed a cheap meal at a local place. It came with juice, soup, chicken, rice, and a little salad. While I love Peruvian food, this particular meal wasn\u2019t the best and ended up making me a bit sick later.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-328dbb2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"328dbb2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f74f3c4\" data-id=\"f74f3c4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c1b6f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8c1b6f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DFFA91AB-DBF9-4514-84BA-EB76B2EED1D9_1_102_o-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15983\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DFFA91AB-DBF9-4514-84BA-EB76B2EED1D9_1_102_o-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DFFA91AB-DBF9-4514-84BA-EB76B2EED1D9_1_102_o-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DFFA91AB-DBF9-4514-84BA-EB76B2EED1D9_1_102_o-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DFFA91AB-DBF9-4514-84BA-EB76B2EED1D9_1_102_o-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DFFA91AB-DBF9-4514-84BA-EB76B2EED1D9_1_102_o.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-60bc81f\" data-id=\"60bc81f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76ead06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76ead06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DACB2E0F-26AE-40FF-9C1F-B2502B85BA19_1_102_o-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15982\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DACB2E0F-26AE-40FF-9C1F-B2502B85BA19_1_102_o-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DACB2E0F-26AE-40FF-9C1F-B2502B85BA19_1_102_o-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DACB2E0F-26AE-40FF-9C1F-B2502B85BA19_1_102_o-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DACB2E0F-26AE-40FF-9C1F-B2502B85BA19_1_102_o-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DACB2E0F-26AE-40FF-9C1F-B2502B85BA19_1_102_o.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70c319d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70c319d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2772e81\" data-id=\"2772e81\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87cb13a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"87cb13a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6061918 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6061918\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ballestas Islands Boat Tour<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-077a90c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"077a90c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DJI_0969-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15977\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DJI_0969-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DJI_0969-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DJI_0969-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DJI_0969-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DJI_0969-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DJI_0969-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa3da9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa3da9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1411\" data-end=\"1871\">In the afternoon, it was time for the tour. I boarded a speedboat full of about 30 people at the marina. A penguin was swimming around the marina! We headed out toward the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/DFzTFMA5h2qnsuRL6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ballestas Islands<\/a>, a group of small islands offshore.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-667a7ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"667a7ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010974_2026-01-11_14-11-10-750-1-1024x583.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15985\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010974_2026-01-11_14-11-10-750-1-1024x583.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010974_2026-01-11_14-11-10-750-1-300x171.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010974_2026-01-11_14-11-10-750-1-768x438.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010974_2026-01-11_14-11-10-750-1-1536x875.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010974_2026-01-11_14-11-10-750-1-2048x1167.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010974_2026-01-11_14-11-10-750-1-18x10.jpeg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e4ea6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e4ea6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our first stop was at the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/5JMJc4thDyGCQF797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Candelabro de Paracas<\/a>, an ancient geoglyph surrounded by local lore. It may date back to 200BC.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbf7c12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dbf7c12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3174-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15981\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3174-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3174-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3174-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3174-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3174-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3174-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f012a2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f012a2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We arrived at the islands, which were rocky and devoid of any plant life. They were covered in birds and guano. The islands were important for harvesting guano. I&#8217;m not sure if they still do it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b17a977 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"b17a977\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15973 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b17a977\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"GX010984_2026-01-11_14-13-27-495\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5ODYsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0dYMDEwOTg0XzIwMjYtMDEtMTFfMTQtMTMtMjctNDk1LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYjE3YTk3NyJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010984_2026-01-11_14-13-27-495-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010984_2026-01-11_14-13-27-495-1024x896.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010984_2026-01-11_14-13-27-495-1024x896.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010984_2026-01-11_14-13-27-495-300x263.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010984_2026-01-11_14-13-27-495-768x672.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010984_2026-01-11_14-13-27-495-1536x1344.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010984_2026-01-11_14-13-27-495-2048x1792.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010984_2026-01-11_14-13-27-495-14x12.jpeg 14w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b17a977\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"GX010987_2026-01-11_14-14-38-844\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5ODcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0dYMDEwOTg3XzIwMjYtMDEtMTFfMTQtMTQtMzgtODQ0LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYjE3YTk3NyJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010987_2026-01-11_14-14-38-844-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010987_2026-01-11_14-14-38-844-1024x896.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010987_2026-01-11_14-14-38-844-1024x896.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010987_2026-01-11_14-14-38-844-300x263.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010987_2026-01-11_14-14-38-844-768x672.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010987_2026-01-11_14-14-38-844-1536x1344.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010987_2026-01-11_14-14-38-844-2048x1792.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010987_2026-01-11_14-14-38-844-14x12.jpeg 14w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b17a977\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"GX010988_2026-01-11_14-15-01-269\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5ODgsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0dYMDEwOTg4XzIwMjYtMDEtMTFfMTQtMTUtMDEtMjY5LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYjE3YTk3NyJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010988_2026-01-11_14-15-01-269-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010988_2026-01-11_14-15-01-269-1024x896.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010988_2026-01-11_14-15-01-269-1024x896.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010988_2026-01-11_14-15-01-269-300x263.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010988_2026-01-11_14-15-01-269-768x672.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010988_2026-01-11_14-15-01-269-1536x1344.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010988_2026-01-11_14-15-01-269-2048x1792.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010988_2026-01-11_14-15-01-269-14x12.jpeg 14w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b75afed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b75afed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0We saw sea lions in the water and on the rocks. The water was a striking shade of green, despite the overcast skies. It wasn\u2019t mind-blowing, but it was a cool afternoon on the water.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcd3c75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"bcd3c75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-15973 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bcd3c75\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"GX010991_2026-01-11_14-15-57-000\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5ODksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0dYMDEwOTkxXzIwMjYtMDEtMTFfMTQtMTUtNTctMDAwLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYmNkM2M3NSJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010991_2026-01-11_14-15-57-000-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010991_2026-01-11_14-15-57-000-1024x896.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010991_2026-01-11_14-15-57-000-1024x896.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010991_2026-01-11_14-15-57-000-300x263.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010991_2026-01-11_14-15-57-000-768x672.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010991_2026-01-11_14-15-57-000-1536x1344.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010991_2026-01-11_14-15-57-000-2048x1792.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010991_2026-01-11_14-15-57-000-14x12.jpeg 14w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bcd3c75\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"GX010985_2026-01-11_14-13-52-795\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5OTAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0dYMDEwOTg1XzIwMjYtMDEtMTFfMTQtMTMtNTItNzk1LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYmNkM2M3NSJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010985_2026-01-11_14-13-52-795-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010985_2026-01-11_14-13-52-795-1024x896.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010985_2026-01-11_14-13-52-795-1024x896.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010985_2026-01-11_14-13-52-795-300x263.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010985_2026-01-11_14-13-52-795-768x672.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010985_2026-01-11_14-13-52-795-1536x1344.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010985_2026-01-11_14-13-52-795-2048x1792.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010985_2026-01-11_14-13-52-795-14x12.jpeg 14w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bcd3c75\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"GX010993_2026-01-11_14-16-29-777\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5OTEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0dYMDEwOTkzXzIwMjYtMDEtMTFfMTQtMTYtMjktNzc3LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYmNkM2M3NSJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010993_2026-01-11_14-16-29-777-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010993_2026-01-11_14-16-29-777-1024x896.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010993_2026-01-11_14-16-29-777-1024x896.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010993_2026-01-11_14-16-29-777-300x263.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010993_2026-01-11_14-16-29-777-768x672.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010993_2026-01-11_14-16-29-777-1536x1344.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010993_2026-01-11_14-16-29-777-2048x1792.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010993_2026-01-11_14-16-29-777-14x12.jpeg 14w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"bcd3c75\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"GX010995_2026-01-11_14-17-22-896\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5OTIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0dYMDEwOTk1XzIwMjYtMDEtMTFfMTQtMTctMjItODk2LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYmNkM2M3NSJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010995_2026-01-11_14-17-22-896-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010995_2026-01-11_14-17-22-896-1024x896.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010995_2026-01-11_14-17-22-896-1024x896.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010995_2026-01-11_14-17-22-896-300x263.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010995_2026-01-11_14-17-22-896-768x672.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010995_2026-01-11_14-17-22-896-1536x1344.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010995_2026-01-11_14-17-22-896-2048x1792.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GX010995_2026-01-11_14-17-22-896-14x12.jpeg 14w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-764057f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"764057f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3abf00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3abf00\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bcea85\" data-id=\"5bcea85\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc723a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dc723a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1928\" data-end=\"2202\">After the boat tour, I headed to my hostel for the night. I was lucky to have the whole room to myself in a four-person bunk setup at <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/NjdL6QnCVdeYqGtM7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hotel Residencial Los Frailes<\/a>. It was a simple place to sleep, but comfortable and quiet enough to rest up before the next day\u2019s adventures. It&#8217;s been 2.5 years, so I&#8217;m not sure, but I think this was the first hostel I ever stayed in.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d72726 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d72726\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a1da7e\" data-id=\"0a1da7e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-923ae7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"923ae7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d743689 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d743689\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">D\u00eda 2<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33121ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33121ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>La Catedral &amp; Playa Supay<\/li><li>Playa Roja<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce875c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce875c9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f398b33\" data-id=\"f398b33\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ed6e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44ed6e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"2240\" data-end=\"2613\">The next morning, PeruHop picked me up, and we drove into the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/bzBuRqHLQBeWFz1y5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paracas National Reserve<\/a>. Before leaving town, I grabbed a couple of passionfruits from a local shop to eat on the way. The bus took us along the coast, and suddenly we were at a striking desert-meets-ocean landscape that felt almost like another planet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30f8945 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30f8945\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6999986\" data-id=\"6999986\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e25bc00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e25bc00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f81ff5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f81ff5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">La Catedral &amp; Playa Supay<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7417bd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7417bd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3185-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15979\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3185-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3185-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3185-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3185-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3185-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3185-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-619ea53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"619ea53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our first stop in the reserve was near <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/v29dde3WR3vmhwn8A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Catedral<\/a>, the old rock formation that used to stand like a massive sea arch before part of it collapsed in a 2007 earthquake. I don&#8217;t actually have a photo. Nearby was <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/1LCVAaG9XBQxFjSdA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Playa Supay<\/a>, a rugged stretch of grey sand below steep, sheer yellow cliffs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5a31d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f5a31d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3181-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15980\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3181-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3181-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3181-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3181-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3181-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3181-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51d5056 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51d5056\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d8ef20\" data-id=\"0d8ef20\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1087b89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1087b89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd2c474 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd2c474\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Playa Roja<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63224b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63224b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15975\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-258cfbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"258cfbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our next stop was <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/qjfszLRb5xaYQF2R9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Playa Roja<\/a>, or \u201cRed Beach,\u201d known for its striking reddish sand. We stopped up the hill and walked up a rise for a good view. After that, the bus took us to the other side of the beach to get closer. To date, this is one of the most alien landscapes I have personally seen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d3a791 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6d3a791\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3203-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15978\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3203-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3203-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3203-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3203-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3203-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3203-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1a77bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a1a77bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-665871a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"665871a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Passengers boarded the bus, and we set off for our next stop &#8211; a desert oasis called Huacachina.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69a71373 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69a71373\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c8c4a58\" data-id=\"6c8c4a58\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaee559 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aaee559\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Related Articles<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13d4714f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13d4714f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/crater-lake\/\">Crater Lake National Park<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/oregon-coast\/\">Oregon Coast<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paracas, Peru 12 July 2023 Paracas is often called the poor man&#8217;s Galapagos. I guess because there are sea lions and sea birds here. I think that whoever coined this term did Paracas a huge favor because there isn&#8217;t a lot going on here. Indi and I decided on a Peru trip during one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[35,36],"class_list":["post-15973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-travel-blog","tag-peru","tag-south-america","post_format-post-format-aside"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Paracas, Peru | Penguins in the Desert<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Paracas is called the poor man&#039;s Galapagos. I guess because there are sea lions, penguins, and sea birds you can see on a boat tour.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paracas, Peru | Penguins in the Desert\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Paracas is called the poor man&#039;s Galapagos. I guess because there are sea lions, penguins, and sea birds you can see on a boat tour.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/paracas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"West Indies Travel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/westindiestravel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-11T21:51:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-12T22:59:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-scaled.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Zach\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Zach\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutos\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/paracas\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/paracas\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Zach\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dfbdebb69af0fa92f78d2389a6ac80d6\"},\"headline\":\"Paracas\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-11T21:51:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-12T22:59:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/paracas\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":695,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/paracas\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/IMG_3200-1024x768.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Peru\",\"South America\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Travel Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/paracas\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/paracas\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/paracas\\\/\",\"name\":\"Paracas, Peru | Penguins in the Desert\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/paracas\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/paracas\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/IMG_3200-1024x768.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-11T21:51:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-12T22:59:29+00:00\",\"description\":\"Paracas is called the poor man's Galapagos. I guess because there are sea lions, penguins, and sea birds you can see on a boat tour.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/paracas\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/paracas\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/paracas\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/IMG_3200-1024x768.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/IMG_3200-1024x768.jpeg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/paracas\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Paracas\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"West Indies Travel\",\"description\":\"Puerto Rico Travel Guide\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"West Indies Travel\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/WIT-logo-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/WIT-logo-2.png\",\"width\":1640,\"height\":924,\"caption\":\"West Indies Travel\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@westindiestravel\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/westindiestravel\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCHGwDgn5f7PyNfbT18Uwasw\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/westindiestravelguide\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dfbdebb69af0fa92f78d2389a6ac80d6\",\"name\":\"Zach\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b0207f0a27bec0789ceb053b060b1b4f265673bb0ad175438d7d6d9c321f8cad?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b0207f0a27bec0789ceb053b060b1b4f265673bb0ad175438d7d6d9c321f8cad?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b0207f0a27bec0789ceb053b060b1b4f265673bb0ad175438d7d6d9c321f8cad?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Zach\"},\"description\":\"Hi, I\u2019m Zach! I have lived in Caguas, PR with my wife Indi since December of 2021 when we moved here for her PA program. More specifically, we live in a small, lovely home perched on the side of a mountain that affords us a beautiful view we never tire of. The small road off the highway to get to our house has eroded to an alarming extent, and will eventually collapse, but to live in such a place is well worth the risk. By day, lush, green mountains are visible extending from a small valley. A river cuts a path between the mountains; a short ride on my moped can take me to a spot in the river where a 6 ft waterfall flows into a round pool where green herons fish and locals cool off. By night, a giant white cross on the hill just below us lights up, on Wednesday\u2019s the sound of the church\u2019s hymns makes its way to our porch. The night comes alive with the sound of frogs and insects and the occasional Puerto Rican screech owl. House geckos crawl around the house\u2019s exterior to hunt bugs drawn by the light. I feel lucky every day to live here and do my best to never take it for granted. We love exploring the island and since moving here, have done and seen a lot. My google maps is a messy mix of pins, many are pins of where I want to visit, and dozens more are favorite spots I have saved, from beaches, to hikes, to restaurants, to cultural sites, and more. Puerto Rico is a big island and there is so much to do. We have played the part of tour guide for friends and family on numerous occasions. I like to plan everything, which means a detailed itinerary crafted for every visit. After several such occasions, I have decided to share a travel guide for future visitors to benefit from my experience of planning travel and traveling around this special island.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/westindiestravel.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/westindiestravel\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/westindiestravel\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/terrestrialtemple\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@westindiestravel\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Paracas, Peru | Penguins in the Desert","description":"Paracas is called the poor man's Galapagos. I guess because there are sea lions, penguins, and sea birds you can see on a boat tour.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"Paracas, Peru | Penguins in the Desert","og_description":"Paracas is called the poor man's Galapagos. I guess because there are sea lions, penguins, and sea birds you can see on a boat tour.","og_url":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/paracas\/","og_site_name":"West Indies Travel","article_author":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/westindiestravel","article_published_time":"2026-01-11T21:51:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-12T22:59:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1920,"url":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-scaled.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Zach","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Zach","Est. reading time":"8 minutos"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/paracas\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/paracas\/"},"author":{"name":"Zach","@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/#\/schema\/person\/dfbdebb69af0fa92f78d2389a6ac80d6"},"headline":"Paracas","datePublished":"2026-01-11T21:51:50+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-12T22:59:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/paracas\/"},"wordCount":695,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/paracas\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-1024x768.jpeg","keywords":["Peru","South America"],"articleSection":["Travel Blog"],"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/paracas\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/paracas\/","url":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/paracas\/","name":"Paracas, Peru | Penguins in the Desert","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/paracas\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/paracas\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-1024x768.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-01-11T21:51:50+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-12T22:59:29+00:00","description":"Paracas is called the poor man's Galapagos. I guess because there are sea lions, penguins, and sea birds you can see on a boat tour.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/paracas\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/paracas\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/paracas\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-1024x768.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3200-1024x768.jpeg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/paracas\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Paracas"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/","name":"West Indies Travel","description":"Gu\u00eda de viaje de Puerto Rico","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/#organization","name":"West Indies Travel","url":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WIT-logo-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WIT-logo-2.png","width":1640,"height":924,"caption":"West Indies Travel"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@westindiestravel","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/westindiestravel\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHGwDgn5f7PyNfbT18Uwasw","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/westindiestravelguide\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/#\/schema\/person\/dfbdebb69af0fa92f78d2389a6ac80d6","name":"Zach","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b0207f0a27bec0789ceb053b060b1b4f265673bb0ad175438d7d6d9c321f8cad?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b0207f0a27bec0789ceb053b060b1b4f265673bb0ad175438d7d6d9c321f8cad?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b0207f0a27bec0789ceb053b060b1b4f265673bb0ad175438d7d6d9c321f8cad?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Zach"},"description":"Hi, I\u2019m Zach! I have lived in Caguas, PR with my wife Indi since December of 2021 when we moved here for her PA program. More specifically, we live in a small, lovely home perched on the side of a mountain that affords us a beautiful view we never tire of. The small road off the highway to get to our house has eroded to an alarming extent, and will eventually collapse, but to live in such a place is well worth the risk. By day, lush, green mountains are visible extending from a small valley. A river cuts a path between the mountains; a short ride on my moped can take me to a spot in the river where a 6 ft waterfall flows into a round pool where green herons fish and locals cool off. By night, a giant white cross on the hill just below us lights up, on Wednesday\u2019s the sound of the church\u2019s hymns makes its way to our porch. The night comes alive with the sound of frogs and insects and the occasional Puerto Rican screech owl. House geckos crawl around the house\u2019s exterior to hunt bugs drawn by the light. I feel lucky every day to live here and do my best to never take it for granted. We love exploring the island and since moving here, have done and seen a lot. My google maps is a messy mix of pins, many are pins of where I want to visit, and dozens more are favorite spots I have saved, from beaches, to hikes, to restaurants, to cultural sites, and more. Puerto Rico is a big island and there is so much to do. We have played the part of tour guide for friends and family on numerous occasions. I like to plan everything, which means a detailed itinerary crafted for every visit. After several such occasions, I have decided to share a travel guide for future visitors to benefit from my experience of planning travel and traveling around this special island.","sameAs":["http:\/\/westindiestravel.com","https:\/\/facebook.com\/westindiestravel","https:\/\/instagram.com\/westindiestravel","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/terrestrialtemple\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@westindiestravel"]}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"trp-custom-language-flag":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Zach","author_link":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/author\/terrestrialtemplegmail-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Paracas, Peru 12 July 2023 Paracas is often called the poor man&#8217;s Galapagos. I guess because there are sea lions and sea birds here. I think that whoever coined this term did Paracas a huge favor because there isn&#8217;t a lot going on here. Indi and I decided on a Peru trip during one of&hellip;","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15973"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16022,"href":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15973\/revisions\/16022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}