We drove from Lima to Paracas and Nazca. The roads are well paved, and have no traffic. It terms of safety, they are safe except for the police (!!): we were pulled to the side at a "check point" and forced to a US$100 pay off for not having our lights on in the middle of a sunny day! Mind you, our car had daylight running lights, and the light setting was on "auto", but not "on". He took our driver's licenses and our passports, then told us that unless we pay him he will not return our documents. It was the end of a 3 week trip and we didn't want to deal with it. We paid him off and went on our way.

Realmente en las playas de la Reserva de Paracas el agua es muy fria y hay bastante viento, en Lima estamos en invierno y no es epoca para meterse en la playa, pero en Paracas y en especial en las playas la gente se mete porque hace un poco mas de calor.