{"id":31302,"date":"2019-07-20T10:46:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T15:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.besabine.com\/round-trip-peru-3-buggy-adventure-and-sandboarding-in-huacachina\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:31:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:31:30","slug":"round-trip-peru-3-buggy-adventure-and-sandboarding-in-huacachina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.besabine.com\/en\/round-trip-peru-3-buggy-adventure-and-sandboarding-in-huacachina\/","title":{"rendered":"Round trip Peru #3 | Buggy adventure and sandboarding in Huacachina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sandboarding down high desert dunes, tearing through the sand in a buggy and taking the most stunning photos at sunset in the desert. It’s all possible in Huacachina, Peru. A backpackers hub filled with hotels, hundreds of buggies and even more tourists. From Paracas we take the bus to be on a board that same afternoon. What to do in Huacachina, what sandboarding actually looks like and why this oasis is not as idyllic as it looks: read about it in the third part of our tour of Peru!<\/p>\n

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Huacachina: an oasis in the desert of Peru<\/h2>\n
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Near the busy town of Ica is the popular Huacachina. In the middle of the desert. Huacachina is built around an oasis and about 100 people live there. In addition, tens of thousands of tourists travel to this place every year. The sand dunes in the desert around the village are up to 100 meters high and very beautiful. Especially at sunset. The oasis is a natural source of water created from an aquifer<\/strong><\/a> beneath the sand. Since the year 2000, the supply of this water has been threatened. Therefore, to keep Huacachina as a tourist destination, water has been pumped into the lake since 2015. On the lake you can ride a pedal boat, among other things.<\/p>\n\n\t\t