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Quechuas Expeditions Authorized Inca Trail Adventure Tour Operator
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PLACES TO SEE: Lima- Nazca Lines - Paracas Reserve and Ballestas Islands

The Nazca Lines are gigantic mysterious drawings done at the desert floor about 600 years ago and are only visible from the sky. Theories about their origin go from far out ones, regarding extraterrestrial intervention, to being a gigantic astronomical calendar and its relationship with a water cult.
The Nazca lines are geoglyphs and geometric line clearings in the Peruvian desert. They were made by the Nazca people, who flourished between 200 BCE and 600 CE along rivers and streams that flow from the Andes. The desert itself runs for over 1,400 miles along the Pacific Ocean. The area of the Nazca art is called the Pampa Colorada (Red Plain). It is 15 miles wide and runs some 37 miles parallel to the Andes and the sea. Dark red surface stones and soil have been cleared away, exposing the lighter-colored subsoil, creating the "lines". There is no sand in this desert. From the air, the "lines" include not only lines and geometric shapes, but also depictions of animals and plants in stylized forms. Some of the forms, including images of humans, grace the steep hillsides at the edge of the desert.
Also on this tour we include a visit to the PARACAS RESERVE AND NATIONAL PARK and the BALLETAS ISLANDS, known as the Little Galapagos, for their abundant marine life, such as seals, cormorants, penguins and many sea birds, some endemic to this region, like the Inca Turn.
You will have some time to spend on the Beach and enjoy the wonderful weather at the Bay of Paracas Reserve.

The Nazca Lines are located in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the pampa (a large flat area of southern Peru). The desolate plain of the Peruvian coast which comprises the Pampas of San Jose (Jumana), Socos, El Ingenio and others in the province of Nasca, is 400 Km. South of Lima, covers an area of approximately 450 km2, of sandy desert as well as the slopes of the contours of the Andes. They cover nearly 400 square miles of desert. Etched in the surface of the desert pampa sand about 300 hundred figures made of straight lines, geometric shapes most clearly visible from the air.

Leaving from Lima
FIRST DAY : Early morning departure with private transportation from Lima to Paracas. Along the way, your guide will explain to you the traditions of the different sites we will visit such as the Pantanos de Villa, Pachacamac, Lagunas of Chillca, towns like Cañete and Chincha with a high population of afro-Peruvian people.
A visit to the castle of Unanue will sow you an impressive Moorish architecture. Upon arrival to Paracas, we board a boat for a visit to the Ballestas Islands, known also as the little Galápagos. This is where we can have close encounters with hundreds of sea lions, cormorans and abundant sea birds.
Lunch will be on your own and then we continue to the town of Nazca, where you will spend the night at the Hotel in Paracas.

SECOND DAY: Early morning, transfer from the hotel to the Marie Reich airport, where we will watch a video about the mysterious Nazca Lines and then take a flight in a small plane over the lines.
Later we will visit the pre -Incas tombs at Chauchillas, plus a visit to a ceramic factory and the healing waters of Laguna Huacachina.
Lunch will be on your own and afternoon return to Lima.

INCLUDES :

• Private transportation Lima/Paracas/Nazca/Lima
• Private English speaking guide.
• Visit to the places mention on program.
• 1 night at the hotel in Nazca.
• Boat ride to the Ballestas Island.
• Flight over the Nazca Lines.
• Visit to the Pre-Inca tombs.
• Visit to Lake Huacachina.
• Entrance fee to different places

DOESNT INCLUDE :

• Meals while on the tour.
• Laundry, Liquor, tips

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