20 October 2025 : Nazca museum and aqueducts
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Museo Didáctico Antonini
I started the next day with a walk to the Museo Didáctico Antonini to see some of the artifacts that have been excavated in the area . This was definitely better protected than the archaeological sites I'd visited and looked more like a fortress from the outside. Unlike the museums I'm used to, the door was locked and I had to ring the bell for a receptionist to scurry over and let me in.
I was given a weighty and detailed tour manual in English.
It was good to see items carefully preserved.
The museum grounds also include a section of the Bisambra aqueduct, a 1,500 years old structure bringing water for drinking and agriculture. It forms part of a water system that relies on gravity and geological filtration to operate and is not only still functioning but is still maintained ad used by the local people.
Nazca
On my way back from the museum I took a few pictures to give a feel of the city.
Cantalloc Aqueducts
Next I joined a tour to the Cantalloc aqueducts - another section of the water infrastructure of the Nazca people, also still functioning. The spiral structures allow people to access underground tunnels for inspection and maintenance. The channels carry water to where it is needed.
Journey to Huacachina
For lunch I had fried chicken at a place catering mostly to locals rather than tourists. I'm sure the chicken was cooked through but I foolishly ate some of the salad that came with it. By the time my onward bus arrived I'd thrown up once and the bus had to stop en-route for me to do so again.
Huacachina is a desert oasis and basically a resort town - I'd booked the best hotel of my stay here (in a touristy sort of way - swimming pool etc.), the Hotel Senoma, but still suffering from food poisoning I didn't have a great night.
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