Lima: Nazca Lines Flight & Huacachina Oasis Day Trip

A Cessna Window Seat Over 2,000-Year-Old Desert Drawings

You're picked up from your Lima hotel before sunrise and driven south to Pisco, then flown over 13 Nazca geoglyphs in a six-seat Cessna with panoramic windows for 35 minutes. After landing, you rest at the Huacachina Oasis before returning to Lima by evening. The full day includes all transportation, guide, taxes, and a flight certificate. Nothing else to arrange.

Step-by-step itinerary

Stops and time at each

1. Marcahuasi1h
2. Nazca Lines30m · entry included

Lima to Nazca flight and return

• Pick up from Lima hotel at 4:00 a.m.
• Travel to Pisco, enjoy sunrise and coast
• Stop in Pisco to stretch and prepare
• Fly over Nazca Lines in Cessna 207A
• Receive flight certificate after tour
• Visit Oasis of Huacachina or Ica vineyard
• Return to Lima, arrive around 10:30 p.m.

The Experience

The pickup happens at 4 a.m. from your Lima hotel (Miraflores, San Isidro, or the city center), and you're on the road before dawn, watching the coast slide past while the sun comes up somewhere over the Pacific. The drive to Pisco takes most of the morning, and there's a short stop to stretch and use the bathroom before the real part begins. By the time you reach Nazca, you're in a small aircraft with five other people, each of you with your own seat and a window that takes up half the wall. The pilot points out the hummingbird first. A shape so precise it seems impossible that it was drawn into the desert floor over a thousand years ago and has survived this long. Then the monkey, the spider, the condor. Thirteen figures in total, each one visible only from the air, which is the whole reason you're up here instead of standing on the ground wondering what you're looking at.

The flight lasts 35 minutes, and the pilot talks through the main theories about why these lines exist (ritual, astronomy, water worship) without pretending anyone knows for sure. You get a flight certificate at the end, which is a nice thing to have even if you're not the type to frame it. After landing, there's time at the Huacachina Oasis, a lagoon surrounded by massive sand dunes where you can rest and have lunch before the long drive back to Lima. The return journey starts at 5:50 p.m., and you're back at your hotel around 10:30 p.m., which means this is a full day. You leave before most of the city wakes up and arrive back after dark.

The Nazca Lines day trip from Lima works because it solves the logistics problem: you don't arrange the flight yourself, you don't figure out how to get from Lima to Pisco to Nazca, you don't negotiate with a taxi driver or worry about missing your return. The guide speaks English and Spanish, the transportation is semi-private (small groups, not a packed bus), and everything (taxes, entrance fees, the certificate) is already paid. What you do is show up at your hotel before dawn and sit in a window seat while someone explains one of the world's stranger mysteries.

What’s included

• Hotel pickup from Miraflores, San Isidro, or central Lima at 4:00 a.m.
• transportation from Lima to Pisco and from Nazca to the Huacachina Oasis.
• 35-minute Cessna flight over 13 Nazca geoglyphs with panoramic windows.
• pilot explanation of the lines' origins.
• flight certificate.
• rest time at the Huacachina Oasis.
• return transportation to your Lima hotel.
• all taxes and entrance fees.
• English and Spanish-speaking guide.
• semi-private group transportation (6 passengers maximum).

Days and timesDaily · 04:00

AgesAges 3+ · Under 3 — Free

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather or if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Prices and times updated 4 days ago

Good to know

Moderate physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by MUNDIVA TRAVEL

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see the Nazca Lines without arranging the flight, transport, and timing yourself: the early start and full-day structure is what fits the 2,000-kilometer round trip into a single departure from Lima.

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Top questions

What languages is the guide in?

Live guide in English and Spanish.

Can children come?

Under 3, free.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24h before the start.

What time does the Nazca Lines day trip start from Lima?

Hotel pickup is at 4:00 a.m. from Miraflores, San Isidro, or central Lima.

How long is the flight over the Nazca Lines?

The flyover lasts 35 minutes in a Cessna 207A aircraft.

How many people fit in the plane?

The aircraft holds 6 passengers plus 2 crew members, so each traveler gets a single seat and a window.

What geoglyphs will I see from the air?

You'll see 13 Nazca figures including the hummingbird, monkey, spider, and condor. The pilot explains the main theories about their origin during the flight.

Is lunch included in the tour?

Lunch is not explicitly included, but there's a rest stop at the Huacachina Oasis where you can eat before the return drive.

What time do you return to Lima?

The tour departs the Oasis at 5:50 p.m. and arrives back at your hotel around 10:30 p.m.

What's included in the price?

Hotel pickup and return, all transportation between Lima and Nazca, the 35-minute flight, taxes, entrance fees, a flight certificate, and a bilingual guide.