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3 Days Of Natural Wonders, Magnificent Archaeology Heritage And Adventure In The Coastal Region Of Ica.

The tour mentioned below was design people like to explore deep the highlights of Ica region. The tour includes nice introduce the most recognize tourist attraction and taking flight over the Nasca line from the airport of Ica or Pisco.

PERU ADVENTURE TOURS elaborate this amazing, mysterious and enigmatic tour including archaeological report of the best local museums, the visit one of the complete and recognize winery of the region; the tour also includes the visit to one of the successful chocolate factory in Peru and ending the tour with fun adventure on the sand dune of oasis La Huacachina.

Aerial tours to see the mysteriuos of Palpa lines by PERU ADVENTURE TOURS.

3 DAYS ITINEARY FROM LIMA TO PARACAS ICA

Day by Day Itinerary

DAY 1: LIMA - PARACAS NATIONAL RESERVE

8AM pick-up from hotel in Lima, and 4hrs of journey by private land transportation. The travel along the highway to the south of Lima offer great views of the desert and coast line, green and large valleys as known as Asia, Mala, Cañete, Chincha and Pisco.

Around midday arrival to the bay of Paracas. Check in at your selected hotel (excluded), free time for lunch.

2PM we begin the private guided tour to visit the national reserve of Paracas (beaches, cathedral rock formation, visitor center, flamingos, and marine fossils). This tour takes around 4 hours including nice walk along the beach to observe nice sunset over Pacific Ocean, later afternoon returns to your hotel.

DAY 2: BALLESTAS ISLANDS – ARTESANAL VINEYARDS OF ICA – MUSEO REGIONAL DE ICA – DUNE BUGGY AND SANDBOARDING AT OASIS LA HUACACHINA

7:45AM you will pick-up from your hotel and transfer to the wharf of the beach El Chaco. Aboard the speedboat for the marine excursion to Ballestas Islands. During the navigation surrounded bay of Paracas, is appraised San Martín Bay, soon appearing the mysterious ancient figure of Candelabrum facing the sea. Finally arrive to Ballestas Islands, the deposits of Marine wildlife as Guaneras seabirds have an interview that in their natural habitat constitute, by their capricious and beautiful forms, sea lions, penguins, and beautiful landscapes of the Peruvian Coast.

After two hours of marine wildlife experience, we return to the wharf of El Chaco.

11AM aboard our private transport to drive from Paracas to Ica (1hr) and visit one of the most popular vineyards as known as "bodegas vitivinicolas"; where you will see, learn and taste the Peruvian national drink as known as Pisco (grape brandy) and of course you can taste many kinds of local wines produced by the farmers using artesian methods.

12M transfer to the one of the best archaeological museums in Peru, this is Museo Regional de Ica Adolfo Bermudez Jenkins. It houses mummies, ceramics, textiles, grave artifacts, trophy heads and trepanned skulls from Paracas, Nazca, Ica, Huari and Inca cultures. The most striking of the museum’s collections is its display of Paracas textiles, the majority of them discovered at Cerro Colorado on the Paracas Peninsula by Julio C. Tello in 1972. One of the rooms shows some exquisite Nasca pottery, undoubtedly the most colorful and abstractly imaginative designs found on any ancient Peruvian ceramics.

2PM transfer to oasis La Huacahina, this is a beautiful oasis located 5km southwest from Ica.

The super landscape surrounded by high sandbanks, palm tree groves and age old Huarango trees (Carob tree), makes a perfect oasis in middle the vast desert.

By the ends of the XIX century Huacachina was practically uninhabited, until the Italian Angela Perotti rediscovered the medical properties of water and sand of the lagoon, especially for the cure of skin and rheumatism illnesses.

Today is an ideal place for relax or for desert adventures. Dune buggies and Sandboarding has become popular on the sand dunes (Huacachina) an ideal area to take to the steep sandy slopes of the desert. 4PM begin the adventure dune buggy and sandboarding tour riding one multiples dunes with nicer views of the vast desert, and at the end accompanied by amazing sunset.

Late afternoon transfer to your select hotel (excluded). Today we suggest and recommend to spend the night at La Huacachina/Ica or return to Paracas.

Sandboard and dune buggy adventure in La Huacachina, Ica.

DAY 3: FLIGHT OVER THE NASCA LINES – RETURN TO LIMA

Today our service begins with pick-up from your hotel from Huacachina/Ica or from Paracas between 8AM -10AM. Transfer to airport of Pisco, check in at the waiting lobby; you must need to bring your valid passport to show to the authorities. Without passport you can pass the check door and aboard the plane even if you have a photocopy of your passport.

IMPORTANT: According the aerial traffic or weather conditions, might you have to wait a reasonable time before to aboard the plane.

In the aerodrome we will aboard the Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft 208 for 3, 4, 5 or 12 passengers and then you will fly over the natural Oasis La Huacachina, coastal sand dunes on next of Ica valley, the valley of Ocucaje, the valley of Rio Grande, Palpa and Ingenio, the ceremonial center of Cahuachi and finally you will see the enigmatic and mysterious through the aircraft window. All the planes have window upper the wind making easier to take pictures of the figures and lines.

The flight takes 1h20m to see the mysterious and enigmatic figures and lines of the Nasca and Palpa ancient civilizations.

Between 12M and 2PM will be the private transfer from airport of Pisco to Lima, for about 4hrs.

At mentioned time arrive to your hotel in Lima and end of service.

Tour to enegmatic and mysterious ancient figure of Nasca culture.

Pricing

Shared Service - Minimum 3 participants.

3 or more participants.
$780 USD.

Private Service

1 Participant.
$1450 USD.
2 Participants.
$2100 USD. ($1050 USD/person)
3 Participants.
$2600 USD. ($867 USD/person)
4 Participants.
$3500 USD. ($875 USD/person)

Group Service prices are per person. Private Service shows total group price — per-person rate is indicated. Contact us for group discounts and custom itineraries.

What's Included & Not Included

Included

  • Pick-up from hotel in Lima.
  • Private transport for whole trip.
  • Local English-Speaking tour guide for Ica region.
  • Entrance ticket to visit each tourist attractions.
  • 2hrs of boat trip to Islas Ballestas.
  • Guided visit to the Bodegas Vitivinicolas.
  • 2hrs of dune buggy and Sandboarding adventure.
  • Overflight Nazca Lines from the airport of Pisco (1h20m)
  • Airport tax in Pisco aerodrome
  • Drop-off at customer hotel in Lima.

Not Included

  • Travel and accident insurance.
  • Hotel in Paracas and Huacachina.
  • Food and drinks during the trip.
  • No mentioned trip.

How to Reserve

Contact us to book this tour or ask any questions:

What to Bring

Summer and winter clothes.
Hat , sunglass and sunblock to protect you from intense sun.
Camera, plenty of film and spare batteries - Protect your camera from the sand.
Personal first aid kit.
Extra money to buy some handicraft (peruvian soles).

Schedule

Every day.