Guided Tour Of Sandboard At Oasis La Huacachina
GROUP SERVICE: The tour will begin at at 3AM pick up from the hotel in Lima and transfer to bus station and then luxury bus transfer from Lima to Ica (4 hrs). The good paved road to the south offer great views of the desert and coast line, green and large valley as Asia, Mala, Cañete, Chincha and Ica.
PRIVATE SERVICE: Booking this service you depart from your hotel in Lima at 5AM or 6AM and then private transfer to Ica with private English-speaking tour guide.
Around 9AM arrival to Ica and reception at the bus stops and then begins the visit one of the most popular vineyards as known as "bodegas vitivinicolas" where you will see, learn and taste the Peruvian drink as known as Pisco (grape brandy) and of course you can taste many kind of local wine produced by the farmers using ancient artesian methods, visit the historical center of Ica.
Another very interesting place to visit will be a museum as known as Museo Cabrera. This was founded by Dr. Javier Cabrera Darque in 1966 (Medic and professor of biology); this museum has an oddball collection more than 15.000 carved stones and boulders graphically depicting diverse pre-Columbian themes, from astronomy to surgical techniques and sexual practices.
Around 12PM visit the Museo Regional De Ica (Adolfo Bermudes Jenkis), this prestige museum is due to the collections exhibited. It is the first Peruvian museum that paleo pathological studies on human remains from different pre-Hispanic cultural stages of this region were performed - The tour takes visitors through the Paracas and Nazca cultures, presenting chords to its age and the role they played in the history of archaeological. Here are prestigious textiles, ceramics and various wood and soft metals tools - The bio anthropology room shows a sample illustrating of amazing cultural practices such as cranial deformation, some diseases including trepanning (some with advanced healing), hair styles and funerary contexts - All exhibits come from archaeological studies by the area or Huaqueo (Quechua: Looting of archaeological sites) – It is noteworthy that many of his pieces have been exhibited in different parts of the world - The pictures and video inside the museum are not allowed.
Around 1PM transfer to oasis La Huacahina, this is a beautiful oasis located 5km southwest from Ica and about 6 minutes drive. This attractive and famous lagoon used for the medicinal properties of its waters. Super landscape surrounded by high sandbanks, palm tree groves and age old Huarango trees (Carob tree).
By the ends of the XIX century Huacachina was practically uninhabited, until the Italian Angela Perotti rediscovered the medical properties of water and sand of the lagoon, especially for the cure of skin and rheumatism illnesses. An ideal place for desert adventure and relax.
Buggies and Sand boarding (surf or ski on the sand dunes) has become very popular on the sand dunes of La Huacachina an ideal area to take to the steep sandy slopes of the desert.
The sand board and dune buggy will private or might you must need to share the 4x4 truck with other sand boarders. This challenge drive of 4x4 will be around 2 hours though many dunes around La Huacachina. Return to the oasis to have lunch and cold shower facilities and free time to relax.
Around 4PM transfer to the bus stop (GROUP SERVICE) and then bus journey to Lima and end of the service at the bus stop – No includes the transfer to the hotel or airport.
Travelers booking PRIVATE SERVICE will have private transfer to from Ica to the hotel in Lima - ALTERNATIVE transfer to airport of Lima with additional payment.
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DEPARTURES
At 7am - 9am - 11am or 1pm - 3pm - 4pm
WEATHER
The weather in this region of Ica is very hot during the day and during the night is just fresh and nice. During the day the temperature is 32ºC on the summer (December - April), the rest of the year normally is 28ºC.
We also recommend bringing summer clothing, tennis shoes and short pants.
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