FD Nazca Lines

Sit back and relax in one of our our airy and spacious buses as you travel from Lima to Paracas. Upon arrival you will be transferred to your hotel where you can freshen up and leave your overnight bag. Next we will make the exciting trip to Pisco airport as we prepare to get up close and personal to one of the world's greatest mysteries while overflying the Nazca Lines. The town, settled besides a small river crossing the desolate plain of San Jose, passed unnoticed until commercial airlines began crossing the desert during the late 1920's when scientists´ attention was immediately drawn to Nazca but the mystery remains unsolved. What exactly was their purpose? We don´t quite know. One hypothesis is that the Nazca people created them to be seen by their gods in the sky. Another hypothesis is that the figures represent constellations. One hypothesis that could be true is that the lines and figures were part of religious practices involving the worship of deities associated with the availability of water, which directly related to the success and productivity of crops. Right up until 2013 the mystery remains unsolved. Although some local geoglyphs resemble Paracas motifs, scholars believe the Nazca Lines were created by the Nazca culture between 400 and 650 AD. The hundreds of individual figures range in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks, orcas and lizards. Afterwards, if the weather and air-traffic controllers permit it, we will fly above the figured-scrapped hills of Palpa. The Palpa Lines are believed to predate those of Nazca, picturing animals and human figures and a prominent deity. The Nazca culture flourished between 50 B.C. and 600 A.D, studies suggesting their society suffered an environmental collapse derived from huarango deforestation.

Meeting/ Pick up point: Passengers will be picked up at their respective hotels.>br> Duration: 14 hours approx.
Languages: Spanish and English.

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FD Nazca Lines (Shared without lunch)

Appropriate age for child ticket from 3 to 11 years