Cahuachi Pyramids & Textile Workshop tour in Nazca: 2.5 hours

Two thousand years of adobe architecture and hand-woven textiles in one morning

A 2.5-hour guided tour of the Cahuachi Pyramids in Nazca, Peru, explores the largest ceremonial adobe complex in the world, dating back roughly 2,000 years, followed by a visit to a textile workshop where local artisans hand-weave using natural fibers and pigments. The tour includes hotel pickup and return, with a live guide in English or Spanish. Only 10% of the site has been excavated, leaving much of the ancient Nazca Culture still buried beneath the desert.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Cahuachi Pyramids and Textile Workshop

• Guided tour of Cahuachi Pyramids
• Learn about Nazca Culture secrets
• Visit textile artisans workshop
• Observe traditional weaving techniques

The experience

Two and a half hours takes you through the Cahuachi Pyramids, an archaeological site so vast that excavation has uncovered only about 10% of it. A guide leads you through the adobe structures (the largest ceremonial complex of its kind in the world), and explains what the Nazca Culture built here roughly 2,000 years ago. The pyramids themselves are the draw: imposing, ancient, and still mostly unexplored.

After the pyramids, the tour moves to a textile workshop in Nazca where artisans have kept the tradition alive. You watch them spin natural fibers, dye threads with natural pigments, and hand-weave each piece. It is the counterpoint to the ruins: not what was left behind, but what the culture still makes. Hotel pickup and return are included, so the logistics are settled before you book.

What’s included

• Hotel pickup and return.
• a live guide in English or Spanish.
• access to the Cahuachi Pyramids archaeological site.
• the textile workshop visit where you watch artisans at work.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDepartures at 08:00, 11:00 and 15:00

Book up to1h before

GroupUp to 30

Live guideEnglish and Spanish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.You can choose from 25 pickup points.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 7 days ago

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Sunside Peru Tours

Is this one for you?The tour is shared and guide-led, so you move with a group and follow the guide's pace through both stops. Choose this if you want the history and context of the site explained as you walk, and if watching the textile artisans work matters more than hands-on weaving yourself.

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Top questions

What languages is the guide in?

Live guide in English and Spanish.

What exactly are the Cahuachi Pyramids?

The Cahuachi Pyramids form the largest ceremonial adobe complex in the world, built by the Nazca Culture around 2,000 years ago. The site is so extensive that only about 10% has been excavated so far, meaning most of it remains buried beneath the desert and largely unknown.

Do I get to see the textile workshop actually working?

Yes. The workshop visit shows artisans at work spinning natural fibers, dyeing threads with natural pigments, and hand-weaving textiles by hand. You watch the process and see how the tradition of the Nazca ancestors is preserved in the detailed work.

How long is the whole tour?

The tour runs 2.5 hours from start to finish, including both the pyramids and the textile workshop.

Is hotel pickup included?

Hotel pickup and return are included in the tour price. A guide in English or Spanish will meet you at your hotel.