Modern humankind often marvels at patterns in crops that magically appear in the middle of the night. Imagine discovering an ancient drawing in the landscape in the Atacama Desert. The Atacama Giant is the largest prehistoric anthropomorphic geoglyph in the world. It is 119 metres (390 feet) tall. It is one of almost 5,000 smaller geoglyphs that surround it. The artwork was carved into the ground by digging in the soil or putting stones and rocks into patterns.
The drawing represents a weather God and was used by the local inhabitants who created it to predict the weather from 1000 to 1400 AD. It was also used to calculate the lunar and crop cycles. The Incan tribe who created could determine when the rainy season would start in the desert, by the position of the moon to the top and side of its head.
You can either take a bus, car or taxi. The best and easiest way would be taking a bus.
The following transit lines have routes that pass near Giant - Bus: 10, 3, 8.
Sunday: Open 24 hours.
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Tuesday: Open 24 hours.
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Friday: Open 24 hours.
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