Toll booth on Route 30 heading out of Arequipa for the coast |
Peruvian stop sign - Alto |
Lima is around 1000 km by road from Arequipa |
Route 30 passing through a deep cut |
Desvio Cerro Verde |
Joining the Pan American Highway |
Descending into the river valley at Vitor, Peru |
Tunnel on the Carretera Panamericana Sur |
Low coastal desert, a big change after the highlands |
Cruz del Sur bus on the Panamerican Highway headed to Lima |
Desert hills between Vitor and Tambillo |
Carretera Panamericana - Peru |
Bienvenidos a la Provincia de Castilla |
Panamerican Highway through the Pervian desert |
Panamerican Highway |
Carretera Panamericana - Peru |
Carretera Panamericana - Peru |
Costal fog in the distance |
Panamerican Highway nearing the coastal fog layer |
Panamerican Highway nearing the coast |
The final descent to the coast at Camaná, Peru |
Coastal hills at Camaná, Peru |
The coast of Peru is often shrouded in fog during the southern hemisphere winter |
Toll booth (Peaje) Camaná, Panamerican Highway |
224km to the hotel...still 837 km to Lima |
Peru Via Panam |
Arequipeña billboard as we reach the coast at Camaná |
The beach at Camaná |
I'm lucky, the fog has lifted into low stratus clouds |
Panamerican Highway headed for the beach |
Bienvenidos a Camaná, Peru |
Mirador del Inca, Camaná |
View of the Rio Camaná from Mirador del Inca |
Greenery in the desert along the Rio Camaná |
Carretera Panamericana along the south coast of Peru |
Lourdes Presidenta 2006 |
Panamerican Highway along the beach northwest of Camana |
Broad, flat beach with major dunes and cliffs behind it |
Southern coast of Peru |
Along the top of a dune |
Wildlife Refuge near Chira, Peru |
Waves smashing against the cliffs, Peru |
It would be alot easier to drive in Peru if a*holes like this would pick a lane.... |
Road crews getting the desert off the road |
Panamerican Highway just southeast of Ocoña |
Nearing the Ocoña River Valley |
Ocoña, Peru |
Rio Ocoña |
Fertile Ocoña River valley |
Section of the Panamerican Highway NW of Ocoña reminiscent of Big Sur, CA |
Rocks off the coast of Peru covered in bird guano |
Panamerican Highway, Peru |
Peruvian license plate |
Cliffs along the southern coast of Peru |
Panamerican Highway, Peru |
Peru's "Big Sur" coast between Ocoña and La Planchada |
Panamerican Highway carded out of the cliffs high above the Pacific, Peru |
Cliffs, south coast, Peru |
Panamerican Highway passing through a tunnel between Ocoña and La Planchada |
Cliffs near La Planchada |
Cliffs near La Planchada |
Returning to sea level arriving at La Planchada |
La Planchada, Peru |
Industrial La Planchada |
Bienvenidos a La Planchada, CFG Investment |
Small fishing fleet and harbor, La Planchada |
La Planchada Lighthouse |
Valley of the Rio Caraveli, currently dry |
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Panamerican Highway, Peru |
Looking southeast along the rugged Peruvian coast |
Panamerican Highway between La Planchada and Cerro de Arena |
Carretera Panamericana passing through a cut |
Concrete wall attempting to hold back the massive sanddunes, Panamerican Highway |
Sanddunes partially blocking the road ahead |
The Panamerican Highway climbing again |
Pacific waves breaking of the southern coast of Peru |
Panamerican Highway back at sea level |
Coast of Peru |
Turkey Vultures along the Panamerican Highway |
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Peru |
Memorials like this are common along the roads of Peru - not surprising given their shocking driving habits |
Panamerican Highway along the coast, Peru |
Via Panamericana, Peru |
Cactus along the coast of Peru |
Atico, Peru |
Restaurant Oriental on the beach at Atico, Peru |
Restaurant Cevicheria Youanita, Atico |
Clouds capping the coastal mountains along the Panamerican Highway near Atico |
Panamerican Highway near Atico, Peru |
Chala Lighthouse, Peru |
Chala, Peru |
Chala, Peru |
Turnoff for Puerto Inca, 603km south of Lima and 159 km from Nazca |
www.puertoinka.com.pe |
Puerto Inca is a quiet spot 1.8 km off the Panamerican Highway |
The secluded cove of Puerto Inka |
Pool and bar/restaurant, Puerto Inka |
Puerto Inca is a great place to break up the long journey between Arequipa and Nazca |
Hotel Puerto Inka - all to myself at the moment |
Rooms at Puerto Inka |
Hotel rooms, Puerto Inka |
Amenities, Hotel Puerto Inka |
Hiking trails along the coast around Puerto Inka |
Rugged coast at Puerto Inka |
Inca ruins of a coastal fishing village |
Ruins of Inca storehouses, Puerto Inca |
View of the small beach from Hotel Puerto Inca |
Trail from the hotel to the southern ruins, Puerto Inca |
Tombs, Puerto Inca |
Human remains in one of the tombs at Puerto Inca |
Tomb, Puerto Inca |
Scattered human remains centuries old, Puerto Inca |
Incan ruins, Store houses, Puerto Inca |
More human remains, Puerto Inca |
Inca ruins, Puerto Inca |
Inca ruins, Puerto Inca |
Ruins of the Inca village at Puerto Inca |
Inca ruins, Puerto Inca |
Inca ruins, Puerto Inca |
Signpost for the Inca Road, Puerto Inca |
Inca Road, Puerto Inca |
Ceremonial Center, Puerto Inca |
Puerto Inca near the Ceremonial Center |
Prominent outcropping, Puerto Inca |
Rocky coast towards Chala |
Interesting short hikes around Puerto Inka |
Bay at Puerto Inka |
Hotel Puerto Inka |
Exploring in the other direction from the hotel |
More tombs in the hills north of Puerto Inka |
Human remains inside a tomb, Puerto Inka |
Remains of the former residents of Puerto Inka |
The cove at Puerto Inka |
Inca ruins, Puerto Inka |
Hotel Puerto Inka from the surrounding hills |
Main ruins, Puerto Inka |
Puerto Inka |
Exploring the coast north of the hotel |
Supposedly if you go far enough there is a penguin colony |
Cliffs north of Puerto Inka |
Cove to the north of Puerto Inka |
Kelp and aquamarine water, Puerto Inka |
Getting towards sunset...can't keep looking for the penguins |
Rocks, Puerto Inka |
North of Puerto Inka |
Turkey vulture, Puerto Inka |
Time to turn around...it will be dark soon |
Heading back to Puerto Inka |
My private hotel has been taken over by a bus tour |
Getting an early start from Puerto Inka for Nazca and Ica |
Quiet morning, Tanaca, Peru |
Beach at Tanaca, Peru |
Zona de Arenamiento - sandy patches on the Panamerican Highway |
Dunes eating a roadside along the Panamerican Highway |
Panamerican Highway along the beach NW of Tanaca |
Shocking, a Peruvian truck driving in his own lane! |
Sign losing out to sand dunes, Yauca, Peru |
Senasa - Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agrario, Peru |
Yauca, Peru |
Panamerican Highway, Yauca toll booths (Peaje) |
112 km more to first stop, Nazca |
265 km to the nightstop near Ica |
Panamerican Highway leaving the coast after Lomas |
Panamerican Highway under blue sky |
Cuidado - Reducir Velocidad - Zona de Arenamiento |
Panamerican Highway - Carretera Panamericana |
Panamerican Highway km 544 |
Panamerican Highway crossing the desert south of Nazca |
Roadside shack, Peru |
Panamerican Highway, Peru |
Dwelling along the Panamerican Highway |
Panamerican Highway nearing Nazca |