ICA – PARACAS 4D/3N
PARACAS
NAZCA LINES
FIRST DAY
Arrival to Ica at seven in the morning approximately, for the breakfast. After that we’ll begin our city tour, starting for the main square, its actual temple and the old temple, also we could appreciate the house of the chicho child (kid who died on the earthqueake and whom they venerate). Then we’ll visit the Chocolates Helena factory, where we’ll can buy the traditional tiles and chocotejas from Ica. Finally we’ll visit the majestic Huaca Lake known as "The Oasis of America", from this point we could appreciate the impressive desert and the landscape of the dunes. We’ll take the first lunch and then we’ll start the tubular tour. Live a full adrenaline experience, passing by immense Dunes in the desert of Ica. Within the circuit is included the magnificent experience of sliding on a board and practicing Sandboarding. The whole tour has a total duration of approximately one hour, then we’ll go to the hotel, dinner and overnight.
SECOND DAY
At 06:30 hours breakfast at the hotel
At 07:00 transfer Ica – Paracas
We’ll start boarding the boat to begin the tour of approximately two hours, to the Ballestas Islands. These beautiful islands serve as home for thousands of migratory birds and residents, who share their habitat with colonies of sea lions, we’ll also see the diversity of marine fauna, such as the Humboldt penguins and the impressive candelstick. After the boat ride we’ll have free time until the second lunch based on seafood.
We’ll leave towards Ica where we’ll visit the artisan winery "El Catador", where we’ll learn about the winemaking and Pisco, as well as the opportunity to taste the variety of pisco's and wines from the winery and buy what we want. Then we’ll go to our hotel, have dinner and free afternoon to use the hotel facilities.
THIRD DAY
At 06:30 hours breakfast at the hotel
At 07:00 Leave to Nazca
Our first stop will be in the Nazca lines. Unique place in the world, full of mistery and misticism, one of the major archeological enigmas of the world, amazing strokes of immense figures and lines, of spectacular perfection. Where we’ll see figures such as the spider, the tree, and others.
To know the Nazca lines in all their magnitude, it’s necessary to see them from the air in overflights in small planes. After lunch we’ll visit a craft store where we can buy different nazca objects as well as give us a short explanation of the process they follow to create their vessels, ceramics and design them. Then we’ll go to the beach where we can stay for a lapse of one hour and then start the return to the city of Arequipa.
FOURTH DAY
Arrive to Arequipa approximately at 05:00 hours