On arrival to Lima, transfer to your hotel for the evening. There will be a shuttle with meet and greet waiting for you upon arrival.
Morning transfer to the bus station for your bus to Paracas approx. 4 hours. Our staff will be waiting for you at the bus terminal with a sign with your name and transfer you to your hotel.
Afternoon free to relax at the swimming pool.
Optional activities include dune buggying and sandboarding.
Early morning transfer from your hotel to the dock of El Chaco where you will board a speedboat to visit the Ballestas Islands at 8:00am. During our boat excursion to the Islands you will see many attractions, among them, stands out a huge design etched on the slope of hill, known by the local people as The Candelabra. This is an enormous figure that can be seen clearly from the sea. Our local guide will explain the most important theories concerning this drawing. Afterwards, we will continue our excursion around the Ballestas Islands, where you will see hundreds of birds flying (Peruvian Bobbies, Inca terms, Pelicans, Cormorants and others) above the Islands, as well as dozens of sea lions on the shore of the beaches, and if you are lucky you also can see the famous Humboldt Penguins and dolphins swimming nearby. It is not allowed to land on the Island, which means you will spend all the tour on the boat. Afterwards we will get back to the mainland. Later on you will be driven to the airport of Pisco to take a fantastic flight over the mysterious Nazca Lines. Upon your arrival at the Pisco airport our local guide will assist you with all the information you need before you board the airplane. While we wait for our flight, our local guide will inform you about the most popular theories concerning the Nazca Lines and also will give you a map of the archaeological zone so that you can orientate yourself during the flight. Mystery Peru operates a Cessna Caravan aircraft based at the Pisco airport. Our aircraft offers leather seating, quiet air conditioned comfort and great viewing for all passengers. Among the figures, you will see an impressive representation of a monkey, a whale, a spider, a hummingbird, a parrot, a condor, geometrical shapes and hundred of straight lines crisscrossing the Nazca desert. In addition you will also spot the bizarre figures of Pozo in Ica Santo and some Palpa Lines figures near the Nazca Valley. Back at the Pisco airport our representative will contact you at the exit gate and then will take you to a local restaurant in Paracas for lunch on your own. Transfer to the bus station for the Cruz del Sur bus departing at 18:50pm to Lima. On arrival in the Lima bus terminal the driver will meet you and transfer to your hotel.
Transfer to airport for flight Lima/Arequipa. Arrival and transfer to your hotel. Morning free. Afternoon city tour. We will visit the Main Square, Yanahuara church and observatory, Arequipa ́s most important churches, like San Francisco, the Compania de Jesus’ famous cloisters, colonial houses, and a special visit to the Santa Catalina Convent and Cloisters.
Transfer to Colca Canyon. Driving across Pampa Cañahuas at the Aguada Blanca National Reserve, habitat of herds of vicuñas and stopping at the Mirador de los Andes, the crater of Chucura, the Mirador de Chivay, where beautiful pre-columbian terraces still being cultivated by native Collaguas can be observed. Arrival at the town of Chivay transfer to hotel. Free time to enjoy the hot springs.
Depart to the "Condor's Cross" from where the great Andean bird, the Condor, may be spotted flying in circles above still farmed green pre-Hispanic terraces. On the way back to Chivay, visit to the Mirador of Chinina, where we will find the famous Hanging Tombs.
After breakfast journey to Puno arriving afternoon. Free time.
Morning transfer for flight to Lima. On arrival will be taken to your hotel in Miraflores. You will have the rest of the afternoon at leisure.
Free morning and afternoon at leisure before your transfer back to the airport in the evening.
