Chauchilla Nasca

Entry containing 7 photos titled: Mummy at Chauchilla cemetery, Mummy in the shade.., Hippy Mummies :-), Ancient hair-style.., Beautiful views,,, Well preserved mummy, Chauchilla cemetery

Today, we headed to the Necropolis Chauchilla. It is my second time in Nasca, so we skipped the vomit inducing ride over the lines. Besides, the price has substantially increased and we still have a long way to go. Our guide picked us up at the hotel and drove us to the site about half an hour away. Along the way, we pass by villages full of …

... hotel was able to arrange the tour for me. The manager Luis was able to put me on the flight over Nazca line and Chauchilla tomb tour at a good price. Because of the filight over Nazca line was so popular, I had to wait until 330 pm until ...

... best... well, only way to observe the lines is by airplane and that's what we did. From there, we visited Chauchilla Cemetery where grave robbers have looted most artifacts but archeologist have restored what they could. Because of the dry climate here, ...

... bone and textiles scattered across the landscape with open tombs sunk into the sand. These tombs contain the body's of the Chauchilla people who are wonderfully preserved considering they've been buried in the desert for 2000 years! The bodies sit ...

... the visibility is bad. Great, so we got up early only to be hanging around the airfield for aaaaages.. We head to Chauchilla Cemetery instead. Hm, a small reminder of our own mortality and perhaps not the most delightful start we could have to the day ...

Well, in case the catacombs in Lima weren´t weird enough for you, we went to an ancient cemetery here outside of Nazca where mummies chill in open graves for tourists to see every day.  And they still have their own hair.  The cemetery at ...

... That night we cooked a campfire BBQ and slept on the shores of the beach. Next stop was Nasca but before then we made a slight detour to the Chauchilla cemetery. There are hundreds of cemeteries in the area with many well preserved mummies due to the ...

... , I was greeted (I forgot his name, but it was Caesar who was my driver) and right away whisked to go to see the Chauchilla Cemetary, and Cantalloc Aquedcuts. The cemetery is in the dessert, again we had a very strong wind with sands blowing all over the ...

... them, but they are spectacular... and I am really glad we floew over them! Next stop - deadpeople in the open cemetaryin Chauchilla... (well, after breakfast!!!) We looked at tours, they were all over priced and included extr things we didnt want to ...

... we decided to hold off until a clearer day. We were able to go visit a cool prehistoric cemetery outside of town called Chauchilla. It is from the Inca-Chica culture and dates to AD 1000-1450. The dead were buried in underground tombs with grave ...

... , that's why they're so fascinating. On my first day in Nazca, I took a tour to visit the Cementerio de Chauchilla, where twelve open graves are displayed with specimens of human mummified remains and the textiles and ceramics they were buried ...