2 day/1 night Paracas-Ica-Nazca tour
I and my spouse went on a customized private 2 days/1 night tour from Lima to Paracas-Ica-Nazca with Great Nazca Tours in February 2022. And we are so happy we did. The tour has by far been our best experience ever when it comes to these types of tours.
Our customized trip included a boat trip to the Ballestas Islands, an extended tour and prestige wine tasting at the Tacama vineyard, a visit to Huachachina with a dune buggy ride, and sandboarding in the desert, and a flight over the Nazca lines from Nazca. My spouse loves animal life and was thrilled to see the birds, penguins, and sea lions that we got to witness at the Ballestas Islands. Peru is not known for making good wines, so we had very low expectations of the wines at Tacama. We basically just went for the experience of having seen Latin America's first vineyard, which was very beautiful and romantic. The basic wines were as expected rather basic, but their prestige wines were surprisingly good. We ended up buying a bottle of their prestige red wine for our collection at home in Sweden. So, if you are interested in wines- we really recommend the extended wine tour and tasting. Huacachina was beautiful and both the dune buggy ride and sandboarding were a blast. Just one week before our tour, there was a tragic airplane crash in Nazca (the first in 15 years) which put us off a little bit and made us hesitant. Corina was very understanding and gave us the option to decide whether to take the flight or not on-site at the airport with a full refund in case we decided not to go. At the airport, we felt reassured by the pre-flight routine, and the airport staff and pilots and decided to overcome our fear and do the flight which we don't regret- it was amazing to see the Nazca lines from the air.
Corina was extremely friendly, fast-responding, and service-minded discussing different options and customizing the tour to meet our requests when making booking arrangements. Driving felt super secure and smooth as Anibal drove us all the way through our experience. Having Oscar as a guide was fantastic. He is very friendly, warm, and a knowledgeable tour guide. We loved to spend time with Oscar and learn new things at every stop and about Peru in general. Thank you for an experience of a lifetime!
20 March 2022
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