Experience: History, Archaeology and Culture

• 1 hour and 30 minutes
• Mid morning or mid afternoon
• Daily, according to weather conditions

What will we do?

San Jose is in the middle of the Ica desert, south of the department of Lima alongside the Southern Panamerican Highway. It contains one of mankind’s greatest enigmas: the Nasca lines, a group of geoglyphs representing animals, objects and plants measuring up to 300 metres long and covering an area of 1000 square metres.

Their true size cannot be appreciated from ground level; you can climb up to a viewing point or better still, take a flight over 15 of the classic figures, including the whale, compass, trapezoids, astronaut, monkey, dog, hummingbird, spider and condor. There are five flight options: some cover 13 and others 15 figures. Some packages also includes excursions to the towns of Pisco and Ica, all using Aerodiana  (wwww.aerodiana.com.pe). That is the only way to appreciate the  immensity, perfection, genius and skill of this culture. The best time  to go is in the mid-morning or mid-afternoon.

In the 1970’s, LimaTours supported the work of Maria Reiche, the first researcher and custodian of the Nasca Lines. Since then, we have brought  more visitors to this unique UNESCO World Heritage Site than any other tour company in Peru.

What does the experience include?

air ticket and aerodrome taxes.