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Destination ~ The Paracas Peninsula
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This amazing area is home to many animals and birds
including sea lions, seals, penguins and even turtles,
which are unusual for this latitude. Along with
sea mammals are a wide variety of bird life including
pelicans, albatross, boobies, cormorants and, of
course, seagulls. The area is also home to the majestic
condors that come down to feed on the carcasses
of dead seals.
The small islands of this area were important for
the collection of guano (bird droppings used in
the production of fertiliser), but today only a
small amount is recovered.By far the best way of
seeing the wonderful variety of animals is to take
a trip around the coast by boat.
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A Ballestas Islands boat trip offers
the opportunity of close contact with these
impressive
colonies of seals and birdlife.
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Candelabro
From the northern most point 'Punta Pejerry', is
the best view of the 'Candelabro' drawing. This
huge picture laid out on the highest cliff face
overlooks the bay. No one can say for why it was
created but everyone will agree, it is very impressive.
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Ancient
Indian Civilisation
Paracas is not only the name of the area, but
that of the ancient Indian civilisation which
existed over 3000 years ago. The Peruvian archaeologist
Julio C Tello was the discoverer of several burial
sites buried under the dunes. Because of the nature
of the desert, the bodies and finely woven textiles
have been extremely well preserved.
Near
the acropolis on the isthmus joining the Paracas
peninsula to the mainland is the museum Julio
C Tello with exhibits of artefacts recovered from
the archaeological digs of this area.
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Chauchilla Cemetery
One of the strangest discoveries to be made were
the elaborately wrapped mummies. Their funeral
bundles revealed what must be the first brain
surgery, small metal plates were inserted into
the skull to repair damaged sections.
Also
the practise of skull reformation was carried
out on newly born infants, moulds would be strapped
to the heads of children causing the skull to
grow cone shaped. Different shaped moulds were
used to identify an individual clan as they differed
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