Cantallo Aqueducts

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  • Transport
    mini-bus: from 1st block of Arica in Nazca
walking: 
guided tour only: 4-passenger minimum, from Nazca
taxi:

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About 7km southeast of town via Arica over the river are the underground Cantallo aqueducts , which are still in working order and essential to irrigate the surrounding fields. The Nazca's stonework is fine, and it is possible to enter the aqueducts through the spiraling ventanas (windows), which local people use to clean the aqueducts each year - for it's a wet, weird and claustrophobic experience.

It's possible, but not necessarily safe to walk to the aqueducts; at least, don't carry any valuables. It's better to catch a minibus leaving from the 1st block of Arica (USaround S/1 , 20 minutes), which passes by the entrance to the aqueducts, or take a taxi (around USaround S/10 nd-trip with waiting time). Tours from Nazca that take 2½ hours are available for around USaround S/6 r person (four-passenger minimum) and may be combined with a guided walk through Buena Fe, where some small geoglyphs are found.