Machu Picchu - Lake
Titicaca
(11
days/10 nights)
Machu Picchu - Lake
Titicaca
(12 days/11 nights)
Machu Picchu - Lake
Titicaca
(14 days/13 nights)
Colca Canyon - Machu
Picchu
Lake Titicaca
(16 days/15 nights)
Archaeological & Ecological
Treasures
Galapagos - Machu Picchu
Lake Titicaca (or Amazon)
(18 days/17
nights)
Colca Canyon - Amazon
Machu Picchu - Lake Titicaca
(22 days/21 nights)
Machu Picchu
(10
days/9 nights)
Machu Picchu
(13 days/12 nights)
Machu Picchu - Galapagos
(15 days/14 nights)
Galapagos - Machu Picchu
(18 days/17 nights)
Manu National Park
(8 days/7 nights)
Enchanted Isles of the Galapagos
Galapagos
(11
days/10 nights)
Galapagos & the Kingdom of Quito
Galapagos - Andes
(16 days/15 nights)
Galapagos - Amazon
(16 days/15 nights)
Historic Haciendas of the Andes
Cotopaxi - Antisana
- Otavalo
(7 days/6 nights)
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Geoglyph of a monkey, Nazca.
Photo: Mylene d'Auriol Stoessel.
Land Price (2 days/1 night)
Royal US$ 1,075 Imperial US$ 955 De Luxe US$ 925
The land price includes escorted transfers, semi-private excursions with professional guides and chauffeurs, entrance fees, all meals except beverages, all transportation including the Lima-Ica-Lima charter flight and the Nazca Lines overflight, and travel insurance for guests through the age of 59 years. Over that age, there is a supplementary fee. All prices are per person based on two people sharing a guest room. For a detailed description of our services, see About Our Tours.
Intra-Tour Air Flights & Fares
Includes Lima - Ica - Lima charter flight & Nazca Lines overflight.
Geoglyph of a hummingbird, Nazca.
Photo: Mylene d'Auriol Stoessel.
One of the most baffling enigmas in all archaeology...
On the southern coast of Peru, using as their canvas a plateau 37 miles long and 15 miles wide, Nazca artists etched works of monumental proportion: a montage of geometric designs and whimsical portrayals of plants and animals, such as the hummingbird, fish, dog, lizard, puma, spider, condor and monkey. On this semi-private excursion, a longer-than-usual overflight of the Nazca Lines is complemented by a visit to the regional museum's collection of vivid polychrome ceramics and world-reknowned Paracas textiles.
Detail of a Paracas Necropolis "manto", c. 500 BC.
Museo Nacional de Arqueologia, Antropologia e Historia del Peru.
Photo: Mylene d'Auriol Stoessel.
Highlights
Lima
Day 1: Lima - Nazca Lines - Lima. Early morning transfer to the airport for a flight south to Ica. Upon arrival, board a Cessna Grand Caravan for an overflight the Nazca Lines and the recently-identified Palpa Lines. The overflight will be complemented by a tour of Nazca ceramics and Paracas textiles at the Ica Regional Museum. Typical lunch before the return flight to Lima. Early evening arrival at your hotel. Dinner of classic Peruvian cuisine at Las Brujas de Cachiche. Overnight in the Country Club Lima Hotel.
Your next destination
Day 2: Lima - Your next destination. Transfer to the airport for the flight to your next destination.
Detail of a Paracas Necropolis "manto", c. 500 BC.
Museo Nacional de Arqueologia, Antropologia e Historia del Peru.
Photo: Mylene d'Auriol Stoessel.
Located in the Ica Department of Peru on the southern coast, Nazca is one of the most famous pre-historic cultures of the world on account of the beauty of its polychrome ceramics. The Nazca also left behind original textiles, the techniques and coloring of which have astounded the modern world.
The Paracas Necropolis constitutes the early phase of the Nazca culture, and it is distinguished by the world-famous "mantos" (large, decorated cloth) embroidered with polychrome, mythical figures. Paracas Necropolis is a cemetery located on the slopes of Cerro Colorado, in Ica Department, from which 429 funerary bundles were extracted. Each bundle is a mummy wrapped in abundant fine and rough textile.
-- Justo Caceres Macedo, The Prehispanic Cultures of Peru
Subterranean aqueducts of Cantalloc, Nazca.
Photo: Mylene d'Auriol Stoessel.
Day 1: Lima - Nazca Lines - Lima
Early morning transfer to the airport for a flight south to Ica. In pre-Columbian times, this region was home to the Nazca culture, highly advanced in ceramics and textiles. It excelled not only in art but in technology, as evidenced by a complex system of subterranean aqueducts that still brings water and life to one of the driest deserts on earth.
Upon arrival at the Ica airport, board a 12-passenger, Cessna Grand Caravan for a 1-hour, 15-minute overflight the Nazca Lines -- one of the most baffling enigmas in all archaeology. You will also observe the recently-identified Palpa Lines. Using as their canvas Pampa Coloradan (Red Plains), a plateau 37 miles long and 15 miles wide, Nazca artists etched works of monumental proportion: a montage of geometric designs, or "geoglyphs", and whimsical portrayals of plants and animals such as the hummingbird, fish, dog, lizard, puma, spider, condor and monkey. Figures of birds -- there are 18 different kinds -- create a veritable aviary in this menagerie that prowls the pampa.
Sand dunes, Huacachina Lagoon.
Photo: Mylene d'Auriol Stoessel.
So similar are the animal drawings to the stylized pottery figures found at nearby burial sites, it is clear the two were linked in time to the major period of Nazca civilization from 200 B.C. to 600 A.D., although some of the more primitive figures on mountain slopes are attributed to the earlier Paracas culture, dating as far back as 900 B.C.
The lines spread over hundreds of square miles and were created by removing the rust-colored stones that cover the desert, revealing the light-colored soil beneath. In this dry, rainless environment, erosion has been practically nil, allowing the markings to endure virtually intact for 1,500 to 2,000 years.
The overflight of the Nazca Lines will be complemented by a guided tour of the vivid polychrome Nazca ceramics and world-reknowned Paracas textiles at the Ica Regional Museum. Typical lunch before the return flight to Lima. Early evening arrival at your hotel. Dinner of classic Peruvian cuisine at Las Brujas de Cachiche. Overnight in the Country Club Lima Hotel.
Day 2: Lima - Your next destination
Breakfast. Early transfer to the airport for the flight to your next destination.
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