PIRWA TOURS IN ICA

• Overflight Nazca lines
• Chauchillas cemetery
• Aqueduct cantayoc Nazca
• Huacachina lagoon
• Usaca oasis tour
• Paracas national reserve
• Ballestas island

PIRWA HOSTELS IN ICA

• Backpackers Hostel Nazca

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Cusco - Peru

AQUEDUCT OF CANTAYOC

Thousands of years ago, to sustain life in their extremely arid environment and combat droughts, the Nazca developed an impressive system of subterranean aqueducts. More than 30 channels of have not only survived seismic activity but remain in use to this day. The best preserved channels can be found in the Cantayo zone, in the higher Nazca Valley. This irrigation system is unique not only in Peru but probably in the world.

Tour itinerary

After being picked up at your hotel in Nazca, we will head to the subterranean Cantalloc Aqueducts, which despite being thousands of years old are still in use today. You´ll be able to observe the underground channels lined with river rocks (because mortar would not allow water to enter) known as puquios. Puquios tapped into subsurface water and transferred it to aquifers under the surface for transport to irrigation canals or reservoirs. The length of the channels can only be estimated through the distances covered by manholes which the Nazca installed for maintenance, because the channels are too dangerous to explore underground. Among the scenic cotton, corn, and potato plantations which depend on these underground water system, we´ll learn about the Nazca culture and the watering system they developed in order to survive droughts and bring life into the desert´s driest areas.
We´ll continue on to the Agujas archaeological site, where from the top of a small hill we´ll be able to observe from overhead what appears to be an enormous trapezoid.
There we´ll also receive information about the world-famous Nazca Lines and have an opportunity to take a close look at the enigmatic geometric constructions as we discuss the competing theories as to their purpose, which some say was to aid in agriculture as an astronomical calendar and others believe was for religious reasons, and method of construction.

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