PARACAS NATIONAL RESERVE

Between the coastal desert and the cold sea of the Peruvian current, more than 1500 species coexist in one of the most beautiful coasts of Peru, the Paracas National Reserve. It was declared the first marine-coastal Protected Natural Area of Peru, not only for its ecological values, but for the opportunities of sustainable development that it offers to the local population.

This Protectec Area is the habitat of numerous species of aquatic birds such as the Humboldt penguin, the Peruvian potoyunco, and 'guaneras' birds  such as the Peruvian booby, the guanay cormorant, the pelican, among others. They also inhabit this great marine paradise vertebrates such as sea turtles, otters, dolphins, sea lions and whales. All of them reside and reproduce in Paracas.

History among the sand

The lands of Paracas were inhabited by the culture of the same name, ancient Peruvians who developed ancestral activities such as fishing and textiles. They left a great cultural legacy that until today is preserved in the Reserve, in its more than 120 archaeological sites, as well as fossil settlements of great relevance in different sectors of the Protectec Area, evidencing fossilized flora and fauna that date  from million years ago.

THE CATHEDRAL

This impresive rock formation has an antiquity of 28 to 40 million years ago and it resembles, as its name indicate, to a gigantic cathedral. Although it suffered some small damages by the earthquake of 2007 in Pisco, the Cathedral has not limited its majesty and the landscape is one of the most amazing in Peru. 

YUMAQUE AND LA ROJA BEACH