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A Travel Blog by markanthonylow
... 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 ...
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Desert Nights in Huacachina
A Travel Blog entry by julitadelima from Huacachina, Peru
... 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 ...
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Dune buggys and sand boarding in Huacachina
A Travel Blog entry by bharris4 from Huacachina, Peru
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 ...
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Huacachina
A Travel Blog entry by cat2222 from Huacachina, Peru
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, ...
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Huacachina
A Travel Blog entry by frankandcharlie from Huacachina, Peru
... 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 ...
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Huacachina, Peru
A Travel Blog entry by yunna_g from 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. ...
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Huacachina, Peru... Dunebuggies and Sandboarding
A Travel Blog entry by evan_southamer from Huacachina, Peru
... 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 ...
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Huacachina
A Travel Blog entry by warty007 from Huacachina, Peru
... 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 ...
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Huacachina - Oasis amid huge sanddunes
A Travel Blog entry by sayogovi from Huacachina, Peru
... 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 ...
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Sandboarding and sunshine in Huacachina
A Travel Blog entry by adamandray from Huacachina, Peru
... 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 ...
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Huacachina
A Travel Blog entry by paul_nina from Huacachina, Peru
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 ...
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A Desert Oasis
A Travel Blog entry by neilandhannah from Huacachina, Peru
... 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 ...
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Sand, Sand, & More Sand
A Travel Blog entry by gowithzo from Huacachina, Peru
... 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 ...
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Oasis - What a Band
A Travel Blog entry by jaspergreene from Huacachina, Peru
... [cigarettes and alcohol]. I didn’t hear a single [songbird] in Huacachina. When I went to bed I could still feel a ...
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A mouth full of pisco and sand!
A Travel Blog entry by simonne.fuge from Huacachina, Peru
... 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, ...
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ASHLEIGH FACE-PLANTED INTO A SAND DUNE!
A Travel Blog entry by ash_and_jamie from Huacachina, Peru
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 ...
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Peru..Part 1
A Travel Blog entry by pimpc from Huacachina, Peru
... 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 ...
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Mucha arena en mi cara
A Travel Blog entry by vickicooper from Huacachina, Peru
... 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 ...
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Desert Nights
A Travel Blog entry by rob_jess from Huacachina, Peru
... 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 ...
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Sandboarding!
A Travel Blog entry by thepilgrimage from Huacachina, Peru
... 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 ...
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