Huacachina

Huacachina is a tiny town in southern Peru, an hour away from the Pacific coast. The town is basically a collection of resorts and restaurants around a blue-green laguna surrounded by huge sand dunes. An antique image of the town is featured on Peru´s 50 soles bill.

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  • Good place to try the sandboarding! • Sylvie R.
  • Not entirely sure whether Huacachina is still there after the 2007 earthquake. If it is, then its a great place to chill for a few days. Set in an oasis surrounded by huge sand dunes, there are 2-3 hostel/hotels, mainly frequented by backpackers, two of them have nice pools and there are a couple … • David E.
  • While on your way to the south of Peru, do stay in this laid back backpackers place - doing sandboarding is a must! • Kuba L.
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Huacachina Travel Guide is based on Huacachina by Harley Calvert, Stefan Ertmann, Stacy Hall, Davidjenison, Texugo, iGuide and others. Huacachina Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.