Ica travel guide

Ica is Perus main wine centre. The city is on the Río Ica, which is almost permanently dry and rubbish-strewn but the waters of the Choclacocha and Orococha lakes at 4570m are tunnelled for 9km from the Andes into the Ica valley and irrigate 30,000 ha of land. As well as wine, the city is famous for its tejas, a local sweet of manjarblanco. It suffered less damage than Pisco in the 2007 earthquake, but one side of the Plaza de Armas collapsed. Most travellers spend little time in Ica itself, preferring to stay at the oasis at Huacachina. Here you will find a lake surrounded by towering sand dunes, which are great for racing up and down on dune buggies and learning the skills of sandboarding. Increasingly popular are trips into the desert to experience the mysteries of this barren landscape.

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