Peru · Paracas, Ica · #2 of Peru's ten by fame
187 metres of sand inside a national reserve, guarded by cliffs.
How we rated it: up one for second place on the fame list. The cliff edges are in the catch. Photo: GraceAlison · CC BY-SA 4.0
La Mina is the shortest of Peru's ten, 187 metres by our measurement, in the Paracas National Reserve in the Ica region. Cliffs guard it from the open sea. You pay the reserve's entrance fee to reach it. The guide's packing list: a windbreaker, sunscreen and proper water shoes.
Warmest sea in February. Fewest wet days in January, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Pick your fight.
One year of data, 2025, from Open-Meteo at this beach's coordinates. A rain day is 1 mm or more. The red bar is the month to aim for in each row.
1 beach within 6 km, as the gull flies.
Straight-line distances from the mapped beach shapes (OpenStreetMap). Roads are longer, and in Bali they are much longer.
No crowd data.
In the Paracas National Reserve, in the Ica region of Peru, about 3.5 hours from Lima by car.
The Paracas National Reserve entrance fee covers it: S/.11 for national adults for one day, S/.5 for children aged 5 to 16, free under 5.
