Resplendent Paracas, Ica & Nazca: 3 Days Tour from Lima

Overview

Explore our Peruvian south coast highlights places to visit with our more flexible private tour departing from Lima.

Tour Itinerary

Day 1º: Private Car from Lima to Paracas, National Reserve & Overnight in Paracas.

07:30 – 09:00 hrs. During this frame of time, our customers will be picked up in an air-conditioned vehicle from their hotel in Lima to take a tourist journey for three and half-hours drive through the Panamericana highway to Paracas along the route.

14:00 hrs. Leaving early during the morning from Lima we will have the option to visit the National Reserve of Paracas by land at the end of the tour and drop off at your hotel selected.

Inclusions on this day:

Private air-conditioned vehicle
Professional English-speaking driver/guide.
National Reserve of Paracas by land or The temple of Pachacamac (optional depending on what time we leave from Lima)
Accommodation at the San Agustin Paracas Hotel Resort*** or similar. (Double bed room or Twin room)

Exclusions:

Meals

Day 2º: Ballestas Island Boat Tour & Visit to Huacachina Oasis.

07:45 hrs. After breakfast, you will be picked up and transferred from your hotel to the local dock to board a propeller speed boat excursion to the Ballestas Islands. Here you can spot sea lions, seals, penguins, guano birds, and turtles (rarely found at this latitude). On the way to the islands, you will also see the Candelabra, a 165-foot (50-meter) long sketching in the rock, which experts believe is connected to the Nazca Lines. Debate with your companions whether the Candelabra formation represents a cactus-a symbol of power in the ancient Chavin culture-or perhaps the Southern Cross constellation. The boat trip lasts approximately 2 hours.

10:30 hrs. Once you have ended your boat excursion, you will have free time to take a look at some souvenir stores or if you want to try our national dish “Ceviche” is a good point to do it.

11:30 hrs. we will continue our trip towards the south of the country the next stop will be Ica located just 01 hours from Paracas, where we will visit a local vineyard where we will learn about the process for obtaining our national drink called Pisco main ingredient to prepare our national cocktail “Pisco Sour” there is also a local restaurant with a good lunch menu and reliable service.

13:30 hrs. Afterward, we will visit the Huacachina Oasis we can tell you that is a place with sand dunes where young people practice sandboarding a board sport similar to snowboarding.

17:30 hrs. Arrive in Nazca & Enjoy the rest of the day.

Inclusions on this day:

Ballestas Island excursion by local speedboat
Private transportation from Paracas to Nazca with stops
Visit in Ica a local vineyard “La Caravedo” or “Tacama”
Visit Ica the Huacachina Oasis & ride on sand dunes
Accommodation at the hotel DM or Casa Andina Standard in Nazca ***

Exclusions:

Meals

Day 3º: Flight over the Nazca Lines & Visit vineyard Tacama.

08:30 hrs. Our customers are picked up from their hotel and then transferred to the local Nazca airdrome to do the flight over the Nazca Lines. Once our tour guide finished his briefing and advice you will fly over an enigmatic zone, where hundreds of years ago ancient Nasca people drew huge designs on the desert ground which can be seen only from the air.

10:00 hrs. At the end of the flight tour, we will drive you back to Ica where you will be able to have lunch in one good restaurant along the route. then we continue our travel to Lima to arrive in good time for any dinner you have reserved in one of the best Restaurants in Lima.

18:30 hrs. Arrive in Lima and drop off at your hotel selected.

End of the tour.

Inclusions on this day: