The region of Paracas, Ica and Nazca offers the unspoiled Peruvian desert, an otherworldly backdrop for some true off-roads adventuring, leisurely wine and pisco tasting, and pondering theories about the big Nazca Lines.
From here, exploring Nazca and its big desert lines, is a must. Nazca, the largest town in the Nazca Province, earned its name from the culture that flourished in the region from 100 to 800 CE. The Nazca Lines are a collection of impressively large pre-Colombian geoglyphs, thought to be created between 500BCE and 500CE. Etched in the iron-red soil, the lines are visible by small-craft plane tour, and for those less risky travellers, you can also view a portion of the lines from some lookouts. They are hundreds of symbols, ranging from simple geometries to complex animal figures. Theories about its use vary from ritual to practical purposes and remain an unsolved big to anthropologists, ethnologists and archaeologists still today.
