Nazca Archaeological Tour from Ica: Museum and Aqueducts
From €80 per person
See availability →A Nazca archaeological tour from Ica or Huacachina, by land: María Reiche's house-museum, a viewpoint over two geoglyphs, the Cantalloc Aqueducts and Los Paredones.
This Nazca archaeological tour from Ica is a full day on the ground, built around the people who made and studied the Nazca Lines. Transport and pick-up are included, and an experienced guide explains the culture behind the figures drawn on the pampas.
- María Reiche House-Museum, where the German archaeologist devoted her working life to the giant drawings
- The Metallic viewpoint, from where two figures can be seen, the Hand and the Tree
- The Cantalloc Aqueducts, a system of about 40 underground channels dug by the Nazca
- Los Paredones, big adobe buildings that once worked as a checkpoint for trade between coastal and highland communities
The route ends with a look at how gold and ceramics are worked in the region. Potters there follow the method of the ancient Nazca, so you see a craft that is still alive. The guide also brings up how the Nazca civilization lived and why it vanished.
The day takes about ten hours and finishes with the return to Ica. Lunch, site admission and an overflight of the lines are all extras, so a flight is something to arrange separately if you want to see the figures from the air.