Overview
Explore the Paracas National Reserve, sail around the Ballestas Islands to see marine life, fly over the mysterious Nazca Lines and enjoy adrenaline in Huacachina with activities such as sandboarding and buggy rides. Includes transportation and guided tours. Ideal for those looking for a quick and complete experience of southern Peru, combining nature, culture and adventure.
DAY 1: PARACAS NATIONAL RESERVE + CATADOR WINERY!
✅7:00 am: Our tour guide from our company and our professional driver will pick you up from your hotel in Lima and around 3 and a half hours you should be in the Chaco’s port in Pisco, your tour we will take you to visit the impressive and isolated Paracas National Reserve; this natural reserve is part of the world Guinness “Driest desert on eart” called “Atacama” we recommende you to bring sunblocks, a hat and water! Your friendly tour guide will help you to know and learn about the dessert formation but you also will have the chance to see an impressive landscape with lakes where many migratory birds stop on their trip to the south or north. If you are lucky you might see the great pink flamingos.
We continue our journey along the Panamericana highway to the Catador Winery.
✅2:00 pm Arrival at the Catador Winery. Lunch and tour around the winery. We will have lunch in a local restaurant and then we will visit the vineyards to learn about the pisco and wine production process: sowing, harvesting, and processing. In addition, we will try different types of pisco and wine that are so famous in this part of the country. Lunch is not included, but we will help you order a delicious meal. Lunch usually costs around 35 Nuevos soles (or about $10.00). 16:00 we will leave to go to Nazca. You will be dropped off at your hotel in Nazca at approximately 6 pm.
Overnight in Casa Andina Nazca or Similar.
DAY 2: OVERFLIGHT NAZCA LINES + CANTALLOC AQUEDUCTS +HUACACHINA + BUGGY + SANDBOARDING + SUNSET
✅8:15 am Pick up from your hotel on the way to Nazca to start of the journey to the Maria Reiche aerodrome
✅09:00 am Overflight Nazca Lines. Height and weight control. Verification of your personal data. After the necessary formalities for your flight, you will visit the Nazca Lines.
The overflight is approximately 30 minutes. What figures of the Nazca Lines are seen in the overflight?
The whale, trapezoids, astronaut, monkey, dog, hummingbird, spider, condor, etc.
✅11:00 am: We will visit this beautiful set of canals (Cantalloc acueducts) showing the ingenuity and great hydraulic development of this ancient culture. For its construction they used stones and wooden trunks that have resisted the passing of the centuries.
The impressive subway aqueducts and -more specifically- the ventilation shafts are called puquios. The spiral shape is for oxygenation, prevent erosion, are anti-seismic, and is where you can enter for cleaning. Then, at 1:00 pm approx. we will go to the city for lunch.
✅2:00 pm: Arrival at the center of Nazca and lunch at a local restaurant
Afterward, we will take the journey to Huacachina, to enjoy the most beautiful landscapes in the Dunes.
✅5:00 pm: As soon we arrive, we will take you to visit the impressive sand dunes of Huacachina, where we will ride dune buggies and practice sandboarding. This activity is both thrilling and beautiful! These dunes are beautiful and surreal. Our more adventurous travelers are welcome to try sandboarding down the dunes!
✅6:45 pm we will leave the dunes to go back to the Hotel. You will be dropped off at your hotel In Huacachina.
The rest of the night is free in Huacachina to rest then you can continue your own personal exploration.
Overnight in Mossone Huacachina or Similar.
DAY 3: BALLESTAS ISLANDS AND MORE..!!
✅7:00 am Breakfast at the Hotel.
Our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and you will start the tour to Ballestas Islands 8:30 am, then we will help you to take a boat to visit our famous Ballestas Islands the whole tour takes around 2 and a half hours.
The atmosphere is great with a big variety of rocky formations and a big variety of birds which will involve you in the meantime you are visiting the islands by boat! JUST GREAT!
We will leave to go to Lima. You will be dropped off at your hotel in Lima at approximately 5:30 pm.
***END OF THE EXCITING TOUR ***
- From 2 – 6 people : 790 USD each
- From 7 – 10 people: 520 USD each
Note:
- If you are a solo traveler and you would like to join a shared group, ask for availability please.
- The prices provided are for shared groups, if you want a private service, ask for availability please.
- We want to inform you that, on all public holidays in Peru, our prices will have a 50% increase.
- Private Transport and Tour guide.
- Ballestas islands & Paracas National Reserve
- Dune Buggy & Sandboarding
- All entrance tickets
- Tolls
- Taxes and all transport.
- Includes all tickets for the overflight on the Nazca Lines.
- Includes all tickets for buggies and sandboarding.
- Professional tour guide in English/Español
- Hotel
- Does not include food
On Summer season:
- Sunscreen
- Comfortable walking shoes and clothes
- a hat
- sunglasses
- water
On Winter season
- All named items plus wind jacket