Peru travel guides
Facts, prices and practical advice from a local operator based in Nazca since 2004. No sales copy: what you need to decide and plan.
Nazca Lines
See the tours →What are the Nazca Lines?
The Nazca Lines: 800 straight lines, 300 shapes and 70 animal figures drawn in Peru's desert 2,000 years ago. What they are, how big and how to see them.
Updated: 2026-09-16
Theories about the Nazca Lines
Why did the Nazca draw giant figures they could not see? The main theories, from an astronomical calendar to water rituals, and why the alien idea fails.
Updated: 2026-09-16
The figures of the Nazca Lines
The Hummingbird, the Monkey, the Astronaut, the Spider, the Condor: every figure you see on a Nazca Lines flight, with size, meaning and viewing order.
Updated: 2026-09-16
Pisco, Ica or Nazca: where should you fly over the Nazca Lines?
Four airports offer Nazca Lines flights. Distance from Lima, flight time, price, motion sickness and how to get there, to pick the right one for your trip.
Updated: 2026-09-16
Cusco and Machu Picchu
See the tours →How to get from Nazca to Cusco
Nazca to Cusco by night bus (14 hours), via Arequipa or flying from Lima: times, prices.
Updated: 2026-09-16
Machu Picchu in one day from Cusco
Machu Picchu can be done in a day from Cusco: 4:30 departure, train from Ollantaytambo, citadel by late morning, back by 20:00. Trains, tickets.
Updated: 2026-09-16
Altitude sickness in Cusco: how to prevent it
Cusco sits at 3,400 m and most visitors feel it on day one. Symptoms, how long it lasts.
Updated: 2026-09-16
