enigma and mystery
Paracas & Nazca
Paracas & Nazca
The Ica region has incredible attractions that go into millennial cultures, large Dunes, Oasis, the famous Lines in its pampas of Nazca and much more.
Our Package Paracas and Nazca 3 days starts in the city of Paracas. If you arrive from Lima city we recommend that you take the Bus departing from between 4:00 to 7:00 am to be able to start with our itinerary on time or arrive in Paracas 1 night before.
Our program ends on the third day in the afternoon, allowing you perfectly to connect with the Night Bus towards to the city of Arequipa or return to Lima capital.
- Tour
Private / Group
- Departure
Paracas
- Style
Natural Scene
You will visit:
- Explore the Paracas National Reserve.
- Enjoy the Ballestas islands (Called the Small Galapagos).
- Have fun around the Huacachina Oasis with time for activities.
- Visit to a wine /pisco yard.
- Get fascinated with the 30 minutes Overflight to the Nazca lines.
- Visit the Cantalloc aqueducts and Chauchilla cemetery.
Program Itinerary:
10:30 AM. Reception in Paracas bus terminal and transfer to your hotel.
* Please check buses departure from Lima latest at 07:00 am.
11:00 AM Excursion to the Paracas National Reserve (3 hrs approx. Of tour); one of the biggest Marine reserves in Peru, and home for more than 200 types of seabirds and shorebirds, as a big number of marine species as well. Visit the Mirador de Flamencos and the Centro de Interpretation to learn about all the fauna in the reserve. In this Centre you can see skeletons of whales, sea lions, and penguins.
To finish your tour, go off road in the desert towards beautiful Lagunillas Beach, where you can enjoy lunch with an incredible view (Lunch is not included in tour).
End of tour and transfer to your hotel.
Hotel according to your selection.
Breakfast. 08:00 AM. Take a boat tour to see the impressive Candelabro geoglyph, Peruvian boobies, Humboldt penguins, and abundant marine life at the Ballestas Islands archipelago. Finishing the excursion, we will have a short break for personal activities and then keep forward with our private transport to the city of Nazca.
On the route to Nazca visit a Wine – Pisco hacienda and the Oasis La Huacachina where you can have some time free for personal activities.
(*) On request we can organize Sand boarding and driving through the Dunes of Huacachina (Recommended).
Arrive in Nazca city late afternoon and transfer to your hotel.
Hotel according to your selection
Breakfast. Transfer from your hotel to the local airport of Nazca city.
Nazca and the word “Lines” belong together; Nazca is an ancient geometric lines and animal geoglyphs that crisscross the Nazca desert. Like all great unexplained mysteries, these great etchings on the pampa, thought to have been made by a pre-Inca civilization between AD 450 and 600, and attract a variable fan of visitors.
The Nazca lines were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 and belong to the biggest tourist attraction of Peru.
According to weather conditions we will have our over flight to the enigmatic Nazca lines (30’ of flight).
In the afternoon, we will enjoy our excursion to the Chauchilla cemetery, located 28 kilometers from downtown Nazca. This is a necropolis from the period between the second century B.C. and the 9th century and where you can observe skulls, bones, ceramics, etc. that were gathered from all over the surrounding desert. We keep our experience and visit the enigmatic Aqueducts of Cantalloc; located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the city of Nazca. These aqueducts ensured the supply of water to the city and were built about 1,500 years ago. Spirals and channels that demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Peruvians people.
Return to Nazca city.
According to your bus departure; transfer to the Bus station (Bus to Arequipa city or return to Lima capital)
End of our services
Inclusions:
- 02 nights in tourist hotel (Paracas and Nazca).
- Excursion to Paracas National Reserve.
- Excursion to Ballestas Islands.
- 01 private transfer from Paracas to Nazca city.
- Stops on the route to Nazca and visit the Oasis Huacachina with optional activities.
- Nazca lines Overflight Includes: Overflight 30’ minutes and transfer Round Trip to the local airport.
- Excursion to the Chauchilla cemetery.
- Transfer In / out in private service to Bus terminal.
- Service with English Guide, Tourist Transportation /launch, entrances and permanent assistance.
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Verification of Covid-19 protocols in guides, drivers and all our suppliers.
Guided
Professional guide English / Spanish.
Safe transportation
We verify the transport for a safe trip
Oxygen bottle
In transport and in hotels.
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