Cahuachi, Huarango Forest and Chauchilla Cemetery
Meet your local tour guide at your hotel in Nazca at 8 am for pickup and transfer.
Visit Cahuachi, once a major ceremonial center of the Nasca culture. This area also includes some of the famed Nazca Lines and is located along the south coast of Peru. You will see important sectors of this ceremonial center, including the pyramid structures and the Great Temple, where ritual or ceremonial remains have been excavated many times.
Proceed south of Nasca, passing through the Huarango forest and enjoying wonderful desert landscapes. This forest is famous for its Huarango trees, which have provided food and fuel to local people for more than 7,000 years.
Visit Chauchilla Cemetery, where you will see dozens of mummies and skeletons in their original tombs.
Learn about local religious beliefs and customs here. In this graveyard, you will also see broken pottery shards.
