Photographer’s Note
Ballestas islands are almost 20 miles away from Paracas coast. It takes 40 minutes to get there by boat.Daily 2 times boat tours exist to the island. Departure times are at 8.00 and 10.00 o'clock.
At the island you can see different variety of
birds(150) including Humboldt Penguins,cormorants,
pelicans,boobies.Also the islands are to home of thousands of sea lions.In order to prevent the
eco system , landing to island is prohobited by Peruvian officials, wild life can be observed only from the boats.
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miketelemark
![Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 19 W: 0 N: 206]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/s-n-g.gif){kind=small}
(2323) 2008-05-18 23:58
Fantastic light and great wave action below the birds. Cool image!
i9l2y1m8a8t3
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 67 W: 2 N: 18]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-s.gif){kind=small}
(241) 2008-06-01 18:50
wow, a majestic scene, this place seems so interesting, the birds are just so amazing! nice timing and well captured!!! thanks for sharing!
all the best!
Photo Information
- Copyright: sedat saatcioglu (sedats) (643)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2008-03-08
- Categories: Nature
- Camera: Nikon D-80 Digital SLR
- Exposure: f/7.1, 1/1600 seconds
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2008-05-18 18:14
