Nazca Archaeology Tour: Aqueducts, Paredones, Las Agujas
From €38 per person
See availability →A Nazca archaeology tour through the upper valley: the Cantalloc aqueducts, the Inca ruins of Paredones and Las Agujas, with a local guide and every entrance ticket covered.
This Nazca archaeology tour heads up the Nazca Valley to three sites that tell the story of the people behind the Lines. A private vehicle collects you at your hotel, and a local guide goes with you from stop to stop.
The route runs through places of very different ages and uses:
- Paredones, an Inca administrative centre and tambo, where you walk among stone enclosures
- Las Agujas, where a huge trapezoid is visible from a small hill and the guide discusses theories about the Nazca Lines
- Cantalloc aqueducts, underground canals still working now
At the aqueducts the guide talks about ancient hydraulic engineering, irrigation and everyday life of the Nazca. Around them you may see cotton, corn and potato fields, with the crops depending on the season. The workshops introduce the ceramics and textiles of the Nazca.
The tour takes around two and a half hours, with every entrance and the return to your hotel included. Meals are not.