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Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$584 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

    • Travel from Paracas to Nazca on a full day steeped in history and landscapes
    • Explore the ceremonial site of Cahuachi, the spiritual heart of the Nazca culture
    • Discover the Chauchilla Cemetery and its impressive millennia-old mummies
    • Learn about the ancient Nazca civilisation from a specialised guide
    • Enjoy a comprehensive cultural experience combining archaeology, mystery, and nature

Activity location

    • Nazca
    • Nazca, Ica, Peru

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Nazca
    • Nazca, Ica, Peru

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From Paracas: Nazca Full Day – History and Mysteries

  • Activity duration is 1 day1d
    1d
  • English
Starting time: 7:00 AM
Price details
NZ$584.32 x 2 AdultsNZ$1,168.64
Total
Price is NZ$1,168.64

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Hotel pickup and drop-off in Paracas
  • Inclusions
    Private return tourist transport Paracas – Nazca – Paracas
  • Inclusions
    Bilingual professional tour guide (English and Spanish)
  • Inclusions
    Guided visit to the ceremonial centre of Cahuachi
  • Inclusions
    Guided visit to the Chauchilla Cemetery
  • Inclusions
    Assistance throughout the tour
  • Exclusions
    Food and drinks
  • Exclusions
    Cahuachi tourist tickets: PEN 15.00
  • Exclusions
    Chauchilla tourist tickets: PEN 8.00
  • Exclusions
    Items of a personal nature
  • Exclusions
    Optional tips/service charge

Know before you book

    • Not allowed: Alcohol and drugs, Pets
    • Not suitable for: People with back problems, People with heart problems, People with kidney problems, People with mobility impairments, People with respiratory issues

What you can expect

  • Enjoy a complete cultural experience travelling from Paracas to the mystical Nazca region on a full-day tour that combines archaeology, history, and desert landscapes.

    7:00 a.m. Pick-up from your hotel in Paracas and transfer to Nazca. Upon arrival, you'll visit the impressive ceremonial centre of Cahuachi, considered one of the most important religious complexes of the Nazca culture. There, you will explore its ancient adobe structures, such as temples, plazas, dwellings, and ceremonial wells, while learning about their spiritual and social functions.

    You'll then have some free time in the city of Nazca to have lunch and rest, with recommendations from the tour guide to enjoy the local cuisine.

    In the afternoon, you'll continue to the enigmatic Chauchilla Cemetery, where you can see millennia-old mummies preserved by the desert climate, along with archaeological remains that reveal the ancient burial customs of the Nazca culture.

    Finally, you'll head back to Paracas, taking in the desert landscape on the way back.

    7:30 p.m. Transfer to accommodation in Paracas
    End of our services

Location

Activity location

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    • Nazca
    • Nazca, Ica, Peru

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Nazca
    • Nazca, Ica, Peru