Paragliding Peru Courses

Extreme Sports Café’s partner Peru Paragliding School run Paragliding Tandem flights and Paragliding courses all year round. Discover the sensation of what its like to fly like a bird with a Tandem Paraglider Flight, or try the 1-Day Paragliding Course. For those who know they want to soar like birds, then the Beginner Paragliding Course is for you. Join Extreme Sports Cafe and her partner Peru Paragliding School for an unforgettable Paragliding Holiday in Peru.

Extreme Sports Cafe's partner Peru Paragliding school is based in Miraflores an upscale district of Lima, known for its restaurants, shops and spectacular views of the vast Pacific Ocean. Our partner Peru Paragliding School is is dedicated to paragliding instruction, tandem flights, aerial publicity, aerial photography and sale or rent of paragliders and their accessories. Come and experience a Tandem Paragliding flight or learn to paraglide over the beautiful Costa Verde region of Lima, Peru. This area is perfect for flying paragliders over with amazing landscape views. Allow half a day for the whole Tandem Flight experience & 1 day for the 1 day course, this includes travel to the flying site, the briefing and the flight experience. 

For more information on Paragliding in Miraflores, Lima Peru from Extreme Sports Cafe, please check our Paragliding Peru page.

Peru Paragliding Lima Mirflores
Peru Paragliding Tandem Flight Lima Miraflores

Our Peru Tandem Paragliding flights are around 10 minutes long and you have an experienced instructor with you for the whole flight.Tandem Flights in Miraflores generally run from June to December from midday. If you are staying in the Miraflores area then we may also be able to pick you up. When conditions are no good for paragliding in Miraflores, we use an alternate site for Tandems, at the Pachacamac valley. The Pachacamac valley is 40km at south of Lima. You depart from Miraflores at 9:30am and return to Miraflores around 12:30pm. Pachacamac Valley Tandems generally run from January to mid May.


Peru Paragliding Courses in Lima, Miraflores with Extreme Sports Cafe


All of our Peru Paragliding courses in Lima, Miraflores can be booked online

Peru Paragliding Lima Miraflores

Peru Paragliding Lima- Tandem Paragliding Flight
A Tandem Paragliding flight is the easiest and safest way to feel the thrill of soaring like a bird. No experience needed. A simple safety briefing, a few steps and you’re airborne, flying in a Paraglider. Be sure to bring your camera!

  • Paragliding Tandem Flight Pachacamac Valley $70US p/p
  • Paragliding Tandem Flight  Miraflores $60US p/p

Peru Paragliding Courses Lima Miraflores

Peru Paragliding Lima- 1-Day Paragliding Course $140
Experience paragliding flight in a simple and safe way. You will be taught the basics and will fly on your own safely, a few feet above the ground. This is also a great way to find out if Paragliding is the sport for you.

This 1-Day Paragliding course includes:

  • 3-5 solo glides on a small dune (120ft) in Lurin south of Lima, under instructor supervision. 
  • 1 Paragliding Tandem flight over Costa Verde Miraflores or Pachacamac. 
  • Transports to the flying sites.
  • Departure from Miraflores is at 8:00am. 
  • Max Group Size 4.

Peru Paragliding Pachacamac

Peru Paragliding Lima- Beginner Paragliding Course $680

This beginner Paragliding course is a 6-8 day Eliminatory Pilots course and is designed to teach you to be a safe and confident pilot. On this Paragliding Course you will learn, basic paragliding techniques and the basics of meteorology and aerodynamic principles which, will give you a good understanding of how a paraglider flies. At the end of this paragliding course, you will be able to make independent flights safely, under supervision of a Paragliding instructor.

  • For the first 2 days, we go to a small dune (120ft) in Lurin, 40km south of Lima, where you will learn how to take off, turn and land a Paraglider.
  • For the next 2 days we will go to the Pachacamac valley, up in the mountains, where you will apply the Paragliding techniques you've already learned and make high altitude flights, from 100m to 400m.
  • Next, depending on the weather conditions, we'll go to the Costa Verde ridge in Miraflores. Here Paragliding Tandem flights will be used to give you greater understand and you will learn more about ground handling, take off, manoeuvres and precise landings for Paragliding.
  • Then when your instructor feels you are ready to fly on your own, you will do your first solo flights, controlled by radio, over the Costa Verde ridge. You will alternate between ground handling and high solo flights to improve your skills and provide you with the necessary experience for further independent and safe flying.

This Beginner Peru Paragliding course includes:Peru Paragliding Course Lurin

  • 6-8 practical and 3 theoretical classes, which can be taken any day of the week.
  • Use of Paragliding Equipment: Paraglider, Harness, Helmet and Radio. 
  • Paragliding Flight manual.
  • Transport to the different flying sites.
  • Beginners training certificate to apply for a license from the APVL (Free Flight Peruvian Association)
  • Max Group Size 2.

Peru Paragliding School Miraflores RequirementsPeru Paragliding Course Lurin

  • Min Age: 14 years old (with parents signed permission)
  • Physically able. 
  • High-top boots.
  • Spirit of adventure. 

Peru Paragliding Lima Miraflores Notes

  • Paragliding is a weather dependent sport and flying only takes place if the conditions are suitable. Please do allow an extra day in case of bad weather conditions. If the weather is not suitable for your date then our partner Peru Paragliding School will re-schedule for the next day or another date with you.
  • Expect to be asked about health matters before you sign on at our partner Peru Paragliding School. 
  • If you suffer from heart related problems, epilepsy or any other medical condition, which may cause difficulty you should consult your doctor first.
  • Paragliding and drugs do not mix. Your instructor will not let you fly if you have consumed alcohol that day, or if they suspect that you have taken drugs.


Peru Paragliding Courses in Lima, Miraflores with Extreme Sports Cafe


All of our Peru Paragliding courses in Lima, Miraflores can be booked online Peru Paragliding Lima Miraflores

Who runs our Paragliding courses?

Extreme Sports Cafe and it's partners run paragliding courses and paramotoring courses in the UK, Spain, India, Gran Canaria, South Africa, Peru, Australia, New Zealand,  Indonesia and Thailand. We are quite confident that we have the UK, Europe and Asia well covered with a range of exciting, challenging and fun courses for you to learn to paraglide and paramotor in most parts of the world and will have centers in Australia and elsewhere soon... In Thailand we have availabl Para1 Para2 and Para 3 Courses running.....

 

Where do I take it from here?

You can go on more advanced paragliding courses,  join a club and / or buy your own paragliding equipment and go Paragliding whenever you want. Let us know how we can help...

Paragliding books we recommend.

(Paragliding) The Complete Guide by Noel Whittall

A guide to paragliding which introduces the basic techniques and then provides information about training schools, equipment, the rules, weather, soaring, competition flying, and how to derive enjoyment from the sport.
Paragliding: the Complete Guide: Amazon.co.uk: Noel Whittall: Books

(Paragliding) From the Beginner to Cross Country by David Sollom & Matthew Cook

An introduction to paragliding, providing tuition on thermalling, instrumentation and tandem flying. Other topics include: the theory of gliding; practical instruction of basic, intermediate and advanced techniques; instruction on flying cross-country in the UK; and advice on equipment and air law.
Paragliding: From Beginner to Cross-country: Amazon.co.uk: David ...

Touching Cloudbase by Ian Currer

The third edition of a standard manual for those starting paragliding. It offers an introduction to Paramotoring, a section on tandem flying, and an expanded reference to the world's manufacturers. It also covers the syllabus for the exams of the British Hang-gliding and Paragliding Association. 

You could also look at putting power behind your paragliding experience and learn to paramotor...

Touching Cloudbase: A Complete Guide to Paragliding: Amazon.co.uk ... 

 

If you have any questions, then please don’t hesitate to get back to us – we’ll be only too pleased to help. After all, the team at ESC are passionate about our various sporting disciplines – we want you to be, as well!

 

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