Ultimate Peru 2-Day: Nazca Flight, Paracas & Huacachina

Day 1 followed itinerary with plenty of commentary. The pickup was before the expected time (0452), as I was first on the bus. This day was a lot of fun and had some great activities, assisted by our guide who was both knowledgeable and chatty (everything bilingual). Every activity was, as per the brochure and punctual and coordinated. The boat ride was well organised and very enjoyable. lunch at the winery was also a pleasant diversion with sampling as well. The dune buggy (cut down Land Cruiser) was a highlight, which included sand boarding (plenty in your pockets!) and then capture the sunset. Day 2 The guide was late to pickup at 07:00 Drive to Nazca tower was fine, although no commentary until we arrived at the tower. There was no indication of the expectation at the tower and would have had no commentary, except that a Spanish couple asked a question. The reply was only in Spanish so I didn’t understand the reply ( and had switched off as previously all explanations had been bilingual). During the 30 minutes drive to Nazca, there was no explanation of the process at the airport, other than we need passport and money. At the airport we were pointed to the company counter and the guide left us to joke with airport workers. There was no guidance. As I was travelling alone, I was put with another group, which was fine, but I was late to the group because having to find and pay at the government tax office. We entered the runway airside at 10:30 (according to my photographs) and disembarked just after 11:15 as expected. This process was handled by the flying officer. As a commercial pilot with 1500 flying hours in Cessna 206/207/208 and 210 aircraft, I was disappointed in the safety briefing. There was no mention of entry to the runway, no mention of safety access to and from the aircraft for passengers (operation of doors or seatbelts) and emergency exit. The pilots did do a checklist (challenge and response), but I did not hear an emergency briefing. The flight itself was amazing with so many geo glyphs visible. When we left the aircraft, there was no one to greet me and I was nearly ushered onto another shuttle bus. Our guide did not appear until 10 minutes after the rest of our group had disembarked. The shuttle did not arrive until 11:50. We arrived in Nazca at approx 12:05 at Moms Cafe. There was no mention of (optional) going to the Nazca Aqueducts, as per the booking, but just that we would meet the bus driver at 14:30. As the shuttle was not our van, I can only assume that I was meant to ask for a lift to the aqueduct. On the bus at 14:30 (our guide was late) it was not announced that we were returning to Huacachina, but I soon gathered that was the case as it was the the opposite direction to the aqueduct. The departure was an hour earlier than expected and arrival at Huacachina was also early at 17:25 The guide slept in the van on the return. We then waited until 18:45 for the return coach to Lima. The drop off was at the scheduled time.

Ich went with peru hop. Luis was the advisor. He was super nice and i like how he explained everything. We will stay more than a night in huacacina so we will continue with another bus. Kind regards

Liz was Amazing we had a great day well organizer with times and places tò sse. Everything was likes a clock well working!!

We had a nice experience doing the shuttle bus huacachina to Nazca and back. The nazca lines were amazing. I can recommend this to everyone.

Fiorella was a wonderful host and made the four hour journey from from Lima to Huachinna truly a memorable one! She brings an enthusiasm to the trip and the whole bus cheers up! What a memorable journey!

We used Peruhop to visit Nazca while staying at Huacachina. The overall experience is great. Most of the tours and transports were on time, and activities was great. The hospitality from our guide Fio was really good and passionate. She was really hardworking and ensured all costumers had a great time. It was unexpected that the tour included wine tasting at Ica, as that was not listed on my itinerary. The wine tasting was good, although I did not like the food served there. My pork was too lightly salted, but my family enjoyed their fried rice.

The tour was excellwnt and well organised. All the tour guides ( Ahmet, Lui and Fio) were amazing. They were very knowledgeable,

Our guides Aimet and Lui were very good. Knowledgeable, patient, and passionate about Peru and the tour. This tour is highly recommended!

Lui is wonderful and very knowledgeable and knew what he was talking about. The whole process was very smooth and was very responsive

The bus from Lima to huacachina was not upto the mark and kind of rickety.. Needs to be changed to a better bus. Despite this both the tour guides did an amazing job. Lui who took us to Mazda tour was very forthcoming and looked after us well. .