Often made of one continuous line, drawings are as large as two football fields, and some lines are 40 miles long! From the air one can make out the figures of a whale, dog, monkey, iguana, spider, flowers, lizards, and many birds (one with a wing span of 300 ft.). There are also intriguing spirals and geometric shapes.

In 1977, Latin Air Travel's own Jim Woodman hypothesized that the Nazca people used hot-air balloons for "ceremonial flights" to view their creations.

With a team from the International Explorers Society, Woodmand proved the his theory by constructing a hot-air balloon out of materials that would have been available at the time the Nazca Culture flourished -- cloth, rope and reeds. Woodman and world-record winning balloonist Jullian Nott then ascended to 300 feet before returning to earth.

Full-day air excursions are available in the nearby small town of Nazca.