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The Pampa Galeras National Reserve is the largest vicuña reserve in the world. It was created in 1967 as a measure for saving the endangered species it now protects. The reserve covers an area of 6,500 hectares, and its zone of influence covers a further 60,000 hectares and the altitude varies from 3840 to 4200 masl /12.598 to 13.780 fasl.
Composed of an extensive plain with slight elevations, is surrounded by valleys and gorges. The weather is cold and dry with an average annual temperature of 7.9ºC (46.2ºF). The reserve is a shelter for some 6000 vicuñas and home to other typical high Andean animals such as Andean foxes, pampas cats, Andean deer, and vizcachas as well as a variety of birds like the Andean gull, the hummingbird, the Andean eagle, and the kestrel.
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"We had the most incredible time with our Guide, Jose Luis! We cannot express our thanks to the Pachamama Team enough! Thank you for making our trip so memorable!"
Jean & Paul, Jan 2019
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Pick Up Time from hotel in Nazca: 7am
The Pampa Galeras National Reserve is located about 90 kilometers from the city of Nazca (598 meters, 1962 ft, above sea level).
We collect you from your hotel in an air-conditioned private vehicle from your hotel in Nazca. Accompanied by a bilingual guide speaking (English and Spanish), you will be taken towards for about 2 hours along a winding road that passes an elevation of 4200 meters, 13,780 ft, above sea level.
This area is home to two South American camels, the vicuñas and guanacos, which can be seen running freely through the Andean plateau. Unlike their cousins, the llamas and alpacas, the vicuñas and guanacos are wild animals, as they have not been domesticated and have adapted to high altitudes where drought and freezing nights are the natural rules. On the way, you will enjoy magnificent landscapes that combine different ecological levels, ranging from dry coastal hills with little vegetation to high Andean plateau full of grass. On arrival at the National Reserve we will first visit a small museum that shows all the fauna that exists in the Andes area and also learn about the evolution of these Andean Camelids. Here we will have a nice talk about the Vicuña Project and will see how the Andean villages organized themselves in order to protect this camel species that was in the danger of extinction in the 1960s.
Afterwards we walk throughout the national reserve, visiting places where Vicuñas and other species congregate. Here you will have the best chance to get a closer view of these animals and also take the pictures. In addition to these camels, you also can see the famous Andean rodent known by the locals as Viscacha, as well as eagles, ducks, and condors. After one hour we return to our van and start descending to the Coast. At the end of the tour we drop you off at your hotel in Nazca.
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