NAZCA
Chauchilla Cemetery
Land tour to Chauchilla Cemetery
Duration: 3 Hours
Daily Departures: 08:00 hrs.
Location: Nazca, Peru
Trip Style: Private Service
Visit to a vast burial ground of Chauchilla that belonged to the period of 1000 – 1460 A.C to Ica and Chincha culture, taking this tour will help out to understand in order to value its extraordinary importance of how the ancient society were able to the adjustment to this challenge environment. At the site you will notice a thousands of sun-bleached human bones, together by scraps of textiles, scattered ceramics some with perfect outlines. Indeed time and grave robbers have damaged its integrity leaving behind a jumble of bones, and mess of human artefacts and currently the local archaeologist have arranged the skeletons to put back into the tombs.
Chauchilla Cemetery
Tour Details
Duration: 3 Hours
Daily Departure:
07:00 hrs. to 15:00 hrs
Location:
Nazca, Peru
Trip Style:
Private Service
Tour Highlight:
Chauchilla Cemetery.
Description
Whether you are alone or two interested adventurous for this tour, we will be pleased to listen you either arranged your excursion on shared or private trip. We will pick up from your hotel then we will board our transport with our bilingual guide that will lead you straight away to the cemetery of Chauchilla, considered one and unique and largest cemetery in Peru. In about thirty minutes you will arrive to notice an enormous Pre-Inca burial ground to witnesses littered human remains alike; pieces of ceramics, textiles, snatches of human hair, fiber of Llamas, Alpcas and Vicugnas due to the grave robbers that have damaged badly. In contrast at the museum of site you will observe few well preserved mummies that will deeply help out to have better idea about funerary customs. Finally you will board your transport to return to Nasca to visit a wonderful ceramic factory that displays great magnificence of how local artisans make exactly copies of original potteries.
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Inclusions y Exclusions
What is included it?
- Pick up from your hotel in Nasca
- Professional bilingual guide
- Tourist transport
- Entrance fees
What is not included it?
- Extras
- Meals
- Hotel in Nazca
Suggestions
We recommend you to bring these items.
- Camera or Similar
- Sunglasses
- Bottled of water
- Sunhat
- Sunscreen
We will advise of our rates
according to the services requested.
Private Services:
20.00 Dollars per person
(*) Rates are based on a minimum of two people per group.
(**) For groups of 6 people or more, please consult us for special rates.
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