504 - Lima, Paracas, Ballestas Islands & Machu Picchu

Day 1

LIMA: Arrival and city tour

Arrival to Lima International Airport and transfer to your hotel. After check in, we will start a half day city tour visiting the best of Lima. We will visit the modern and colonial part of Lima, called the city of the Kings. We will start with the districts of Miraflores and San Isidro, where you will make a panoramic visit of the impressive Huaca Huallamarca. Then, we will go directly to the Historical Center, to visit the Convent of Santo Domingo, declared UNESCO Cultural Heritage of Humanity and where the remains of our patron saints San Martín de Porres and Santa Rosa de Lima lie. Then, we will go to visit the Plaza Mayor, which is surrounded by the Government Palace, the Archbishop’s Palace, the Municipality and the Cathedral. Finally, we will make a stop for a small tasting of the typical Pisco Sour! After the tour, we will visit the Larco Museum, which houses the unsurpassed private collection of Treasures of Ancient Peru. This collection inspires the visitors, to discover and understand more than 5000 years of history of Ancient Peru through more than 45,000 pieces! Amazing isn`t it?

Then, return to the hotel and free time. You can add any of the optional activities available below.

• Lima by night + Dinner Show
  Enjoy the magic of the night in Lima

Day 2

FROM LIMA TO PARACAS

After breakfast, transfer to bus station to take bus to Paracas.

Welcome to Paracas, a destination where the desert and the sea come together in spectacular landscapes, an excellent ecological destination for lovers of nature and marine biodiversity; Located next to the cities of ICA, the cradle of pisco, Peruvian drink par excellence and where you can find a true oasis in the desert, and NAZCA, an area full of mystery, mysticism and archeology.

After arrival to Paracas, transfer to the hotel.
You will have the rest of the day to rest and enjoy the hotel and climate of the region.

Day 3

PARACAS: Enjoy the incredible Nazca Lines!

After breakfast in your hotel, and in the morning, you will be transferred to the local airport to board the plane that will fly over the incredible Nazca Lines, located on the pampas of the same name. Be ready to enjoy the great variety of geoglyphs from the sky, which represent figures of animals and stylized plants, which are distributed among a huge labyrinth of straight, trapezoids, triangles and spirals, engraved on the earth and preserved for about 2,000 years. It`s an unforgettable experience.

Then, return to the hotel and free afternoon.

Day 4

PARACAS: Visiting Ballestas Islands

After breakfast, transfer to the local pier to take a boat trip to the Ballestas Islands, where you can see thousands of birds, sea lions and seals in their natural environment. Be ready to see the famous Candelabra design, a figure of the Nazca culture engraved in the desert. At the end of the tour, you will descend from the boat and be transferred to your hotel or back to Lima depending your next step.

Good bye Paracas!