Itinerary at a glance

• Day 1

  Lima to Ica and Overflight to the Nazca Lines

• Day 2

  Paracas - Ballestas Islands, bird watching and return to Lima

• Day 1

  Lima to Ica and Overflight to the Nazca Lines

  Lima to Ica (Altitude: Sea Level) 

  
  

  For your private tour to Nazca, your driver and guide will pick you up from your hotel in Lima and transfer you to Ica in a comfortable private vehicle. You will make the transfer by road to Nazca, enjoying the Peruvian landscape during the trip.

  
  

  Upon arrival in Ica, you will enjoy a delicious lunch at a local restaurant to taste the amazing Peruvian gastronomy. After an exquisite meal, you will be transferred to the airport where you will board the plane to begin an exciting overflight experience over the famous Nazca Lines and enjoy aerial views of the mysterious geoglyphs, such as the hummingbird, monkey, spider and other fascinating designs. These are unknown even to the most experienced archaeologists, they were made by the Nazca culture (approx. 400 - 650AD), other theories indicate that nobody knows who, how and why they made them.

  
  

  After your flight, we will go to Huacachina, a beautiful oasis in the middle of the desert, also known as the "Oasis of America" for being one of the few of its kind in the entire continent, it is a beautiful lagoon of green waters surrounded by huge dunes of golden sand, palm trees, eucalyptus and huarangos.

  
  

  In Huacachina, you can enjoy an exciting buggy ride through the sand dunes, followed by sandboarding, sliding down the golden dunes on a board. Then enjoy some free time to relax by the Huacachina Lagoon and explore the picturesque town. To end the day, we will let you enjoy one of the best hotels in Ica.

  

• Day 2

  Paracas - Ballestas Islands, bird watching and return to Lima

  Ica / Paracas (Altitude: Sea level) 

  
  

  Starting the day, we will pick you up from your hotel and take you to the port of Chaco in Paracas to enjoy the beautiful coastal landscape during your boat trip to the Ballestas Islands. During the boat ride, you will be able to enjoy incredible bird watching, including pelicans, the guanay, Peruvian boobies, Inca terns, the red-footed cormorant and many more.

  
  

  From the boat you can clearly see, on the side of a hill, an enormous geoglyph of uncertain origin called El Candelabro, one more of the enigmas to which this area of Peru has accustomed us. As you get closer to the Ballestas Islands, you will be able to appreciate the marine life and impressive rock formations up close. You will also have the opportunity to observe thousands of sea lions, Humboldt penguins and possibly dolphins frolicking in the waters.

  
  

  After touring the islands, we will guide you to one of the best restaurants to enjoy an exquisite lunch by the sea, before beginning our return trip to Lima.