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The trips worth crossing Peru for.
The 15 most popular huacachina & sandboarding tours in Peru. The ones travellers rate highest, with prices, how long they take and who runs them.
From Lima to Paracas and Huacachina in one day: boat wildlife at Ballestas, pisco tasting, and sunset dunes with optional buggy thrills.
Most Popular“Long but super fun day! Would definitely recommend bringing approx 100 soles pp for incident expenses such as meals, bandanas, waters, etc”
Full-day Paracas, Ica and Huacachina trip from Lima with Ballestas wildlife boat ride, pisco tastings at Taqara 1856, and dune buggies.
“Great food, people , adventures, awesome time, great places , a lot of historical events and sand boarding”
A long Lima day trip hitting Paracas’ Ballestas Islands, Ica wine and pisco tasting, and Huacachina dunes by buggy and sandboard.
“Fantastic day - an absolute MUST! 🌟 We all had a blast! If you have one full day in Lima, just go for it. 🐧 The boat ride from Paracas was incredible - we saw penguins, sea lions, baby crayfish, and stunning rock formations! 🦭 Lunch and pisco tasting in Ica was lovely, funny, and…”
Early Lima day trip to Paracas and the Ballestas Islands plus Huacachina oasis for pisco tasting, buggy thrills, and sandboarding.
“really good organisation with a competent guide & driver. awesome selection of places to stop and totally price worthy. highly recommend if you have time to do that 1dax trip”
One day from Lima to Paracas and Huacachina: boat with sea lions at Islas Ballestas, pisco tasting, and 4WD dunes plus sandboarding.
“Great fun filled day! Good value for money …great way to fill in day before leaving Lima :)”
Ride Huacachina’s 4x4 dune buggy, learn sandboarding technique, then catch a golden-hour sunset over Peru’s famed oasis.
“The whole experience was absolutely amazing and beautiful, and our driver/guide was professional. The lone gripe is time management. We didn’t start till ~30 minutes after when it was supposed to start, including a delay of several minutes where a few in the group were requested to change vehicles due to seating arrangements. As a…”
Paracas penguins by speedboat, free pisco and wine in Ica, then Huacachina dunes with buggy rides and sandboarding.
“The guide was really accommodating and informative, great value for money . Would like more sand slide ( we just got one opportunity ) but still I would do it again .”
Lima to Ballestas, a Nazca Lines flight, and Huacachina Oasis in one huge day with wildlife, desert views, and a guided plan.
“Amazing trip with very nice guide Chojj! Touch of sea nature, history and dunes was unusual and inspiring. Thank you!”
Full-day Lima trip to Paracas, Islas Ballestas, and Huacachina: boat wildlife, pisco tasting, dune buggy, and sandboarding.
“Tour was as described. have in mind this is a long trip but its worth the long ride. We loved it especially the buggy ride in the sand dunes our driver was a mad man we had so much fun”
From Lima, see Ballestas wildlife by boat, sip pisco in Ica, then blast through Huacachina dunes at sunset on one long day trip.
“Great trip. It was a very long day but totally worth it. Our guide, Oswaldo, made the trip super fun! Transportation was great. I would recommend it as a solo traveler.”
Drive your own mini buggy across Paracas desert to Yumaque Beach, Playa Roja, and a high viewpoint on a 2-hour thrill ride.
“Liked most: Guide offered to take pictures so we had an impromptu photoshoot. Easy to learn how to drive on it. Improvement: a bit bigger buggy. A bit of an explanation at each stop and why it's interesting/special about it would've been appreciated. More control over the group, one driver decided to overpass another and…”
Learn sandboarding or sandski at Huacachina, then ride the Ica dunes in a dune buggy at sunset, with GoPro photos and videos.
“We had an amazing time. Went down twice the first small dune to practice then headed to four others bigger ones and enjoyed the sunset. Our guide was awesome and very caring.”
Private Nazca Lines flight, Huacachina dune buggy and sandboarding, plus Pisco and wine tasting from Lima. $650 pp.
“It's a long and busy day, but definitely worth every second. The Nazca Lines are breathtaking... So intriguing and amazing. It can get tricky to spot all of the lines, but there is a leaflet you can follow to guide you and the pilots will point out the figures your should be looking at. The…”
Lima to Ballestas, a Nazca Lines overflight, and Huacachina dunes. Early start, shared boat/plane rides, and big wildlife-and-sky payoff.
“What an amazing day! Starting with the prompt pick up at 4:30 a.m., Ruddy the guide and Rudolfo the driver treated me to a very memorable, very long day. I chose this tour since it shaved hours off the tour time as compared to the other available tours, and I am so glad I did.…”
From Lima’s early boat to Ballestas to Huacachina sand dunes, this full-day trip mixes wildlife, wine, pisco, and buggy thrills.
“Adoromos o passeio, nossa guia, Mishell foi incrível, aprendemos muito sobre o Peru, a cultura, costumes e história pre colombiana. O passeio pra Islas Ballestas é lindo, mas leve blusa, faz frio no barco, o cheiro de fezes de ave é bem forte, mas é parte do local mesmo, não tem jeito! Vimos muitas aves…”
From the Inca heartland to the coast and the cloud forest, and every way to reach it.
