Cahuachi and Ocongalla Aqueduct Tour with Live Guide
From €52 per person
See availability →A Cahuachi and Ocongalla aqueduct tour with a live guide: towering adobe pyramids, the huarango forest and a well-preserved stone aqueduct, with hotel transfers.
On this Cahuachi and Ocongalla aqueduct tour, a live guide collects you at your hotel in Nazca and takes you to the ceremonial temple of Cahuachi, a settlement that floods wrecked and that archaeologist Giuseppe Orefici is bringing back little by little. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included.
Tall adobe structures rise around you, once the sacred heart of the Nazca civilization. The main sights are listed below.
- the Great Temple, followed by the Great Pyramid
- the Step Temple, with the ruins around it
Expect an account of the religious practices of the time and of the plazas where sacrifices and offerings were made, plus the view held by archaeologists that Cahuachi's residents built the Nazca Lines, which lie close by. A path through the forest comes next, where the guide describes the importance of the huarango tree, before you reach the Ocongalla aqueduct, a well open to the sky whose stone walls and boulders are still in good shape. Snowmelt from the Andes feeds it, and farmers draw on it for their plots.
The visit takes about three hours. Meals, drinks and tips are not included. It is not suitable for people with mobility impairments or wheelchair users.