This tour package will allow you to travel with great comfort aboard a private machine visiting the most relevant attractions on route. On this package we offer you a boat excursion to the Ballestas Islands, a wonderful array of small islands where you will see dozens of sea lions and hundreds of marine birds including Humboldt penguins, pelicans, boobies and many others. On this journey we will also visit the vineyards of Pisco and the Huacachina Lagoon in Ica. In Nazca you will board a small plane to fly over the mysterious Nazca Lines and also will visit one of the most bizarre ancient graveyards of Peru.

Program: 2 Days / 1 Night

Day 1º : Ballestas Islands - Paracas - Vineyards of Pisco - Huacachina Oasis

04:30 h . We will meet you at your hotel in Lima, and after a short briefing about the activities we will do along the way we will start our tour. We will drive for about 3 hours till the Paracas Bay. At the Paracas Bay we will be met by our local guide who will lead us to the port where we will board a speed boat to visit the Ballestas Islands. During our boat excursion to the Islands you will see many attractions, among them, stands out a huge design etched on the slope of hill, known by the local people as The Candelabra. This is an enormous figure that can be seen clearly from the sea. Our local guide will explain the most important theories concerning this drawing. Afterwards, we will continue our excursion around the Ballestas Islands, where you will see hundreds of birds flying (Peruvian Bobbies, Inca terms, Pelicans, Cormorants and others) above the Islands, as well as dozens of sea lions on the shore of the beaches, and if you are lucky you also can see the famous Humboldt Penguins and dolphins swimming nearby. It is not allowed to land on the Island, which means you will spend all the tour on the boat. After our visit to the islands, we will explore by land some beautifull beaches of the Paracas Reserve. Later on, we will continue our journey to the City of Ica, where we will visit the vineyards of Pisco (a grape brandy) and the famous Oasis called Huacachina. The huge white sand dunes surrounding the lagoon are perfect to practice one of the most exciting sports in the area "Sandboarding". After our visit in Huacachina, we will continue our trip to Nazca. Overnight in Nazca at the hotel Casa Andina *** or similar.

 

Day 2 º : Flight over the Nazca Lines - Chauchilla Cemetery - Return to Lima

08:00 h . You will be picked up from your hotel and then will be transferred to the airdrome of Nazca to fly over the Nazca drawings. Prior the flight you will watch a video film about the Nazca Lines that will allow you get a better understanding of the archaeologicl zone you are about to see. This interesting documentary lasts about 40 minutes and involves serious information about the Nazca Culture, as well as the figures you will see from the air. For this aerial tour, you will board a small Cessna single-engine aircraft (Station air, Sky hawk or Skyline type), which has spacious room for 5 people, each person with a window seat. After the video, our English speaking pilot will proceed to give you a briefing about this air tour and also will give each participant a map of the archaeological zone, which shows all the figures you will see from the air. Among the figures, you will see an impressive representation of a monkey, a whale, a spider, a hummingbird, a parrot, a condor, geometrical shapes and hundred of straight lines crisscrossing the Nazca desert. Afterwards, we will visit the pre-Inca graveyard of Chauchilla. For many years this pre Inca place was looted by treasure hunters, who ransacked the place completely, taking away all the treasures the mummies kept in their tombs for centuries. These grave robbers just left behind the corpses, which can be seen today all over the ground. In addition to skulls and bones, you also can see several tombs centuries old, as well as long human hairs, ceramic fragments and others remains scattered on the desert surface. After touring around we go back to Nazca to visit a ceramic studio, where a craftsman will give us a better insight about the Nazca civilization and the colorful vessels they made hundreds of years ago. Later on you will have time for lunch and finally we will board our private machine and will return to Lima. Upon our arrival in Lima, our driver will drop you off at your hotel.

End of the tour.

Included

 

Day 1°

• Pick up from your hotel in Nazca.
• Private trasnportation.
• Professional driver & local guide.
• Entrance fees to Cantayo.
• Drop off at your hotel at the end of the tour.

Day 2 °

• Breakfast at the hotel in Nazca.
• Transfer to the airport.
• Classic Flight over the Nazca Lines.
• Airport taxes of the Nazca Lines.
• Video film about the Nazca Lines.
• Guided visit to the Cemetery of Chauchilla + Entrance fees.
• Private car to Lima.
• Professional driver.
• Entrance fees.
• Drop off at your hotel in Lima.

 

No Included

• Meals
• Extras & gratuities.

Departures:

04:30 h.

Price:

Available upon request. Send us an e-mail to info@mysteryperu.com and we will reply as soon as possible or within 24 hours at the most.

Recommendations:

• On this tour you must bring light clothing, as the weather on the southern coast used to be very hot, especially in summer time (from December to March) when temperatures can reach 40º C / 104 ºF sometimes.
• We suggest to bring sun block to avoid sun burning, a hat, a bottle of water and sun glasses.

Additional information:

• All your personal information is required at the moment of your booking.
• Confirmation of the excursion will be received at time of booking.
• All tours are operated in English unless otherwise stated.

Travel voucher:

• You will receive an electronic voucher via e-mail once your booking is confirmed.
• For every confirmed booking you will be required to print your electronic voucher for presentation at the moment we start the excursion. The electronic voucher acts as a confirmation for all the services you request.

Local Operator Information:

• We will send you complete operator information, including phone numbers at your destination.
• Our Managers select only the most experienced and reliable operators in each destination, removing the guesswork for you, and ensuring your peace of mind.

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