Huacachina Hostels

... in the dirt we headed to Ica. Once in Ica we decided to head to Huacachina, a short taxi ride and we were at Cas de Arena,Huacachina, 056 215274. This proved to be one of the top 3 hostels we stayed in on our world trip. 20 soles for each person we got a ...

... Preiskampf entsprechend hoch und wir konnten nach einem schnellen Mittagessen (Nudeln) und dem Kauf einer Sonnenbrille für ganze 3,5 Soles nach Huacachina düsen. Im dreirädrigen Mototaxi. Bloss weg. Nach ca. 10 Minuten waren wir auch schon in der ...

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 ...

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, ...

... if I wanted a taxi about 12 times in 30 seconds.   Before we'd left Lima we'd searched the internet for hostels in Huacachina as we weren't sure what time we would arrive so thought it best to have somewhere booked in advance. The only hostel ...

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. ...

... 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 ...

... and got a cab straight to Huacachina, an oasis in the desert surrounded by giant sand dunes just 5km from dusty and grim Ica. Huacachina is beautiful, juts a few old buildings and palm trees round a lake. It was popular with the high society of Peru in ...

... us taste their new wines. =) Sandbuggy-tour: As the surroundings are truly made for sandrelated activities, all of the hostels in Huacachina run Sandbuggy-tours and provide Sandboarding-equipment for rent. We have heard that the tours should be great, so ...

... gonna have 4 goes!  Wicked afternoon though. Unfortunately, time being as it was, we couldn’t spend another night in Huacachina.  Most people go straight from Cusco in the deep south, to Mancora in the far north, which must be about 48hrs ...

We arrived early doors in Ica and after dodging a dodgy taxi we found our way to Huacachina- a little Oasis! A handful of hostels and restaurants surround a dirty looking Lagoon and the whole place is surrounded by huge sand dunes! We booked ourselves in ...

... night, even though we had to up for 6.30am to get a taxi to the bus station.  All in all our little stay at Huacachina was a fun diversion and even relaxing to some degree, with a lot of doing nothing in a place that was really the first truly warm ...

... pay in buses to get from Bogota to Lima so we were happy with that. After all that hassle was sorted, David and I wandered around Huacachina which took all of about 10 minutes. We did a lap of the lake and took some photos then climbed halfway up one ...

... [cigarettes and alcohol].             I didn’t hear a single [songbird] in Huacachina.             When I went to bed I could still feel a ...

... is famous for its relaxed atmosphere and sandboarding. After some decision making we decided to go straight to Huacachina because the hostels there are more backpacker friendly (ie cheap). Huacachina is tiny! Basically a couple buildings, ...

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 ...

... and had a few days to kill until I had to meet them, so I headed 5 hours south of Lima to a town called Huacachina to participate in some sand boarding. My impressions of Peru up to this point have been rather uninspiring, with the destinations lacking ...

... get back to work on my tan, it makes climbing sand dunes a hellish task which I did not attempt again after my first time! In Huacachina I bumped into Jason who I had met on my Machu Picchu trip.  He had met up with a couple of his friends from home ...

... 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 ...

... go experience something new.  However, this time there is not first class buss ticket to take me there.  My Huacachina, research, wine touring, sandboarding experience is complete and am now in the Barranco area of Lima.  If you are ever ...