Cementerio Chauchilla
Cementerio Chauchilla
4.5
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Monday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Tuesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Thursday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Saturday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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This cemetery holds the mummified remains of members of the Nasca culture, dating back between 200 BC and 500 AD.
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geoffrey100
Boston, MA192 contributions
Feb 2024 • Couples
Ancient burial site for Huari and Nazca civilizations in the desert about an hours drive out of downtown Nazca. Very big area with well-preserved bodies in fetal positions looking eastwards towards the rising sun. Beautiful mountain backdrops also. Site tells you a lot about how these civilizations thought about the world. You really need a guide to get there as its in the middle of the desert, and also to explain what you are looking at.
Written 25 February 2024
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Komator
Barcelona, Spain902 contributions
Sept 2022
Cementerio (o Necrópolis) Chachilla is a Nasca cemetery in the middle of the desert, close to Nasca. To get there, you need to take a tour or a taxi.
It's impressive. It's a pre-columbine cemetery, with open tombs and mummies accessible for you to see. You can explore it on your own and just read the (few) available information.
I have the feeling that this will be regulated quite soon, and it won't be as easily accessible.
It's impressive. It's a pre-columbine cemetery, with open tombs and mummies accessible for you to see. You can explore it on your own and just read the (few) available information.
I have the feeling that this will be regulated quite soon, and it won't be as easily accessible.
Written 4 February 2023
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The Wandering Reviewer
Melbourne, Australia12,189 contributions
Jan 2018 • Friends
Wow. Just wow. This is one of those serendipitous moments when you have discovered something that you weren’t expecting. A few kms out of Nazca and a left turn down a very dodgy looking track we were soon at the site where hundreds of bodies were discovered buried in graves.
Some people found it creepy but frankly, I found it fascinating. People were buried in a foetal position with pottery, food and other treasures, wrapped in blankets and you can still see their long dreadlock hair braids.
There is a small display room that has two things to see which are worthwhile. It is free to enter. There are toilets which are clean. You can buy a few snacks here and if you want your drinks cold just ask as there are some in a small esky.
Wheelchair friendly. Kid friendly.
Some people found it creepy but frankly, I found it fascinating. People were buried in a foetal position with pottery, food and other treasures, wrapped in blankets and you can still see their long dreadlock hair braids.
There is a small display room that has two things to see which are worthwhile. It is free to enter. There are toilets which are clean. You can buy a few snacks here and if you want your drinks cold just ask as there are some in a small esky.
Wheelchair friendly. Kid friendly.
Written 11 January 2018
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ilive4travel4eva
Leeds, UK135 contributions
Jul 2012 • Solo
After reading what to do in Nazca I decided to stay for 2 days and have to say that the this trip I felt was really a waste of time, I have seen so many interesting sites in Peru and this was not one of them. It could take 5 mins to get round but as the guide stopped and spoke in both english and spanish it took a bit longer. The graves were all the same really so after the first grave you were seeing the same thing. Really would not recommend as a place to see.
Written 7 September 2012
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Jonathan Z
Zurich, Switzerland39 contributions
Jul 2017 • Family
This site is highly underrated in my opinion. As many people, we only went to Nazca to take a flight over the lines. However, as we had a few more hours until our bus, we looked for other things to do in Nazca. We did not expect much but found the cemetery (and the Cantalloc Aqueducts, which are usually done together in tours) fascinating and were surprised to be almost the only tourists there, in high season. A similar site in Europe would probably be filled with tourists.
The cemetery itself takes less than an hour to visit but is a bit far away from the Nazca city center by car, and requires to go through a long gravel road. It is recommended to take a tour as there won't be any taxi there to bring you back. It takes less than an hour to visit, but count another one hour and a half of car to go there and come back to Nazca (if this is too long for your schedule, the aqueduct is probably a better choice as it is much closer and a bit more unique).
The airline arranged our tour with a local guide, but it is really easy to find a guide in Nazca. They initially asked for 80 soles per person for a 3-4 hours tour for four persons (incl. the Aqueduct, the cemetery and a few other sights on the way) but we negotiated the price down to 50 soles per person. The tours usually don't include the entry tickets of the Aqueduct (10 soles per person) and of the cemetery (8 soles per person) that you can buy at the entrance.
The cemetery itself takes less than an hour to visit but is a bit far away from the Nazca city center by car, and requires to go through a long gravel road. It is recommended to take a tour as there won't be any taxi there to bring you back. It takes less than an hour to visit, but count another one hour and a half of car to go there and come back to Nazca (if this is too long for your schedule, the aqueduct is probably a better choice as it is much closer and a bit more unique).
The airline arranged our tour with a local guide, but it is really easy to find a guide in Nazca. They initially asked for 80 soles per person for a 3-4 hours tour for four persons (incl. the Aqueduct, the cemetery and a few other sights on the way) but we negotiated the price down to 50 soles per person. The tours usually don't include the entry tickets of the Aqueduct (10 soles per person) and of the cemetery (8 soles per person) that you can buy at the entrance.
Written 21 July 2017
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matthew Brown
California3 contributions
Sept 2019
A very beautiful and interesting journey through the sand,
the mountains around were very colorful, the place seemed very sad since it seemed that the graves and skeletons were not protected from looting,
the mountains around were very colorful, the place seemed very sad since it seemed that the graves and skeletons were not protected from looting,
Written 6 September 2019
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Deb W
Ontario, Canada21 contributions
May 2019 • Friends
We went with a tour guide arranged via AeroNasca, who was quite knowledgeable. Interesting to see mummies in situ and learn more about burial rituals.
Written 28 May 2019
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Chiya666
Tainan, Taiwan18 contributions
Nov 2018 • Friends
Paid USD40 for the tour. It’s totally not worth it!
花了40美元，開車過去40分鐘，只待了20分鐘，除了屍體真的其他都不是，一點也不值得，千萬不要去，浪費錢浪費時間！
花了40美元，開車過去40分鐘，只待了20分鐘，除了屍體真的其他都不是，一點也不值得，千萬不要去，浪費錢浪費時間！
Written 26 November 2018
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msdei
Lithuania31 contributions
May 2018 • Couples
It's an interesting (and sad) place to see the mummies but go with a guide, otherwise, you'll miss a lot! After asking around for prices that varied between 25 to 40 dollars per person at agencies on Calle Lima we were approached by a taxi driver who also claimed to be a guide and offered to take us there for total 60 soles (including entrance tickets). In the beginning we were a bit skeptic but this was the best choice we've made. He told us a lot about Nazca, Chauchilla, history and mummies. And while we were in the cemetery, another driver approached him asking if his clients could join our tour. We also learnt that he works with some of the agencies but he gets just a bit from what those agencies charge tourists. And although he spoke only Spanish, he did it slowly and used gestures to illustrate what we didn't understand. So if you have a chance, support locals directly.
Written 3 June 2018
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MisiCork
Cork, Ireland15 contributions
Jul 2017 • Solo
We went to Chauchilla on the second day of our visit in Nazca, just before our bus trip back to Lima. The place is about half an hour - hour drive from the city and most of this drive is going through the middle of nowhere, Mars-like places.
The cemetery is in the middle of the desert. If you just stand there looking around, you feel like being on the Mars. There is no life there at all, no trees, no plants, no animals, not even grass. Totally dead and dry - that's why the bodies were preserved in such a good shape. I've never seen anything like this before.
To see the burial places and the mummies you have to follow a footpath that was reclaimed from the dusty desert. All the area is covered by human remains, white bones and bone parts everywhere. Basically if you see something white in the sand - there is at least one in every inch - you can be sure it is a piece of bone.
The bodies were burried in a special sitting position and some of them are preserved really well. Families, adults, kids, elderly in family graves, it is very touching.
If you have time to visit the place, do so, it well worth the money and time.
The cemetery is in the middle of the desert. If you just stand there looking around, you feel like being on the Mars. There is no life there at all, no trees, no plants, no animals, not even grass. Totally dead and dry - that's why the bodies were preserved in such a good shape. I've never seen anything like this before.
To see the burial places and the mummies you have to follow a footpath that was reclaimed from the dusty desert. All the area is covered by human remains, white bones and bone parts everywhere. Basically if you see something white in the sand - there is at least one in every inch - you can be sure it is a piece of bone.
The bodies were burried in a special sitting position and some of them are preserved really well. Families, adults, kids, elderly in family graves, it is very touching.
If you have time to visit the place, do so, it well worth the money and time.
Written 5 January 2018
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hola! me podes indicar el nombre y /o telefono de ese taxista en nasca, o como lo conseguiste? gracias!
Written 10 February 2022
Mi sapete dire fino a che ora è possibile visitare il cimitero? Sapete anche segnalarmi eventuali agenzie locali/costi/modalità di visita ? Grazie !
Written 3 September 2019
Personnellement, je considère que cela dépend beaucoup de l'intérêt que l'on porte au site et à ce que l'on voit. Les tombes ne sont pas très éloignées les une des autres et elles se ressemblent plus ou moins. Nous y sommes restés 1 bonne heure allant de l'une à l'autre...sous un soleil de plomb ! Bonne visite !
Written 2 August 2018
Bonjour, quelqu'un connait-il l'horaire ? est-ce ouvert l'après-midi? après 14h?
Written 12 June 2017
Si. Yo salí de Nazca sobre las 15:00, y estuve allí hasta las 17:30 que anocheció.
Written 22 June 2017
Hola! Quisiera saber si hay costo por la entrada al cementerio y los horarios. alguien tiene esta informacion? Gracias.
Written 7 January 2017
hola! si tiene costo y es hasta las 6 pm (al menos en la fecha que fuimos), ese pago de entrada da derecho a acceder otros sitios turísticos del sector, que vienen descritos en el mismo ticket.
Written 7 January 2017
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