PERU TOUR

We begin our journey by  motor coach excursion south

from Lima along the Pan American Highway to ancient

pre-Inca “Oracle“  of  Pachacamac.

Pachacamac is one of the largest and most important

ceremonial centers,

overlooking the coastal desert of

central Peru.

Pilgrims came from many miles away to

consult the Oracle, one of the four major oracles that

existed within the Inca territory.

At this ancestral

sacred site we will meditate

upon our intentions for

our journey with a ceremony of gratitude

and  ask for

direction and clarity from the

"Oracle Spirit of Place."

 Lunch and on to Ica.

ICA, located between Paracas

and Nazca,

is a lush agricultural oasis surrounded

by desert sands.

The narrow desert fringe that

stretches for more than 1,400 miles along

Peru's Pacific Coast,

has been called the driest desert

on Earth.

Small oasis have formed where rivers,

descending from the slopes of the

Andes cross the desert.

Here, people have lived for

thousands of years.

Desert and sea, dry golden dunes,

crystal clear waters, mysterious and

enigmatic markings;

all this is Ica,

an oasis of contrasts and contradictory landscapes,

with myths and legends which relate

 the rise and fall of peoples who persevered against

 the hostility of the desert to construct their towns

and civilization.

 Ica, land of cotton, wine and pisco,

 a liquor with an aromatic,

grape bouquet, is full of history.

Ancient Peruvians of the area wove

splendid robes of varied colors;

mummified their dead with singular skill;

and drew lines and

gigantic figures in the desert as a homage to

the Sun, the Moon, the Earth and the Stars.

(BB, Lunch) Overnight   LAS DUNAS HOTEL, ICA

Some 2,500 years ago, Nazca was the
seat of a pre-Inca civilization
highly advanced in both
astronomy and ceramic art.
Today enormous geoglyph figures of animals,
birds and geometric figures remain
etched in the desert,
a testimony to this remarkable culture.
The line drawings can only be seen
and appreciated from the air.
This morning we will fly over
the Nazca Lines,
stretching across the Nazca plains,
like a giant map or blueprint left
by ancient astronauts.
The Nazca Lines were first spotted when
commercial airlines began flying across
the Peruvian desert in the 1930's.
Passengers reported seeing
'primitive landing strips'
on the ground below.
Author Eric Von Daniken hypothesized that,
in remote times, ancient astronauts
visited the earth; and the giant figures
on the Nazca plain were meant as signals
for the space travelers,
as they touched down on 37-mile long airfield.
The Nazca Lines are known for 13 gigantic
animal figure constellations,
countless mathematically precise geometric patterns,
spirals, and 144 flat surface landing strips.
The entire area was made up of huge
iron ore deposits that concentrated
magnetic energy,
creating an electromagnetic field of
extraordinary strength.
As we fly over the energies of the Nazca Lines,
one can feel the connection that these
ancient people had with
extraterrestrial sources of guidance,
and the energies can awaken the remembrance
of that connection in us as well.

The collection of approximately
15,000 stones are the ancient carved
gliptolithic rock-
library known as the Ica Stones.
In the 1960's a farmer found
piles and piles of rocks deep in various
gorges and caves not far from the Nazca Lines.
The etchings reveals a lighter color than
the original dark varnish of age,
yet the etched grooves also bear
traces of this varnish,
indicating that the carving was done
in ancient times.
They are a form of andesite,
a gray to black volcanic rock,
and a very hard mineral that would make
etching quite difficult with primitive tools,
a local river rock,
covered with a patina of natural oxidation.
Laboratories in Germany have authenticated
the incisions that make up the carvings
as extremely ancient.
Dr. Cabrera's library
is organized by subject matter including
the races of man,
ancient animals,
lost continents,
and the knowledge of a global catastrophe.

We depart for coastal Paracas and
check in to our beautiful beach resort hotel.
This small coastal town was an important
trade center of the Paracas culture
that flourished over 3,000 years ago.
From around 1300 BC to 200 AD
the Paracas culture dominated the

barren desert, south of Lima.
These people are considered to have
produced the finest textiles
known in the pre-Colombian period.

Evening group Star/UFO gazing
and Sacred Hoop Circle
to share our Nazca experiences.

(BB, Lunch) Overnight PARACAS HOTEL