INTRODUCTION
It is 260 km south of the city of
The Paracas National Reserve
was created on September 25,
1975. It was created with the
purpose of conserving a part of
the sea and the desert of Peru,
which offers a great variety of
flora and fauna.
It is the only protected maritime
area in Peru. Here live sea
lions, Humboldt penguins,
dolphins, flamingos or
parihuanas and other birds.
EL CANDELABRO
Lima. The trip from Lima takes
3 hours to 4 hours by car or That has an extension of 120
bus. meters, which is also called
Tres Cruces or Tridente.
ISLAS BALLESTAS
LA CATEDRAL
They are just outside the The cathedral is a rock
reserve, due to the activity of formation caused by the erosion
of the sea and the wind. It has a
guano extraction every so often.
concave shape that reminds the
But on the islands and around
domes of the cathedrals.
there live sea lions and other
species of marine fauna that
depend closely on the
protection of the reserve.
FLORA AND FAUNA grouper, pampanito, anchoveta,
croaker, lorna, pejerrey, jack
mackerel, liza, machete and
It has a rich variety of marine sardines.
flora because its water currents
favor the presence of plankton, We can also observe mammals,
phytoplankton and algae. such as sea wolves, fine sea
Studies show that there is a lions, dolphins known as
dolphins and marine cats.
variety of 200 seaweeds.
Among the birds that inhabit the
National Reserve of Paracas we
have the gray seagull, zarcillo,
grater, plover, arctic, chuita,
guanay, pelican beach.

There is a great variety of fish,

such as sole, white tuna, bonito,
tramboyo, ray, cheetah, sardine,