Day 8

I am happy to say last night was the first night that both of us slept through the whole thing and despite the alarm going off at 6.45am we both felt refreshed.

We are up so early to meet our guide to take us to Nazca to do a flight over the Nazca lines! We had a bit of a worrying start when he didn’t turn up for 20 mins and started to get worried he wasn’t going to show, but thankfully he pitched up and we headed to Nazca. Upon arrival at the airport (although feels a little glamorous to say airport as I don’t think it’s used for anything but Nazca lines flights) we checked in and got ready. They sneakily make you pay an additional two “air tax” fees, not sure how you can tax the air but heyho!

We excitedly boarded a small micro flight plane and took off into the sky. It was a little bumpy but that was to be expected considering the size - only 6 passengers! We then flew over the Nazca lines, it was so impressive that you can see them so clearly from the air with them being 80-130m big! They are shrouded in mystery but people believe they were created as rituals to encourage rainfall due to the environment being so arid. Sadly I couldn’t take my camera so the photos on my phone don’t do it justice but it was spectacular. There are various different figures such as condors, humming bird, monkey, and much more! It was really fun to see them from above as not sure you would be able to take in the scale and full picture if you visited them on the ground. A brilliant experience despite coming down feeling a little nauseous due to the turbulence! Feeling a huge spike of adrenaline and excitement we boarded the bus back to Ica feeling rather jaded!

Now preparing for the 18 hour bus from Ica to Cusco, wish us luck!!Read more