ICA

NAZCA LINES AND BALLESTAS ISLANDS 2D/1N
The city of Nazca is famous because in this territory the Nazca culture was developed, it was a preinca culture that sized by its colorful ceramics of symbolic and streamlined figures, considered the best pictorial ceramics of pre-Columbian America. Also the underground aqueducts denominated Nazca Lines, immense figures of birds, flowers, insects, among others, which are only appreciable from the air; these figures constitute, according to some investigators, an important agricultural calendar that isn’t possible to decipher yet.

The Ballestas Islands belong to the National Reserve of Paracas, a natural area that protects to a great amount of marine species, some in danger of extinction like the marine penguin of Humbold.

This great adventure begins in Lima, we leave very early by a bus until to arrive to the port “el Chaco” where we will approach a motor boat that will drive us towards this great marine refuge, we will be able to observe the famous Candelabrum of Paracas, an enormous bas-relief figure that could serve like reference to the navigators, we will fascinate ourselves with the great variety of boisterous birds, and the timid penguins.

Around midday we return to the port where we will be able to enjoy a typical dish of marinated raw fish or the typical cebiche, after the lunch our transport drives us towards Nazca where we spend the night in a hotel. On the following day, we go to the aerodrome to overfly the enigmatic lines that are sample of astonishment for everybody, and then we will be able to visit the site museum Maria Reiche before returning to the city of Lima, or continuing our trip to Arequipa or Cusco.

It is included:
• All the transportation
• Boat excursion
• Overflight
• Professional tour guide
• Hotel in Nazca, double accommodation.

Price: US $ 473 each person (minimum 2 persons).

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