A half day excursion to the Ballestas islands
The Ballestas Islands are inhabited by thousands of seabirds and seals. The nearest town with a variety of hotels and restaurants is Pisco which is 245 km south of Lima.
After an early breakfast and at about 7.15 you will be leaving for el Chaco. This place about 11 km away from Pisco is from where the boats leave for the Ballestas Islands. You will be in a speed boat for about 2 hours and on route we stop to have a look at the Candelabra which is best seen from the sea. The islands itself host thousands of birds. The main species are the Commerants, Peruvian boobies, Inca terns and the Pelicans. The islands are also home to thousands of sealions.
You will be transferred back to Pisco
A flight over the Nazca lines
The origin and purpose of the Nazca lines are still a great mystery. According to Dr. Maria Reiche who has spent all her life studying these lines, this is the largest astronomical Calendar of the world. We will fly over the mysterious lines spreaded on the sand over a 350-km2 area. These lines show several animals and plants like the spider, the monkey, the dog, the lizard, the humming bird, the condor and so on, in a dimension that ranges 15 to 300 meters each one and 30 centimeter deep approximately. The flight over the lines takes about 40 minutes.
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