Ballestas-eilanden, Winery & Nazca Lines privétour vanuit Lima

I went directly to the tour operator website because none of the offered tours excluded the islands which we didn’t not want to see. We had a 5:30am hotel pick up and met our guide, but waited until 6am for the driver to arrive. The sequence of stops seems like it fluctuates. Initially we were told we’d be doing Huacachina first but ended up going to the airport for the Nazca lines – maybe due to our arrival and lunch timing. A boxed breakfast was provided. Accommodations were made for being vegetarian for all meals. Breakfast was an avocado sandwich, juice, sports drink and corn cake. Lunch was arranged before our arrival at the restaurant (at the winery) and was spaghetti with tomato sauce + vegetables. Enroute to the airport, we stopped about 1.5 hours outside of Cuzco for restrooms and it took about 3 hours to get to the airport after (total 3 hours). There are not many restrooms on the way so just make sure to time your breaks! We were dropped off at the airport and the tour guide arranged our tickets & paid our taxes then we went thru security to wait for our flight at the gate w/about 10 other people. As others have said, it’s a great tour and be ready for the plane to bank to each side regularly so everyone can see. Try not to sit in seats 3 & 4 as they are right under the wing so it’s more difficult to see the Nazca lines & to take photos. You most likely won’t have a choice though! The tour breaks out to about 40 minutes to fly to the lines, 40 min tour and 40 min flying back to the airport for total of 2 hours. We went to the winery/distillery for lunch next. After eating we had a short instructional tour before our tasting. The tasting consisted of several pisco wines and other liquors/liqueurs and then a drinking game before having the option to try anything else we hadn’t already had. It was fun and engaging. We left for our next stop full of food and a little buzzed from the shots & headed to Huacachina, which was about a hour away. We started the dune buggy ride on a very bumpy roadway but then it smoothed out once we get into the sand it was much better. We stopped a few times but not many on our tour took part in sandboarding so I would have enjoyed driving more. The drive was more fun than we expected. After the ride we took a quick walk around the town in the oasis, used the bathroom & took some photos. There wasn’t a lot to see – mostly shops with tourist trinkets that can be purchased anywhere so we didn’t stay long but it will still cool to see. After we were done, we headed back to Lima. We stopped at the same gas station/rest stop as on the way out which was about 3 hours into the return trip. The tour guide is happy to stop as needed, but there just aren’t many “nice” restrooms enroute. Overall we’d recommend this tour as an easy and effortless way to see these sites without going on public transportation and on your own time schedule. We got back to our hotel right around 8pm which was MUCH earlier than the group tour options we saw. We also liked that this tour that replaced a stop at the Ballestas for the Nazca lines.

Ze kwamen op tijd opdagen. Het voertuig dat de hele dag werd gebruikt, had uitstekende ruimte om ons uit te strekken. Je krijgt de hele dag een chauffeur en een gids. Ze zorgden voor alles. Ze deden uitstekende aanbevelingen over waar te zitten op de boot, eten, drinken en meer. Er werd een uitstekende tour / ervaren afgeleverd.

Alexandra en chauffeur Admir waren geweldig! Alexandrië hield ons bezig tijdens de rit en tussen evenementen met zoveel geschiedenis over het Peruaanse volk en hun geweldige land, toont ze echt een passie voor haar cultuur. De tour voelde goed aan, ze zorgden voor een zaksnack, water en lunch. Het busje was schoon en comfortabel en beiden waren zo meegaand voor alles wat we wilden. Geweldige topservice! Het Ballestas-eiland was geweldig en zo dicht bij alle duizenden vogels en dieren in het wild, waren de Nazca-lijnen visueel verbluffend, maar volg hun advies op, eet na de vliegtuigrit. ; ) De wijnmakerij. . . nou ja, meer als een wijnwinkel, nog steeds leuk, maar niet wat we hadden verwacht. Al met al 5 van de 5 sterren!