Travel guide

Nazca

Mysterious lines in the desert

🗓️ Best time: April–November💰 Budget · ~$60/day📍 Peru

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About Nazca

A desert town famed for the enormous, enigmatic Nazca Lines — ancient geoglyphs of animals and shapes best seen from a light aircraft — plus aqueducts, dunes, and a mummy cemetery.

⭐ Things to do in Nazca

Nazca Lines flightChauchilla cemeteryCantalloc aqueductsMaria Reiche observatorySandboarding nearbyCerro Blanco (huge sand dune)Cahuachi pyramidsPuquios spiral aqueducts

🍽️ What to eat in Nazca

Signature local dishes worth seeking out.

Peruvian cevichePollo a la brasaTejas sweetsPisco sour

✈️ Know before you go

🚕 Getting around

Walkable town; the small airport for the overflights.

💡 Local tip

Take motion-sickness precautions before the banking, twisting Nazca Lines flight.