Day One: Lima to Ica Transfer from your Lima hotel to the bus station for the deluxe Royal Class bus service to Ica, three hours south of Lima, where overnight is provided at the Hotel Las Dunas.

Day Two: Ica to Lima Be certain to take your camera this morning for a 45-minute overflight of the Plains of Nazca via light aircraft. Afternoon Royal Class bus return to Lima and transfer to your hotel. (B)

Day One: Lima to Ica Transfer from your Lima hotel to the bus station for the deluxe Royal Class bus service to Ica, three hours south of Lima, where overnight is provided at the Hotel Las Dunas.

Day Two: Plains of Nazca Flightseeing Be certain to take your camera this morning for a 45-minute overflight of the Plains of Nazca via light aircraft. Afternoon at leisure for optional tours, or just relaxing around the pool. The desert oasis where Ica is located has prospered for 2000 years, including the rich Nazcan civiliation. We recommend a visit to the very fine archaeological museum, with a collection of mummies and artifacts found in the area. A drive to Huacachina Lagoon is also very interesting. It was once a popular resort surrounding a lake which is drying up. The wealth families of Lima built ornate vacation homes, now mostly abandoned, surrounding an antique stone quay. (B)

Day Three: Nazca/Paracas/Lima Morning departure for the short drive to Paracas to the north and to the pier for a two-hour motorboat cruise around the Ballestas Islands. Much like the Channel Islands off the California Coast, these islands are teeming with marine wildlife. From this distance from the coast you can also view the 'Candelabro' of the Andes, a strange, huge, trident-shaped carving in the hillside, of unknown origin, that points a direct line south to the Plains of Nazca. (B)