Travelogues Ica

The pickup at the hostel in the oasis of Huacachina at 8 AM - booked as a private ride - went well. Although it was a bit different than expected 😂. In front of the hoste

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After our wonderful stay in Huaraz, we took the overnight bus to Lima. The capital was announced to us by our tour guides as chaotic, noisy, and dangerous, which made me feel a...

10.08. today I am leaving late. last night on one of the busy streets of Nazca made it clear that the people of Nazca have a problem with silence. taxis honk twice when...

The time in Nazca until sunset, also for the departure of our bus, was limited. My driver suggested visiting the Necropolis of Chauchilla and the aqueducts of Cant

In the morning, we booked a last-minute quad tour in the desert for the morning. This quad tour turned out to be “driving around on a pie

When you come to Nasca, of course you want to see the world-famous Nasca Lines. These are ancient geometric patterns and mysterious animal figures ranging in size from 10 to...

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13.11.2018 The small desert town of Paracas is completely geared towards tourism. The agencies line up side by side on the main street and compete for customers. After our...

Post 1 - Huacachina Oasis and Paracas NP.

01/12/2024 We take the Uber to the bus stop in Lima at 11:30, find out that we didn't book the bus to Ica at 12 pm but at 12 am and our bus left long ago haha. But no problem...

Peru is really showing its best side. We discover new dreamlike places every day and it feels like we are in a different world after a few hours of bus ride. From the mountains...

Now I am getting back after a long time. The last few weeks have been very eventful. As mentioned in the last report, I have been living with a new host family since the end of...

From Lima we take a bus about 4 hours south to Ica - a city in the middle of the desert. Despite being in the desert, there is enough water here to support agriculture in and...

Rainforest and Desert Where were we in the rainforest and what did we experience there? In Puerto Maldonado! Extreme heat with even more humidity! In our lodge: About...

At night was the time when I worked as a bartender in the hostel, three days in the first week, five days in the second and third week, and six days in the last week. My shift...

Sand, sand and more sand... EVERYWHERE!!!

07.08. today marks the first farewell to the Andes. I have experienced them for almost 7 weeks and pushed the Vespa to its limits. Once again, I will climb up to 4,250 m, and...

An oasis in the desert, a tiny little town, with about 20 hotels, lots of skis and snowboards, and not to forget hundreds of sand buggies zooming through the town! The...

Whenever I had a single room in a hotel, I used the time (and especially the space) to unpack my entire backpack and cancel it again. Every time I ask myself how it ever fit in...

Good thing I was in bed early yesterday, because today I have a lot on the agenda again! I start with a coffee and a juice and set off for the boat trip from the port of Paracas...

At 4 p.m. everyone from PeruHop met. I met another couple who come from Germany but now live in Switzerland. We then went into the desert with our guide. It makes you want to...

What an awesome day!!! After breakfast, chill out, splash around in the pool, drink smoothies, relax in a lounge chair on the roof terrace, read to each other... that's vacation...

Our trip took us away from the smoggy Lima last weekend with a four-hour bus ride - into the desert and the beauty of Peru. We stayed in the small coastal town of Paracas. This...

On my first full day in the South American desert oasis, which was also my first day off, I spent my time sandboarding with three Israeli guests from the hostel. Sandboarding...

Our second and last day in Ica was all about nature and animal observations. We had booked a day trip to Paracas National Park, which is located on the coast. After getting up...

It is a long way from Chachapoyas to Ica, which is why we divided the journey into 3 stages. So there was a stopover in Chiclayo and Lima. What we experienced there, I have...

From 27.12. to 30.12. I spent four days traveling in the Ica region south of Lima. After arriving at a hotel in Ica city on the first day, we went straight to the nearby...

On Peru's coast there was a first. It was somewhat calm and Kai could bring himself to play a round of speed badminton with Silke. Although our technique is not yet fully...