Nazca Lines & Palpa Petroglyphs

Description of the Nazca Lines and Petroglyphs Tour

With the Nazca Lines and Petroglyphs of Palpa Tour, you can learn about the ancient geoglyphs designed and built by the inhabitants of these pampas, from high in the overflight we can appreciate these magnificent figures that make us question why, why and when they did them. And when we go along the road and walk in search of the petroglyphs on stones we will be even more puzzled about how they lived and what was going through their heads when they left these historical testimonies. Join us in this enigmatic journey.

THE NAZCA LINES, are ancient geoglyphs drawn on the surface of 450Km² that represent straight lines, geometric shapes, animal and even human figures, the same that can only be seen from the air, we will fly over the Nazca Lines.

There are about 300 figures whose measurements range between 50 and 300 meters. The greatest researcher of the Nazca Lines was undoubtedly the famous archaeologist of German origin Maria Reiche, who began her journey as Paul Kosok’s assistant.  Reiche published a book about her findings where she affirms that the geoglyphs have some astronomical meaning. The researcher explains that these lines were used as a gigantic solar and lunar calendar by the ancient Peruvian astronomers, which allowed them to forecast better stages for harvesting, as well as rainy seasons.

LINEAS DE PALPA, located in the villages of Sacramento, Pinchango and Llipata. Similar to the Nazca Lines, they are enormous drawings or geometric figures; animals and plants.

SOLAR CLOCK, 1 km from the city of Palpa, in the place known as Sacramento, on the slope of a hill there are lines and swept areas, geoglyphs that are known as Solar Clock. According to some researchers, at the time of the equinox, the line shows the signal or reflection of what would be a good or bad harvest year. At the moment it is also known with the name of the Loom, but its figure is associated to many more that are around it and on the plateau of the Sacramento Ridge, constituting a true ENIGMATIC vestige.

There are 3 km where dozens of petroglyphs of the Paracas period, more than two thousand years old, rest. It begins, this route, in the km 7.5 with the petroglyph THE STAGES OF LIFE, impressive. It is a truly enigmatic figure, because it presents the oldest character with three legs, in addition to other characteristics in its set, really enigmatic. Among the most relevant figures we can appreciate representations of condors, felines, snakes, llamas, Andean deer, among others. Petroglyphs with more than 4000 years old.

PETROGLIFOS DE CHICHITARA, located approximately 10 km east of the city of Palpa, are the Petroglyphs of Chichitara which in Quechua means “rain of sand”, these petroglyphs are distributed in three sectors and are shaped on volcanic and alluvial rocks. On them you can appreciate images of warriors, felines, birds, snakes, monkeys and beings with anthropomorphic features with three fingers that are presumed to have been made by men of the Paracas, Nazca and Huari cultures.

Enjoy the Nazca Lines and Petroglyphs Tour.

MAIN POINTS OF VISIT

• ca (406 masl)
• Palpa (347 masl)

Day 1: Nazca – Nazca Lines – Palpa – Chichictara Petroglyphs – Nazca

• Start of the Nazca Lines tour: 09.00 hrs Pick up at your hotel to go to the airport.
• Overflight of the Nazca Lines: 10.00 hrs We start the overflight with a clear sky.
• 12.00 hrs Departure from the airport and transfer to Palpa by car.
• Nazca Petroglyphs tour: 13.00 hrs We will arrive to Palpa to start the tour and see the Petroglyphs. Here we will observe THE STAGES OF LIFE, located at km 7.5, is part of the immense complex of petroglyphs of Chichitara, on the surface of this rock was carved the figures of 3 deities, this representation is known as the rock of the three ages as it represents three men with attire on the face.
• These complex Petroglyphs correspond to 4 groups of hyolithic and granitic rocks, the flat faces have been used to engrave figures of felines, monkeys, deer, snakes, among others.
• In the area of Chichictara have been recorded more than 300 petroglyphs, our tour includes a visit to the viewpoint of Lilipala in which we will observe one of the most impressive figures that correspond to the lines of Palpa.
• 14.15 hrs Approximate arrival at the hotel in Nazca.

BREAKFAST – HOTEL / LUNCH and DINNER – PASSENGER