Chauchilla Cemetery Tour among Nazca Tombs and Mummies
From €40 per person
See availability →A Chauchilla Cemetery tour from Nazca: a drive across the desert, then a guided walk among tombs and well-preserved mummies of the Nazca people.
The Chauchilla Cemetery tour starts with a drive through the desert outside Nazca and ends among tombs that are over 1,000 years old. Your guide leads the walk through the cemetery and explains how the Nazca people buried their dead and what they believed.
Inside the tombs you can see well-preserved mummies, some still with their hair and traditional textiles. The mood is eerie, and there is time to wander on your own and take photographs once the guide has set the scene, so you can look at each tomb at your own pace.
- Chauchilla Cemetery, an ancient Nazca burial site
- Mummies with hair and textiles still in place
- Funerary practices explained by an English or Spanish guide
The excursion, a good way to understand how the Nazca lived and died, lasts around two and a half hours and includes hotel pickup and drop-off and transportation. The cemetery entrance ticket, food, drinks and extras are are not included.