Sacred sites in Ica

Cahuachi Nazca site

Nazca, Ica, Peru

For five hundred years, pilgrims journeyed across the desert to Cahuachi—not to live but to worship, to bury their dead, and perhaps to participate in the creation of the...

Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

Across fifty square kilometres of Peruvian desert, the Nazca people etched more than a thousand kilometres of lines and hundreds of figures into the earth between 500 BC...

Nasca - El Araña

Part of Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

The Spider geoglyph measures forty-seven metres in length and is rendered with remarkable anatomical detail....

Nasca - El Árbol

Part of Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

The Tree geoglyph consists of a short, thick trunk that splits and expands into numerous large branches decorated with smaller twig-like extensions in a lush, flourishing...

Nasca - El Astronauta

Part of Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

The Astronaut is a humanoid figure etched into a hillside rather than the flat desert floor, making it unusual among Nazca geoglyphs....

Nasca - El Caracol

Part of Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

The Caracol depicts a spiral form approximately sixty metres across.

Nasca - El Colibrí

Part of Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

The Hummingbird is perhaps the most iconic of all Nazca geoglyphs. At ninety-three metres long, its pointed beak, well-defined wings, and elegant tail are rendered with...

Nasca - El Cóndor

Part of Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

At one hundred and thirty-four metres, the Condor is one of the largest figurative geoglyphs in the Nazca corpus....

Nasca - El Garza

Part of Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

The Heron geoglyph depicts a long-necked wading bird stretching across the desert floor, approximately three hundred metres in length.

Nasca - El Loro

Part of Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

The Parrot depicts a tropical bird with head, beak, and crest visible. Lower portions partially erased.

Nasca - El Manos

Part of Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

The Hands geoglyph depicts two human hands reaching upward, one with four fingers and one with five. Visible from the Mirador alongside the Tree.

Nasca - El Mono

Part of Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

The Monkey geoglyph measures ninety-three by fifty-eight metres and is instantly recognisable by its spiralling tail and distinctive nine-fingered hands....

Nasca - El Pelícano

Part of Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

At approximately two hundred and eighty-five metres, the Pelican is one of the longest figurative geoglyphs....

Nasca - El Perro

Part of Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

The Dog geoglyph depicts a canine figure approximately fifty-one metres in length with straight parallel legs, an open mouth, and upright ears and tail.

Nasca - La Ballena

Part of Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

The Whale geoglyph depicts a marine creature approximately twenty-seven metres in length on the desert floor....

Nasca - La Flor

Part of Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

The Flower — petals radiating from a centre, approximately eighty metres across.

Nasca - La Lagartija

Part of Líneas de Nazca

Nazca, Ica, Peru

The Lizard, approximately 188 metres, is bisected by the Panamericana Sur highway. Upper portion visible from the Mirador.