10-Day Peru Adventure: Lima, Paracas, Ica & Cusco with Nazca Lines, Dune Buggy Ride and Ballestas Islands
Explore the best of Peru on this tailored 10-day adventure. Start in Lima, where you’ll discover its rich history and enjoy an experience of the local cuisine. Head to the Southern Coast to Ica, where you’ll tour wineries, ride dune buggies through the desert and take a flight over the mysterious Nazca Lines. Visit the Ballestas Islands and see endangered Humboldt penguins up close. Continue your journey to Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca Empire and explore its impressive archaeological sites. Experience the Sacred Valley, visit the iconic Machu Picchu and be one with Peru’s diverse culture and landscapes.
What's included
Itinerary
Your private driver will greet you and take you to your hotel after you have landed at Lima Airport. Take your time to settle in and to relax or if you feel like, you can explore the surrounding area.
Start your exploration of Lima with a fascinating walking tour through its Historical Center. Visit the Main Square, the Archbishop's Palace and the Saint Francisco Monastery with its catacombs. In the afternoon, enjoy a gastronomic evening tour, sampling Peruvian dishes and Pisco cocktails at Huaca Pucllana, followed by a sweet, under the night shy walk in Barranco, Lima’s bohemian district.
Travel to Ica, located on the southern coast of Peru. Tour two local wineries and sample the famous Pisco, a grape brandy produced in the region. After lunch, head to the Huacachina Oasis for an exciting dune buggy ride and sandboarding adventure across the desert.
Start your day with a 90 minute flying tour above the Nazca Lines, this incredible archeological site is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as it still amazes the world with their enigmatic and mysterious designs. After the flight you will go to have lunch by the ocean and in the afternoon you will continue to Paracas and your transfer will drop you off at your hotel.
Today you are taking a boat trip to experience the incredible marine life at the Ballestas Islands. Home to a healthy colony of endangered Humboldt penguins and their neighbors - sea lions, seal colonies, Inca dove and numerous sea birds - the island features fascinating rock formations. Later, you explore the impressive Paracas Natural Reserve with its vertical cliffs, boundless sand dunes, beaches made of red sand and deep crystal waters. Return to Lima after lunch.
Fly to Cusco, the ancient Inca capital. Your guide will take you on an orientation walk through Cusco’s Main Square and explore its fascinating architecture with its buildings and Incan stonework.
Visit the Sacsayhuaman Inca Fortress, which offers panoramic views of Cusco. Then, head to Pisac in the Sacred Valley to visit the archaeological site and local handicrafts market. Learn about traditional textile art and observe llamas and alpacas in a community center.
Explore the circular terraces of Moray, an ancient Inca agricultural research center. Then, visit the Inca Salt Flats, where salt has been harvested in the same way for centuries. After lunch, take the Vistadome train to Aguas Calientes, the town near Machu Picchu.
Today is the day for the iconic Machu Picchu, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. After a guided tour, enjoy free time to explore the site on your own. In the afternoon, take the Vistadome train back to Ollantaytambo and transfer back to Cusco.
Enjoy some free time in Cusco to further explore. Then, transfer to the airport for your flight to Lima and your outbound flight home.
