At seven time, we will depart to Ica City to start our excursion. Arrival and transfer to aerodrome to Nazca board the light aircraft to Nazca in which we will enjoy the enigmatic Nazca Lines. Figures represented are birds, a monkey, an ant, a fish, amongst others, and the whole site covers a surface of about five hundred square meters.
Due to its unique characteristics, the Nazca lines are one of the most interesting archaeological mysteries of the world. Some researchers, led by the late Maria Reiche, who studied the area for more than fifty years, consider the Nazca lines to be the biggest astronomical observatory in the world; John Reinhard, on the other hand, believes that these lines were sacred paths. A new theory claims that the Lines are related to an underground water system. We will head back to Ica in airplane and city to begin the tour visiting the Regional Museum It has a big collection of archaeological pieces from the regional cultures Nazca, Paracas and Inca. Out stand funeral mummies and looms from Paracas, skulls with presence of surgery and deformed skulls, this remains show the high technology in surgery reached by the ancient Peruvian civilizations. It also has collections from the colony, independence and republican times. At fixed time, return to Lima. |
