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Juan Navarro Museum Elongated Skulls Tour (2 hours)

The Paracas Candelabra geoglyph
The Paracas Candelabra geoglyph. Photo: Alex Zanuccoli / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

About 2 hours with Brien Foerster at the Juan Navarro Museum in Chaco Paracas, a private collection of Paracas, Nazca, Wari, Chincha and Inca artefacts with more than 40 elongated skulls. The price is $50 for one person and goes up with group size.

Operator
Hidden Inca Tours
Led by
Brien Foerster
Dates
Daily / flexible
Duration
2 hours
Price
from $50 per person (operator site 2026-10-16)
Language
EN
Status
Open

Sites visited

Paracas · Paracas History Museum

What’s included

Guided museum visit with Brien Foerster

Book on operator site →

You’ll go to Hidden Inca Tours’s own page to check availability and book. Always confirm the latest details there.

Site guides for this tour

Paracas: Elongated Skulls & Candelabra
Desert peninsula south of Lima, home of the Paracas culture (about 800 BCE to 100 CE): elaborate textiles, the 180 m Candelabra geoglyph on a sea-facing hillside, and cemeteries famous for strongly elongated skulls, many on display in the private Juan Navarro (Paracas History) Museum.

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