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Huacachina Slideshow
Huacachina
Travel Blogs from Huacachina, Peru
ASHLEIGH FACE-PLANTED INTO A SAND DUNE!
To continue with recent tradition, our bus journey from Arequipa to Ica (a five minute taxi from the lagoon-village of Huacachina) was not exactly pleasant. After our initial departure delay in Arequipa, we finally set off on a smelly double decker coach ...
Been through the desert on a board with no name
... bus journey from Cajamarca to Lima then onwards to Ica. From Ica we caught a taxi to the small desert oasis of Huacachina. Huacachina is a tiny village that surrounds a lagoon and is solely run on tourism. We had come here for one reason only, to ...
Oase in der Wueste
Um die sonst etwa 18 stuendige Busfahrt in Richtung Lima zu unterbrechen bot sich als erstes der kleine Ort Huacachina inmitten der Sandwueste an. Huacachina hat urspruenglich etwa 200 Einwohner und liegt nett angelegt um eine kleine Lagune inmitten ...
Dunes, buggies and sandboarding
... in Nasca so we got a bus out straight after the flight and headed to Ica. Got to Ica 2 hours later and took a taxi to Huacachina which is an oasis resort in the desert. Amazing place - this is a must see place if in Peru! Huge, huge sand dunes ...
Lost in the Sand Dunes of Ica
... place to stay so we took a cheap mototaxi ride 5 minutes out of town to the much more fun, backpacker filled place of Huacachina. The scenery is just superb. Lining the streets are sand dunes towering over and in Huacachina itself is a natural oasis and ...
Desert Oasis (Stopover)
On the way to Pisco we veer off into the direction of the sand dunes to find a tiny village surrounding a real life desert oasis, where the dunes are huge and waiting for the chad to ride them...and a pool doenst hurt either. Theres only a couple of ...
Peru
The last few days of the tour we spent in Nazca, Huacachina and Lima. At Nazca we took a light aircraft over the desert to see some lines etched in the sand - that is my definition of them but the information which follows may give a better ...
Board Proper
The afternoon buggy trips take you out after the searing heat has died down and this gave me the chance to try some real sand boarding but, only after a few tips from peeps well versed in the similar art of snowboarding. These trips usually stop early to ...
Dunes and Sandboarding
... ; Arrived in Ica around 2:30 pm and had lunch in the main square. Then we took a 10 minute taxi ride to Huacachina. Huacachina is a tiny little oasis town that surrounds a lagoon in the middle of the desert. It used to for royalty and the rich ...
Dune buggys and sand boarding in Huacachina
Only one hour from Pisco, we quickly got a cab from Ica to Huacachina and arrived by 2pm. I was never sure of what an Oasis was, but I am now. Huacachina is completely surrounded by massive sand dunes. We went from ...
This hostel was an ABSOLUTE shit hole....
... all of this and had no idea what was going on when the roaring started at 4 in the morning..... LOVELY. The town of Huacachina was very quiet and the only reason we stayed for 2 nights was because of the Ireland game. However it was defiantly worth the ...
Sanboarding + dune buggying next to an Oasis
Next stop was this little town based around an oasis lagoon in the middle of the desert. I spent a couple of days chilling out here and making the most of the hot weather during the day as all of the hostels had nice pools and gardens. The second ...
Desert Nights
... desert to look like. This continent never fails to amaze me with its naturally beautiful and spectacular landscapes. The oasis known as Huacachina was, according to the lying planet, built as a retreat for lima's rich and luxurious. Dunno if that's true ...
Huacachina
Hola quapies! Inmiddels zijn we in de oase van Huacachina aangekomen alwaar we met heerlijk relaxed hard rock op de achtergrond ff het grote avonturenboek weer bijwerken. Lekker rustig... Down town Lima niet veel verder gekomen dan de gebruikelijke ...
Cutting sandy slopes
... inclusive of sporadic vivacious micro environments throughout. One of these charming micro environment is the quaint village of Huacachina, consistent of a tranquil lake surrounded in imposing sand dunes. The perfect place to chill out and take ...
Sandy bums!
... to catering purely for the low end party loving tourist crowd..........Perfect for us! There are really only 2 reasons to come to Huacachina - for an adrenalin fuelled dune buggy ride and to surf down the gigantic sand dunes, be it face down on your ...
Huacachina
Sunday - There were a few Irish people from the hostel in Arequipa heading for Huacachina so I caught the nightbus from Arequipa to Ica with them. Kevin and Karen caught an earlier bus because there weren't enough seats left on the 9.30pm and myself, ...
Arequipa, Huacachina & 'Peru Verdict'
... it is also probably responsible for the sheer volume of tourist-focused offerings in most of the places I have been to. Cusco, Arequipa and Huacachina all pander to the outsider, which is a bit of a shame, and I have heard that Puno and Lake Titicaca are ...
sand
Hi Folks, da bin ich wieder...hab einen meiner letzten Traeume wahr gemacht...war endlich mal in ner rictigern Bilderbuchwueste mit riesigen sandduenen und so. Bisher sahen alle Wuesten immer nur wie Oedland aus, und die Taklamahanian hab ich damals ...
Sand boarding in the desert oasis.
We asked the driver of the mini bus to drop us off in Huacachina, 6km from Ica and the Pan American Highway. It is a tiny village based in the middle of huge towering sandunes, fighting for space next to a small lagoon that feeds palm trees and a few ...
The One Where We Chilled In the Oasis
HUACACHINA!! ...war ein echt cooler Ort. Wir wussten nicht viel darueber als wir hingekommen sind ausser, dass man dort Sandboarden kann. Es ist keine Stadt sondern eine Oase ausserhalb der Stadt Ica. Mit einem Taxi nur 5 minuten entfernt. Das Dorf, ...
Huacachina and Belleste Islands
... repairing dune buggies or something. They told us we would go sand boarding later in the afternoon, maybe around 3. We walked around Huacachina a bit. It was really beautiful. The sun was shining. We at lunch at a restaurant right on the lagoon. After ...
The dunes of Huacachina
... on the last couple of weeks. Billie, Steve and I jumped on yet another overnight bus and made our way to the desert oasis of Huacachina. It is a tiny little village near the city of Ica. It is surrounded my massive sand dunes. I can say this is one of ...
ĦBienvenido a Gringolandia!
... , there's always a set route which everyone follows like a sheep (To be fair, me included) and here in Peru it's the route south from Lima through Pisco, Huacachina, Nazca, Arequipa then up to Cuzco. That's not to say it's not a worthwhile route to be ...
Into the Desert
... adventurous part of my journey was a small oasis in the middle of the Ica desert (northern part of the Atacama) called Huacachina. It´s a really tranquil place...until the huge dune buggies motor up to scare the hell out of all the tourists. Of course ...
Dune Buggggggggggggggyyyyyy!!!!
... us. I wonder if he knew what the words meant! After breakfast we got ready to go dune boarding, our main purpose for being in Huacachina. You pay 40 soles per person for a joy ride in a dune buggy and a go at dune boarding, for a couple of hours. ...
I can't remember much
... we could of got off the boat to have a walk around but the island is eroding so it's dangerous. We arrived at the Huacachina around 2.30 then we quickly unpacked and was off again in the desert in these sand buggies, it was so much fun because we ...
Lima to Nazca
... jackets at the same time as a net covering for food! Since Lima we travelled down the coast and spent a night in Huacachina. Huacachina is a small town in the middle of the desert, there we went on a dune buggy ride and sand boarding. There were ...
Board? Yeah! , Bored? Never!
... 's not an invitation to me, I see it as some sort of challenge and throw in free jugs of Cuba Libre and I´m even happier. Huacachina is home to the most punctual dogs in the world. Every night at 7.30 there would be about 10 of them turning up for the ...
Dooon Buggy!!!
... too. It´s a lot like snow boarding, but softer, smoother, warmer and safer. It was like an eighties juicy fruit commercial! Huacachina has been great so far all together. The weather is beautiful and we´ve needed a break after pushing so hard. It´s ...