In all itineraries through Peru Ica appears, not so much the city, as the desert and oasis of Huacachina that are located a few kilometers away. It is a place, no doubt, curious, unique, spectacular.

Everything about the desert and oasis of Huacachina

We arrive at the oasis of Huacachina. On the one hand, the first thing you see is endless agencies that offer excursions in all types of tubular and rent surfboards. Restaurants that serve meals, hotels of different levels, there is even a swimming pool where you can relax in the middle of the desert.

When you enter the desert, apart from its beauty of many kilometers, you see corners that are very sad. For example, the dead oasis where they had built a luxury house and even a road in the middle of nowhere! for one of the important characters of Peru.
As soon as the oasis dried up, the house was abandoned. And what you see now are ruins and palm trees without life. The desert is trying to cover it with its white sands, but it will take some time to get it.

¿What does Huacachina mean"

Huacachina in Quechua means «woman who cries». An ancient legend tells that the lagoon is born from the tears of a beautiful woman with green eyes who cried for the death of her beloved, a courageous general in times of the Incanato.

¿What to do in the desert and oasis of Huacachina"

Walking around the oasis of Huacachina is a special experience. Above all, if you think that many kilometers aro...