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Huacachina - Peru { 31 images } Created 16 Sep 2012

Huacachina is a small oasis town on the outskirts of Ica, Peru. The town was created around a natural lagoon surrounded by miles of sand dunes and has become a popular spot for sand-boarding.
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  • A dune buggy waits before ascending the winding path cut into the sand that leads to the miles of dunes outside of Huacachina, Peru.
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  • The oasis at Huacachina in Peru was once naturally fed by springs.  Growth in the nearby city of Ica drained the natural supply and now the lagoon needs to be artificially filled.  In the days when the lagoon was natural, it was tinted red due to mineral deposits.
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  • A young boy sits in a row boat in the lagoon at the oasis of Huacachina in Peru.
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  • Street vendors set up shop on the walkway that encircles the lagoon at Huacachina in Peru.  Vendors come from all over South America to sell jewelry and other hand-made goods to tourists at the oasis.
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  • A group of boys plays in the shallows of the lagoon at Huacachina in Peru.  The lagoon used to be naturally fed by a spring and the minerals in the water were said to have healing powers.
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  • Paddleboats line the water at the oasis village of Huacachina in Peru.
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  • The dunes that surround the village of Huacachina in Peru can be 100s of feet high.  Tourists and locals alike climb to sandboard and take in the spectacular views.
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  • Juan Lengua Salvador sits at the far end of lagoon at Huacachina, where the sand engulfs the walkway.  He builds and rents sandboards to customers for 5 soles each.
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  • The hands of Juan Lengua Salvador, who builds sandboards by hand at Huacachina, Peru.
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  • Juan Lengua Salvador works on the creation of a sandboard at the oasis village of Huacachina in Peru.  Each board takes about a full day to complete.
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  • Juan Lengua Salvador has been building and renting sandboards at the oasis of Huacachina in Peru for 19 years.
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  • The beginning stages of a hand-made sandboard from Huacachina, Peru.
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  • Sandboard instructor Gerson Valle, otherwise known as Dito, watches his students practice in the dunes surrounding Huacachina, Peru.
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  • Gerson Valle, left, a sandboarding instructor at the oasis village of Huacachina in Peru, gives a hand to Tasha Clarbour of the United Kingdom, during her lesson.
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  • Tasha Clarbour from the United Kingdom walks her sandboard back up to the top of the pitch she was practicing on in the dunes surrounding Huacachina, Peru.
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  • Tasha Clarbour watches her friends sandboarding in the dunes at the oasis village of Huacachina in Peru.
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  • A loan sandboarder climbs a ridge in the dunes surrounding the oasis village of Huacachina in Peru.
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  • Sandboarding instructors, Gerson Valle, front, and Elia Pons, work to build a jump in the dunes surrounding Huacachina in Peru.
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  • In an unusual sight, sand falls from the board of Gerson Valle in the dunes surrounding Huacachina, Peru.  The boards used are exactly the same as snowboards, but are modified to move better through the sand.
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  • Gerson Valle takes a jump built in the sand dunes outside of Huacachina in Peru.
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  • Elia Pons takes a jump built in the sand dunes outside of Huacachina in Peru.
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  • Elia Pons picks a line down the sand dunes in Huacachina, Peru.
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  • Miles of sand dunes surround the oasis village of Huacachina which has become a launching point for dune-buggy rides.
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  • Dune-buggy rides have become popular at Huacachina, and drivers always appreciate tips.
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  • A sunset view of the oasis village of Huacachina from the top of the surrounding dunes.
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  • Climbing the dunes surrounding Huacachina, Peru, at sunset.
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  • Climbing the dunes surrounding Huacachina, Peru, at sunset.
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  • Luca Sommaruga Malaguti climbs the dunes outside of Huacachina, Peru, at sunset.
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  • A dune-buggy returns to the oasis village of Huacachina, Peru after a tour through the dunes.
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  • Britt Whitelaw carries sandboards to the top of a dune outside of Huacachina in Peru.
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  • Visitors to the oasis village of Huacachina in Peru play in the dunes at sunset.
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