Cahuachi Pyramids Tour: Nazca's Desert Ceremonial Centre
From €39 per person
See availability →A Cahuachi pyramids tour from Nazca takes you about 30 km into the desert to the adobe temples of the ancient Nazca culture, with a live guide, hotel pickup and transport included.
A Cahuachi pyramids tour from Nazca leads out of town and into the open desert, to the place where the ancient Nazca culture gathered for its ceremonies. The vehicle collects you at your hotel or an agreed meeting point and covers the roughly 30 kilometres to the archaeological complex.
On site, a guide walks you through what is left of the main pilgrimage centre of the Nazca people. Much of it lay buried under sand for centuries, and you see the results of the excavations up close. The guide explains how the society around it was organised, what its people believed and why this spot mattered so much to them.
- Adobe step pyramids, built more than a thousand years ago
- Ceremonial plazas between the mounds
- Wide views over the desert, with time for photos
You also hear how the builders worked and which theories try to explain why Cahuachi was abandoned. Guiding is in English or Spanish, and the tour lasts about two and a half hours, ending with a drop-off at your hotel or a central point in Nazca.
It suits travellers curious about archaeology and the early cultures of Peru who would like a quieter site than the famous lines. Food and drinks are not included.