Cantalloc Aqueducts
Acueductos de Cantalloc
Underground aqueducts built by the Nazca people about 1,500 years ago, whose spiral ventilation shafts still supply water for irrigation today.
Cantalloc lies about 4 km east of Nazca city and is the best-preserved section of the puquios, the underground aqueduct system of Nazca culture. The engineering draws water from underground aquifers for irrigation. On the surface, rows of stone-built spiral wells (ojos) serve to ventilate and clear silt, and are believed to use wind pressure to drive the flow of water; some are still in use today. Visitors can walk the path and look down into the wells, and some sections are open for descending the spiral steps to the water's edge. Admission is about 10 soles, and it can be visited together with the Los Paredones site.
Opening hours
About 08:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Antonini Archaeological Museum
- Los Paredones
- Maria Reiche Planetarium
- Cerro Blanco
- Chauchilla Cemetery
- Cahuachi
- Nazca Lines Observation Tower
- Nazca Lines Overflight