Ica Travel Guide

 MissHazelnut Says:  Included in lodging Sat. night @ Hacienda is a candle-lit dinner served by "monks" (Monks originally owned land and vinyard). Acustic Peruvian folk music is played while you are served a first-rate meal. Complementary glass of Ocucaje wine is also served during your dinner... 

 krissyM Says:  One fun thing to do in Huacachina is to rent a Sand Buggy and to go 4x4 ing over the sand dunes. There are a number of travel comapnies which will give you one ay packages including sand boarding as well. The price is approxamately 163 Sol for the day. 

 krissyM Says:  Huacachina is about 4km west of Ica and is featured on the back of the Peruvian 50 Sol banknote. It is a tiny resort village set in a desert oasis. The lagoon is surrounded by graceful palm trees and dominating sand dunes. 

 krissyM Says:  Pepe the Condor was rescued as a baby and can be found in the small zoo behind the Ica airport. The attendants will take out the condor and you can touch and pet him. They will expect a small tip afterwards. 

 krissyM Says:  The Nazca lines were discovered in 1939 when Paul Kosok flew across the desert and noticed some lines which he mistook for an elaborate irrigation system.The best way to appreciate the lines is to get a birds-eye view of them in a plane. This is pretty remarkable when you... 

 krissyM Says:  It is much cheaper to fly over the Nazca lines from Nazca but if time is of an essence then it is possible to arrange a day trip from Lima to Ica and fly over the Nazca lines from there. Tour companies will do an all inclusive package which will include flight from Lima,... 

 K-nalla Says:  In the middle of the Ica desert, you can find an oasis, full of beauty and maybe even mermaids. La Huacachina,a s its called, is a natural underwater feed lake that hides between the Ica Dunes. Getting here is as easy as pie. Take a mototaxi from the Main Square and theyll... 

 K-nalla Says:  Muy cerca del centro de Ica se encuentra el pueblo de Cachiche, conocido por sus .....brujas....... para llegar tomar cualquier colectivo de la plaza q te lleve al pueblo de Cachiche ( .50 in 2006) al montarse decidle q quieres q te deje donde las brujas. Las brujas de... 

 K-nalla Says:  Great food at a great price. She prepares as you order pancita, anticucho, rachi and all the other peruvian delicacies. If you travelled all the way here might as well try it, and she does it well, you wont be dissapointed Racchi 

 jadedmuse Says:  I've seen these kinds of makeshift "taxis" in more than one third world country - I've even seen photos of them by other VTers - and they all look very similar. You've got to try them, they're a scream! You'll usually find yourself squashed inside, the vinyl seats torn and... 

 grets Says:  Several people have warned us about being airsick on the flight but we are not in the least concerned about suffering from motion sickness in the air; we have both been on many flights in light aircrafts and even taken an aerobatics flight! Why should a two hour journey over... 

 grets Says:  The transfer to the Las Dunas Aerodrome takes five minutes; I have never stayed at a hotel with its own airport before. It’s a cool place, all cane and thatch with open sides. Free soft drinks are laid on and they show a disastrously bad video of the Nazca Lines. Maps of the... 

 grets Says:  We opt for a Dune Buggy adventure and try to book it with the pretty young girl on the desk. Her English is marginally better than my Spanish and together we make each other understood. With her hands she motions that there are three levels of this activity: fairly flat, a...