Nazca Lines Viewpoint Tour with María Reiche Museum

This Nazca Lines viewpoint tour keeps both feet on the ground and still gets close to the geoglyphs. After hotel pickup you drive north along the Pan-American Highway into the desert, to the Sitio María Museum, once the home of Dr. María Reiche, the German researcher who spent over 50 years studying and protecting the Lines.

Photographs, her study cabin with cameras and measuring instruments, and her tomb next to the museum tell her story. Next comes a metal lookout tower, the Mirador de las Líneas de Nazca. Climb it and two of the best-known figures, the Hands and the Tree, lie below you, along with a piece of the Lizard that the highway slices through.

• Sitio María Museum, with Reiche's belongings and tomb
• Mirador de las Líneas de Nazca, with the Hands, the Tree and the Lizard
• The Hill, a natural viewpoint where many straight lines converge

At the Hill you walk over rugged terrain and take in the desert, while the guide explains the theories about the origin and purpose of the Lines. The tour lasts around two and a half hours and includes private transport, every entrance and the return to your hotel. Meals are not included.