2-Day Nazca Lines and Ballestas Islands Tour
Address
Lima, Peru
GPS
-12.0621065, -77.0365256
2-Day Nazca Lines and Ballestas Islands Tour. Travel with us on a quick Peru tour to see the famous Nazca Lines and explore the Ballestas Islands. Explore the enigmatic and amazing vestiges of enormous shapes and lines of outstanding precision on this two-day excursion from Lima. The greatest way to see the incredible Nazca Lines and Ballestas Islands in Paracas is from the air, and you can do that from Pisco.
2-Day Nazca Lines and Ballestas Islands Tour
Highlights
- Take this unique journey full of mysterious and wonderful traces of immense figures and lines of spectacular perfection
- Journey through the Ballestas islands and admire the marine life
- See the lines that form drawings several kilometers in length and height, depicting animal, geometric and trapezoidal forms
Itinerary
Day 1 Lima – Paracas
Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera Airport
Very early in the morning, we will pick you up from the hotel in Lima, to take you to the bus station, and start the 4 hours’ journey until Pisco’s airport, to live an amazing adventure of 1:30 hours over the mysterious Nazca Lines.
Nasca Lines
During the flight, you will see impressive figures as the monkey, the spider, the Cóndor, and a lot of different drawings on these wonderful pampas. This amazing geoglyphs were traced by the Nazca culture, a pre-Inca civilization developed between 700 B.C. and 200 A.D.
These drawings can be seen by the air, and they are located 280 miles south of the city of Lima. They were first seeing in 1547, and in 1929, the Peruvian archeologist Julio C. Tello started to investigate them. Furthermore, they were declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994.
Paracas
After this magical experience, you will be transferred to your hotel in Paracas, to have a well-deserved afternoon rest.
Day 2 Paracas – Lima
Islas Ballestas
After picking you up from your hotel in Paracas, we are going to El Chaco pier, the starting point to sail to Ballestas Islands, which is part of the incredible Paracas National Reserve. These islands are located 30 minutes away from the cost of Paracas, and they are beautiful natural rock formations.
You will enjoy a spectacular sea life, as sea lions and a birds’ diversity all over the place as penguins, pelicans, among others migratory birds. Also, you can admire the famous Candelabrum, a big geoglyph that could belong to the Nazca ancient culture.
Lima
After the visit, we will transfer you to the bus station to back to Lima, and take you to the hotel.
