Ica to Ilo Bus
The travel from Ica to Ilo city takes about 14 hours on the highway and the distance you go through is 486 mi (782 km). Excluciva is the main transportation service that offers this route in its more exclusive travel itinerary, with bus tickets from s/. 120 to s/. 140. The buses leave at 8:05 p.m. from the terminal of Av. Lambayeque, in the centre of Ica city. Their destination is the terminal next to the Plaza de Armas of Ilo. The weather in Ilo is dry and warm, with an average temperature of 71 °F (22°C) and there are sunny days most of the year.
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About Ica
In the Ica territory flowered 2 of the most important cultures that lived in this part of the continent. The Paracas culture (600 B. C. - 100 A.D.) and the Naza culture (100 A.D. - 800 A.D.) were the first civilizations of Ica, followed by the Chincha culture (800 A.D. - 1476 A.D.), but there are not many registers of the last one. With the expansion of the Incan Empire, the end of the Chincha culture would arrive, consolidating as new power of the territory of Ica until the arrival of the Spanish and the subsequent conquest. After the foundation by the Spanish, Ica would become a commercial region, characterized by its textile and winemaking industries, which saw its origin in 1540, when Nicolás de Ribera el Viejo produced the first eau-de-vie with the Ica raisins.
About Ilo
Ilo is a port city at the shores of the Pacific Ocean, located in the southern región of the country, in de Department of Moquegua. The city was founded by Spaniards in a territory previously occupied by pre-columbian cultures. The city gained importance as a fishing hamlet and strategic port to supply goods to the southern cities.
Ilo played an important role during the War of the Pacific, and became a staging area for the Chilean forces in their campaign through Tacna and Arica. During the XXth century due to migration from the Andean highlands, and is now a modern trading hub with attractive beaches for tourists during the summer.