Huacachina Paracas and Nazca Overflight 2 day

Day 1: Lima – Paracas – Huacachina – Ica.

We will pick you up from your hotel in Miraflores or Barranco between 3:40 am and 4:00 am. Then you will meet with the guide and have a brief explanation of what our full day Ica Paracas will be like. Together with your guide we will board the tourist bus and leave for Paracas. Halfway there will be a brief stop to get a basic breakfast (01 coffee and 01 salty stuffed bread). We will board the bus and continue with our Ica Paracas full day.

At approximately 10 am you will arrive at the tourist port of Paracas and begin the tour to the Ballestas Islands on speedboats for a trip of approximately 02 hours. During this tour you will have life jackets and a bilingual guide inside the speedboat will make this experience a pleasant and learning moment. During the tour you will see El Candelabro, a geoglyph of uncertain origin. Then, the Ballestas Islands, with rock formations and abundant marine fauna, including guano birds, sea lions and Humboldt penguins. It ends with the return to the Paracas Bay.

Then you will have some free time and with the guide you can taste typical sweets from the Ica region (Chocotejas, Tejas and Paciencias). We will have free time for shopping, taking pictures, among others.

Continuing with the tour to Huacachina, you will be driven for 1 hour to the city of the eternal sun «Ica» and you will visit one of its famous wineries where you will be able to learn about the process of making Pisco and wine in a traditional way. After this friendly presentation you will taste the products, they make. After free time for lunch, you will go to the Huacachina oasis to do the sandboarding activity, the buggies in the Huacachina desert and take memorable photos with your loved ones.

At the end of the day, you will be transported to your hotel in Ica.

Day 2: Ica – Nazca Overflight – Lima.

To begin the tour to Nazca, you will be picked up from your hotel at 7:00 am and transported for 2 hours and 45 minutes to the Nazca airfield, from where you will take the flight over to observe the enigmatic Nazca lines. The duration of the flight is between 30 to 45 minutes. The flights are made in small planes (generally 4 to 6 passengers), with a specialized pilot who guides the tour. The planes usually have panoramic windows so that passengers can comfortably see the figures. The Nazca lines are a set of more than 800 geoglyphs, including geometric figures, animals and plants, which extend for approximately 500 km². Some of the most famous figures include:

• The monster or “monkey”
• The hummingbird
• The spider
• The condor
• The hands
• The winged man

During the flight, the pilot performs maneuvers so that all passengers can see and photograph the figures from different angles. The planes generally make a circuit in the shape of an “8” over the main figures, allowing everyone to have an optimal view.

After the flight tour of the Nazca lines, you will have free time to taste the dishes of the gastronomy of this ancient people. Around 3:30 pm, you will board the transport back to Ica and then the bus back to Lima where you will arrive around 9:30 pm.