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• Ausangate Trek 6D
• History of Chachapoyas 5D
• Salkantay Alternative Trek To Machu picchu 5D
• salkantay and Inca Trail Hiking 6D

• Reserve of Manu 8D
• Amazon Lodges 3D
• Reserve of Tambopata Expedition 9D

• Community of Auzangate 6D
• Lares valley 4D
• Lake Titicaca 3D

• Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu 4D
• Hiram Bingham and machu picchu
• Incas Cradle of Gold, Chokekirao to Machu Picchu Trek 8D
• Choquekirao Trek 4D

• Incas Trekking Package 8D
• The Classic inca Trail 4D

• Cusco Rafting 1 and 2 Days
• Jungle Rafting 9D
• White Water Rafting Peru 3D
• Cotahuasi Rafting 11 D
• Colca Canyon River Rafting 12D

• Geoglyphs of Nazca 2D
• Reserve of Ballestas Islands 2D

GEOGLYPHS OF NAZCA 2D/1N

 Stretching across the Nazca plains like a giant map or blueprint left by ancient astronauts, lie the famous Nazca Lines of Peru. Peru is associated with the Inca Civilization.  

The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert of Peru. They have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The high, arid plateau stretches more than 80 kilometres (50 mi) between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana. Although some local geoglyphs resemble Paracas motifs, scholars believe the Nazca Lines were created by the Nazca culture between 400 and 650 AD. The hundreds of individual figures range in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks or orcas, llamas, and lizards.

 

Here is the size of some of the most famous Nasca geoglyphs:

- The Spider, approximately 46m long,
- The Monkey, 55m long,
- The Guanay (guano bird), 280m long,
- The Lizzard 180m,
- The Hummingbird, 50m long,
- The Killer Whale, 65m long or
- The Pelican - the largest of them all - at 285m long.

 

 

 

The geoglyphs depict living creatures, stylized plants and imaginary beings, as well as geometric figures several kilometres long. They are believed to have had ritual astronomical functions.

Ancient religion? Aliens from outer space? Ancient astronomers? A megalomaniacal artist? Water sources?  Since discovery in 1927, then exploration by American scientist Paul Kosok and German mathematician Maria Reiche in 1939, and through the continuing efforts of Maria Reiche for more than 50 years, the Nazca lines have remained a perplexing enigma of scholars. Originally thought to be the remains of irrigation lines beyond the verdant Nazca valley, it wasn't until they were seen from the air that the lines were fully recognizable as the vast network of incredible artifacts that they are.

There are many hypotheses about these amazing geoglyphs, such as Erich von Daniken who argued in "Chariots of the Gods?" that they are the remains of a giant extraterrestrial airport!  However, reality is often much more mysterious than fantasy, and that is the case with Nazca, and other artifacts of the cultures of ancient Peru.  Long before the Inca ruled the Four Kingdoms, the extinct cultures of Nazca, Paracas, Casma, Caral, and elsewhere (such as Chile's Atacama desert), were calculating the passing of time and seasons, and constructing some of the oldest cities in the world!

          

Geoglyphs of Nazca Trip Itinerary

 

• DAY 1: Early morning departure with private transportation from Lima to Paracas. Along the way, your guide will explain to you the traditions of the different sites we will visit such as the Pantanos de Villa, Pachacamac, Lagunas of Chillca, towns like Cañete and Chincha with a high population of afro-Peruvian people.
  A visit to the castle of Unanue will sow you an impressive Moorish architecture. Upon arrival to Paracas, we board a boat for a visit to the Ballestas Islands, known also as the little Galápagos. This is where we can have close encounters with hundreds of sea lions, cormorans and abundant sea birds.
  Lunch will be on your own and then we continue to the town of Nazca, where you will spend the night at the Hotel in Paracas.

  DAY 2: Early morning, transfer from the hotel to the Marie Reich airport, where we will watch a video about the mysterious Nazca Lines and then take a flight in a small plane over the lines.
  Later we will visit the pre -Incas tombs at Chauchillas, plus a visit to a ceramic factory and the healing waters of Laguna Huacachina.
  Lunch will be on your own and afternoon return to Lima.

INCLUDES :

• Private transportation Lima/Paracas/Nazca/Lima
• Private English speaking guide.
• Visit to the places mention on program.
• 1 night at the hotel in Nazca.
• Boat ride to the Ballestas Island.
• Flight over the Nazca Lines.
• Visit to the Pre-Inca tombs.
• Visit to Lake Huacachina.
• Entrance ticket to different places

DOES NOT INCLUDE :

• Meals while on the tour.
• Laundry, Liquor, tips

COST PER PERSON

From 2 to 3 participants US.$ 497 each
From 4 to 7 participants U.S.$ 407 each
From 8 to 16 participants U.S.$ 367 each 

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