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| ICA - AREQUIPA : Nazca Lines & Colca Canyon 6 days / 5 nights |
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Stretching across the Nazca plains like a giant map or blueprint left by ancient astronauts, lie the famous Nazca Lines of Peru. Peru is associated with the Incan Civilization who many link with alien visitors who still interact with local people to this day.
The Nazca Lines are an engima. No one has proof who built them or why. Since their discovery, the Nazca Lines have inspired fantastic explanations from ancient gods, a landing strip for returning aliens, a celestial calendar created by the ancient Nazca civilization -- putting the creation of the lines between 200 BC and 600 AD, used for rituals probably related to astronomy, to confirm the ayllus or clans who made up the population and to determine through ritual their economic functions held up by reciprocity and redistribution, or a map of underground water supplies.
There are also huge geoglyphs in Egypt, Malta, United States (Mississippi and California), Chile, Bolivia and in other countries. But the Nazca geoglyphs, because of their numbers, characteristics, dimensions and cultural continuity, as they were made and remade through out the whole prehispanic period, form the most impressive, as well as enigmatic, archeological group.
The Colca Canyon is the canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru. It is located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Arequipa.
The Colca Canyon is one of the deepest canyons in the world at 10,725 ft (3,269 m), it is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in the United States. The Cotahuasi Canyon nearby to the northwest is referred to as being a deeper canyon at 11,488 ft (3,501 m). Since they are such major features of the landscape, the Colca and Cotahuasi canyons are both easily recognizable in even low-resolution satellite photos of the region. The Colca Valley is a colorful andean valley with towns founded in Spanish Colonial times and formerly inhabited by the Collaguas and the Cabanas. The local people still maintain ancestral traditions and continue to cultivate the pre-Inca stepped terraces
The Nazca Lines and Colca Canyon are certainly awe-inspiring and definately on the "must see" list of places to visit in South America. |
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Ica |
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Arequipa |
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6 days |
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Active |
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Archaeological, Cultural, Ecological |
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| Itinerary day by day : |
(B)=Breakfast ; (L)=Lunch ; (D)=Dinner
DAY 01 : Ica - Nazca
We'll pick you up from your Hotel in Lima and transfer you to Ica. Check in at the hotel in Ica. Then we start the best.... Who do you think drew these huge figures ??.
You will board a small plane for the overflight of the mysterious Nazca Lines for this unforgettable experience. Return to the Hotel. Overnight.
DAY 02 : Ica - The City of Eternal Sunshine (B)
Visit (boat): Ballestas Islands, natural reserve of birds, sea lions and fur seals in their natural surroundings. The famous candlestick design. Transfer to Arequipa (overnight on board).
DAY 03 : Arequipa (B)
Arrival and Transfer to Hotel. pm: City & Campiña Tour combined, Visit: Main Square, Colonial Churches ("Claustros de la Compañia") and majestic Santa Catalina Monastery, also Yanahuara watchtower, "Mansión del Fundador", Sabandia mill, typical villages and nearby country resorts. Return to the Hotel. Overnight.
DAY 04 : Arequipa - Chivay (B)
Private bus to Chivay. Visit (on the way): National Reserve of Pampa Cañahuas (vicuña reserve), Callali Castles, Sibayo. Transfer to the Hotel. P.m. Visit: Hot Springs of La Calera. Return to the Hotel. Overnight.
DAY 05 : Colca Valley (B)
Early. Visit: "Cóndor Cross", Tumbas Colgantes Pre-Incas, Pinchollo, Maca and Yanque. Return to Arequipa.
DAY 06 : Arequipa (B)
We'll transfer you to the Airport, train or bus station so you can continue your trip.
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| Tour inclusions : |
- Booking on Double Rooms.
- Continental Breakfast during the whole tour
- Transfers in/out.
- English speaking Professional Guide
- Entrance ticket to the Colca Canyon
- Nazca Lines Overflight
- Ballestas Islands expedition
- Colca Canyon excurtion
- Bus Ica/ Arequipa
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| Price per traveller : |
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3 ***(Tourist) |
4 ****(Superior) |
5***** (First) |
| Double or Triple |
EUR 315
USD 380 |
EUR 445
USD 540 |
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| Single |
EUR 405
USD 490 |
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| Special !! Extra hotel night in Arequipa only US$ 29.00 (3***) |
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