Huacachina is a tiny little desert town featuring a center lake, whose water supposedly holds curative properties, immediately surrounded by massive steep sand dunes (normal colored sand… not red like Punta Gallinas, Colombia). The thing to do here is play on the dunes. So we took a crazy rollercoaster-like ride in a dune buggy to remote dunes where we strapped on boards to sandboard. Unfortunately, the Velcro straps acting as bindings had lost their stickem so sandboarding on your feet was fruitless & we resorted to screaming down the steep dunes on our stomachs. So. Much. Fun. It ended with a perfect sunset over the dunes & brought to a close a perfect day that started with tours of pisco & wine bodegas in Ica, a nearby town. We stayed only 2 nights but I could hang in the tiny Huacachina for a few more days doing the EXACT same buggy tours over & over again. But alas, traveling often involves constant movement & non-stop action so we were off to the next place. 

For the kiddos – Videos of me sandboarding & dune buggy rides

https://youtu.be/2xyJARbrZ5o
https://youtu.be/fhZvEYwi7RU
https://youtu.be/TXKzMfKB5kk