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Huacachina Slideshow
Huacachina
Travel Blogs from Huacachina, Peru
Oasis + sand dunes + sand buggy = crash!!
... at home but their whole collection including the local firewater called Pisco! We had a great afternoon and then headed back to the oasis (Huacachina is in the middle of a desert and is only about 300 metres from end to end with a lagoon in the middle). ...
Mar 27, 2012
The Travel gospel according to Matthew
Firstly, "up the lads". Secondly, this is my only attempt at ever keeping a blog/diary because i am not usually interesting enough .. or a girl. I tend to prefer the spoken word so this will be an education. I have obviously missed a few blogging days ...
South American Greyhounds
... in the city. A round man was awaiting our arrival in Ica. He took us, in a crowded cab, to the Oasis town of Huacachina. I heard Califone playing in my head as we drove over towering sand tunes. Palm trees and a softly offensive smelling lake were at the ...
Huacachina!!!
... little lagoon... A mediterranean-like promenade around... Streetside cafes... Cool little oasis-in-the-desert! This is Huacachina! A little slice-of-bliss in the desolate Peruvian landscape! A place for adventure--sandboarding and dune buggy ...
Enter Peru
Peru I´ve been in Peru Now for about 2 weeks. After landing in Lima at 5 in the morining I graabed a quick cab into MiraFlores. Spent a day sleepin and wandering around the city before heading to Haucachina a little Oasis just outside of Ica. The town ...
Nazca to Ica
Okay so this hostel was okay. Though I found the other people staying here to be pretencious and the hostel staff just didn't care. The fact they completly stuffed the simple task of doing our washing and didn't return one of my old bluey singlets ...
Churches, Dresses and Tears...
... fellow godparents got a lot of laughs out of my discomfort!! So, then I escaped to my ever-beautiful desert oasis of Huacachina, where my beautiful friend Beth (from the amazing sanctuary she's created "La Casa De Bamboo") made me a birthday lasagne ...
Huacachina - Sandboarding
... í djúpu laugina og prófaði alvöru sandboarding. Batt á sig brettið og tók svigið niður á fullu spani. Þessir dagar í Huacachina einkenndust af algjörri snilld! Endalaus gleði og gaman og héldum við því sátt þaðan á næsta ...
Sod the sandboarding... give me the dune buggy !
OK you prospective sandboarders out there... you´re in for an unexpected treat ! Everyone heads to Ica or Huacachina to go "sandboarding"... that warmer version of snowboarding.... only that snow melts when it gets in your crack.... sand hangs ...
Sand in our pants in Huacachina
... ;l=decd787c18 Our bus dropped us off on the side of the Pan American Highway in a town called Ica, where we caught a taxi to Huacachina – an oasis in the middle of some huge sand dunes. Basically it’s a tourist trap where you can ride the ...
We appear to be in a desert oasis
... and these turned out to be by far the best wines and pisco we tasted, result! We also visited the largest winery in Peru, Tacama, with beautiful views but you could tell they were more into the mass production. Finally we went to a local pisco producer ...
Dune buggying
... got driven out to some great dunes. They seemed to go on forever. They were quite beautiful. It is amazing that the little oasis of Huacachina is in the middle of all this sand. We stopped to try out said sandboard. I was crazy enough to try it on my ...
En oase i sanddynene
... nord for de fantastiske Nasca-linjene ligger Ica, midt i Perus vin- og piscoområde. Bare fem kilometer vest herifra ligger Huacachina, oasen med bare 200 innbyggere som er omgitt av fjellignende sanddyner, og med lagunen som er avbildet på Perus ...
Enough is enough
We woke up extra early today as today was our last full day of sunshine here in Huacachina. We had breakfast and then I spent the morning on the sun loungers, whilst Lauren finished sorting her paperwork. She rejoined me about midday, when again the ...
Jun 26, 2011
Playing with our friends in the sand
We got into Ica late and decided to take the short drive straight to Huacachina because it is a beautiful little oasis town. This little town is surrounded by some of the largest sand dunes in the world and in the town you have restaurants and palm trees ...
Wine tasting, Sand Boarding, and Penguins!
... able to try some wine and mainly some Piscos, including a citron, or lemon infused, Pisco. After, we were driven back to Huacachina from Ica, and Bess and I relaxed a while, got lunch at La Casa de Bamboo, a tasty cafe, known for actually having ...
The day I saw about a million birds
... (bird poop!) and some parts absolutely reek! After the tour we ate an early lunch in Paracas and then drove back to Huacachina for another afternoon of rest & relaxation! Some of the others went sand buggying/boarding again but I hung by the ...
Family Run? Uh Oh.
... bad. After arriving in Ica, we took a 5-minute taxi ride to the neighboring hamlet (population 200) of Huacachina, famous for its giant sand dunes. We checked into a hostel recommended by our LP. We have now decided to stay away ...
Isn´t sandboarding dangerous?
Huacachina is built around a small natural lake in the desert. Called the "oasis of America," it serves as a resort for local families from the nearby city of Ica, and increasingly as an attraction for tourists drawn by the sports of sandboarding and ...
Jour 2 : Huacachina - l'oasis
Quel endroit de reve ! De loin, on ne s'apercoit pas que c'est une oasis. Nous etions tres heureuse d'arriver, car nous avions besoin d'une tres bonne douche. Ensuite, on est alle souper avec ...
Sandboarding in Huacachina - Peru
... in the midst of sand dunes near Ica. Only 5km away Ica and surrounding areas are the traditional source of Pisco brandy. Huacachina has a population of only 115. Huacachina is built around a small natural lake in the desert. Called the "oasis of ...
Hola from Huacachina!
... with our little Spanish was helpful as well (though Eva did a great job practicing her Spanish!). Angleo mentioned that the taxi to Huacachina should be no more than 5 Soles so make sure of that when and if you go. The ride to Huacachina took about 5 ...
Huacachina
¡Hola todos! On est maintenant rendus a Huacachina, un oasis paradisiaque entouré d'immenses dunes de sable, juste a l'extérieur de la ville de Ica. C'est un tout petit village de 200 habitants et il y a beaucoup de touristes, il y a encore une fois ...
Surf, Sand and Wine!
After a quick bus journey from Lima we arrived into the lovely little town of Huacachina. The town itself is set around a beautiful lagoon with sand dunes all around it. The previous hostel had recommended that we try sandboarding there so we booked in ...
Huacachina, Peru... Dunebuggies and Sandboarding
... walls of sand, hundreds of feet high. It is by far the most surreal place that we've visited. People visit Huacachina for one reason - the sand dunes- to ride dune buggies and go sand boarding. That afternoon, we paid ...
Huacachina, Peru
We took an overnight 12-hour bus from Arequipa to get to Ica. From Ica, our next destination - a tiny pretty lagoon Huacachina - was just 10 minutes away. We arrived in this little paradise not knowing what to expect and it turned out to be amazing. ...