The Ballestas Islands lie off the coast of the city of Pisco \u2014 jagged, vaulted formations along the Pacific shoreline.<\/p>\n
Exotic fauna thrives in this unique environment, with colors that contrast with the rocky relief.<\/p>\n
A sanctuary for thousands of sea lions and more than 150 species of marine birds, including Humboldt penguin, cormorants, boobies and pelicans.<\/p>\n
Visitors ply a path by boat through natural tunnels and into caves formed over millions of years by the pounding surf.<\/p>\n
The seaside resort town and national reserve of Paracas is the launching point for boats that carry visitors to within a few meters of the Ballestas Islands.<\/p>\n
Peering from sea toward the Andean hills along the shore offers a bird\u2019s eye view of the ancient \u201cCandelabro\u201d.<\/p>\n
The enormous candelabra-shaped figure is etched into the landscape at the highest point of a cliff side overlooking the bay, possibly a remnant of the ancient Paracas culture, which thrived here from 1300 BC until 200 AD, or the Chavin Empire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3495,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-3463","videos","type-videos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/videos\/3463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/videos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/videos"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}