This is the port where we got the boat for the tour.I was pretty disappointed in Las Islas Ballestas. I only have a few photos because my camera battery died. (After my old camera was stolen, I vacillated on getting a new one, and ultimately decided to go ahead and get it. The new one took AA batteries. I didn't even know cameras still did that!) Here is my tripadvisor review:
While making my way up the Panamericana, I stopped in Pisco for the night, in order to go to the Islas Ballestas. (Unfortunately, Pisco suffered major damage from the 2007 earthquake and is still "transitioning," so there wasn't much happenin' there.) I left early the next morning for the Islas tour. It's a choppy, 30 minute boat ride out to the islands where, for years, the local birds have been shitting. When it piles up, men collect it, because it is a good fertilizer. It's known as guano and its exportation can be lucrative.
This is what you see: rock islands, colored white by the guano; a LOT of the guano-producing birds, some sea lions, and a few penguins. (Okay, the penguins were cool.)
If you're traveling between Arequipa and Lima, it might not be worth the stop.
I did not actually take this picture. But I wanted to show you the guano.
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