Chauchilla Nasca

Before you start reading this blog, please be aware that several historical information are copied from Wikipedia.

I arrived in Lima late last night - or should I say early this morning? Since my bus to Nazca would only leave in a coupe of hours, I decided to spend the 90 minutes I have exploring the airport. I would have to come back …

30 km outside of Nasca town, located in a desert valley, is the Chauchilla Cemetery, burial site for pre-hispanic mummified human remains. Treasure hunters and grave robbers have left nothing but the mummies that are 'displayed' in their tombs. The mummies are remarkably well preserved which is believed to be due to the dry climate of the …

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Unsere Reise führte uns der Küste entlang Richtung Süden über Nazca bis hin zu Arequipa, der zweitgrössten Stadt Peru's und gleichzeitig dem Ort, welcher die Unterländer an die ungewöhnlichen Höhen gewöhnen sollte.

In Nazca wurde es uns zu Beginn etwas mulmig, als wir den Chauchilla Friedhof besuchten. Anstelle …

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 ...

... be a lot of fun and cheaper than taking official tours, the next morning I arranged  to go to Chauchilla, a Nasca cemetary with him.  The cemetary was found 60 years ago by graverobbers who were just interested in taking the ceramics ...

... 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 ...

... , it was truly amazing to see these shapes and lines from a tiny plane from the sky (an incredible experience in itself). Chauchilla Cemetery. The sound of being able to see and get close to mummies and human bones in the middle of the desert was ...

... 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 ...