Blanca Island

We started our day today with a boat trip to 'White Island', which is an island off the coast of Paracas. It is inhabited by many different animals and birds. On our tour we got the chance to see sea lions, dolphins, blue footed boobies, and many other types of birds. Some of my favourite parts were:
1) We saw this one sea lion on the island chasing down birds and making them all fly away
2) We saw these two sea lions trying to bite each other and fight (see video)
3) This massive sea lion was sitting on this one boat and kept moving around and posing for the cameras before jumping into the water
4) Having this one bird fly alongside the boat for a few minutes right next to me (it felt like we were racing!)
5) I saw a dolphin jump right out of the water and splash down which was very cool!

We then got some breakfast (I found some gf-ish pancakes!) and boarded a bus to Huacachina. Huacachina is a desert oasis near the city of Ica. It is very small (you can walk the entire thing in 15 mins) but is very cool because everywhere you look is surrounded by giant sand dunes. It's like all the deserts you see in the movies with just piles and mounds of soft sand. We spent the day relaxing in the down and then climbed the one dune in the evening for a beautiful view. We have the full day in Huacachina tomorrow where we will be doing a dune buggy and sandboarding tour which should be very exciting!Read more