Sites to visit
- Ballestas Island / Huacachina Oasis.
- Overflight Nazca Lines.
Details of the paracas ica Nazca Tour
Paracas National Reserve
The Paracas National Reserve encompasses land and sea and the most important fauna of the Peruvian coast. The area is especially known for its bird and marine life. Birds nest on the offshore islands in such numbers that their nitrogen-rich droppings (guano) accumulate in quantities large enough to be commercially exploited as fertilizer.
This practice dates back at least to Inca times. The most common guano-producing birds are the Guanay cormorant, Peruvian booby and Peruvian pelican. They are seen in colonies of several thousand birds. Less frequent, but of special interest, are the Humboldt penguins in the Ballestas Islands and the Chilean flamingos in Paracas Bay. The Andean Condor occasionally comes ashore and can be seen gliding majestically on the thermal cliffs of the Peninsula.
Ballestas islands Cruise
Cruise around the Ballestas Islands to see many birds and marine life such as sea lions lying on the rocks or swimming around the boat. Some species such as penguins are less visible. En route we will see the giant figure engraved on the coastal hill called Candelabro, similar to the figures of the Nazca Lines.
Ica is a pleasant colonial town of about 150,000 inhabitants 306 km from Lima. The Pan-American Highway heads inland from PISCO, rising gently to 420 meters above sea level at ICA. As a result, the city is high enough to rise above the coastal garúa (sea fog) and the climate is dry and sunny.
he desert surrounding Ica is noted for its huge dunes and deserts, abundant “HUARANGOS”, palm trees, cotton and grapes. Ica is also the main wine center of Peru, you can visit some Bodegas, is a Pisco distillery with old grape presses made with huge tree trunks, outside the city is the Huacachina Lagoon, surrounded by sand dunes, where you can do sandboarding or buggy riding. The Regional Archaeological Museum, with a magnificent collection of ceramics and skulls, and the Cabrera Museum, with a collection of engraved stones, are also major attractions.
Highlights to Paracas Ica Nazca Tour:
The famous Nazca Lines are cut into the rocky desert, not only in the form of parallels and geometric figures, but also in the form of a dog, a huge monkey, birds, a spider and a tree.
This is a short 2-day excursion from Lima to the Pacific coastal town of Paracas and the impressive desert oasis of Huacachina. In Paracas, sail to Peru’s “poor man’s Galapagos” and visit the impressive coastal National Reserve.
In Huacachina, combine Sandboarding/Dune buggying followed by a flight over the mysterious Nazca Lines the next day. A perfect two-day getaway from Lima.
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