The Paracas Candelabra is a giant geoglyph etched into the northern face of the Paracas peninsula, visible from the sea as your boat heads toward the Islas Ballestas. The figure is around 180 metres tall — roughly the height of a 50-storey building — and depicts a branching, trident-like form that gives the glyph its name, though its true meaning is unknown.
Unlike the Nazca Lines, which lie in a flat inland desert, the Candelabra sits on a steep coastal hillside. It was likely created between 200 BCE and 1200 CE, and is thought to belong to the same cultural tradition as the better-known lines further south. All boat tours to the Islas Ballestas pass it close enough to photograph.