Hostal Salvatierra Huacachina

... . Our cab driver was nice enough to drive us around seeking other hostels, but alas. All were full. Our second choice, Hostal Salvatierra, also with a pool, was full for the week. We finally ended up at Hostal Rocha, a family-run property. It ...

... society of Peru in the forties, now popular with backpackers and the hostels are mostly the old hotels of yesteryear. We chose the Salvatierra which had huge rooms with high ceilings, a nice courtyard and a pool! The bathroom was open-air out the back of ...

... few locals who said the south coast was pretty ordinary we decided to come up north towards lima and check out the famous Huacachina - with its towering sand dunes and smelly lagoon.. After about 11 hours on the bus, and sleeping surprisingly well, we ...

... had always wanted to go in the sand dunes while we were in Europe and it is here that our dream has become reality. Huacachina apart from its location, doesn´t offer a lot:  a lot of touristy places, touristy hostals and touristy food. But its dunes ...

We got the bus to Ica, two hours from Nasca and then immediatley took a taxi out to Huacachina, which is an oasis in the middle of the biggest sand dunes I have ever seen in my life. The place was great and the hostel was really nice too, with a ...