Nasca

Nasca, Peru

Hotels in Nasca

Nasca Accommodations (13)
Casa Andina Nasca

Casa Andina Nasca

4.00 107 reviews

Jr. Bolognesi 367, Nasca, Peru

Cantayo Spa & Resort Hotel Nasca

Cantayo Spa & Resort Hotel Nasca

3.00 21 reviews

Carretera Panamericana Sur, desvio Puquio kms 3-4, Cantalloc, Nasca, Peru

Hostal Las Lineas Nasca

Hostal Las Lineas Nasca

3.50 2 reviews

Jiron Arica 299, Nasca, Peru

Hostal Nido del Condor Nasca

Hostal Nido del Condor Nasca

3.50 7 reviews

Carretera Panamericana sur, Nasca, Peru

Travel Blogs from Nasca

Nasca Travel Blogs (879)
The Nauseating flight over Nazca, Nazca, Peru travel blog

The Nauseating flight over Nazca

A travel blog entry by andrewy

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Hello again,       I think I am paying for it after the flight over Nazca lines, they were very dramatic but the ride was a nightmare nauseating experience.....just got off the small plane, still wanna puke...... ...

Pisco, Pisco and the Islas Ballestas - the poor man

Pisco

A travel blog entry by dane

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5

... a lot of shacks and huts made out of items you would never think could create a home. On the bus ride from Lima to Peru we saw these massive cities that are simply a collection of roofless huts and shacks scattered in the sand. No streets, no stores, ...

Lines in the Peruvian desert, Nazca, Peru travel blog

Lines in the Peruvian desert

A travel blog entry by alexndean

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Alex & Dean: On the trip from Ica to Nazca the desert changed from pretty sand dunes to the rocky flatlands that the Nazca lines are cut into. We passed over the lines (the Pan-Am highway actually cuts one of the images in two - the Lizard) but ...

Why did they do it?, Nasca, Peru travel blog

Why did they do it?

A travel blog entry by orizarska

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Why did the Nasca people do the large drawings on the floor of the dessert? We will never know for sure, so pick your teory: to mark underground water, to use as a start chart, for religious purpouses, to greet the gods, to greet ET... goes on ...

Attractions in Nasca

Nasca Attractions (5)
Nasca Lines

Nasca Lines

4.00

Nasca, Peru

The ancient Nasca Indians etched geometric lines and figures that were often made of one continuous line, some up to forty miles in length. Best seen by flying overhead, the lines contain such figures as a whale, dog, monkey, iguana, spider, lizards, birds and other geometric designs.

Chauchilla

Chauchilla

4.50

Nasca, Peru

This cemetery holds the mummified remains of members of the Nasca culture, dating back between 200 BC and 500 AD.

Casa-Museo Marí Reiche

Casa-Museo Marí Reiche

3.00

Caserio la Pascana, Carretera Panamericana Sur Km 420, San Pablo Nasca, Peru

Get a hearty dose of Peru's history and archaeology at this excellent museum that houses textiles, ceramics, mummies and artwork. The museum was named for the woman famous for studying the mysterious Nasca Lines of Peru.

Cantalloc Aqueduct

Cantalloc Aqueduct

4.50

Carretera Puquio-Cusco, Nasca, Peru

An ingenious system of stone aqueducts built by the people of Nasca in ancients times is still functioning and used by local farmers for irrigation.

Forum Discussions on Nasca

Nasca Forum (9)

Help with an itineray Lima to Arequipa

Posted by amel84

... earliest bus leaves at 4am or so. Do you know if it stops at Paracas? When I set Paracas as my destination, I can only get Lima-Nasca schedule. I am wondering if I can buy a ticket to Nasca, stop at Paracas, then get on a bus to Ica, stop there and then ...

Itinerary advicce for single female traveller in Peru?

Posted by racie23

... then go to Puno and see Lake Titicaca etc..,then go to Arequipa and see Colca Canyon, from there head north and hit the Nasca Lines, Ica SandBoarding, Pisca and the Islas Balletas and then up to Lima and then back to California. Does that seem doable in ...

Suggestions For Sacred Valley/Cusco Please!

Posted by kathryn77

Just to add to this...it's about a 5 or so hour bus ride to the Nasca lines from Lima. I saw them from a Mirador, which basically meant you got off a bus in the midst of the desert, climbed some scaffolding, and saw a few of them...if they had been ...

Suggestions For Sacred Valley/Cusco Please!

Posted by wakingdream

... the 27th. So we've really only got about 2 days to see Lima and parts of the coast, do a fly over of the nasca lines, and a little more sight seeing - maybe the big park just south of lima? All suggestions are welcome - as well as any recommendations ...

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