Huacachina Dune Buggy: Experience Adrenaline and Adventure Amidst Vast Desert Dunes

One of the very exciting activities to do is explore the dunes in these vehicles called buggies.

The wide desert landscape that we will appreciate will be impressive and full of emotion, dare to dominate the slopes of the vast desert dunes and feel the adrenaline flow through your body.

Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Huacachina - Our excursion begins at the Hotel “La Casa del Bamboo,” situated near the Huacachina Oasis. Our buggy driver will escort passengers to a tourist control booth, where a tourist tax of S/3.60 soles per person must be paid. We will then ascend a small sand dune to board the buggies and commence the tour.

Our professional driver will navigate the desert, making various stops for clients to appreciate the scenery and take photos.

Next, we will drive to the top of a large dune where our instructor guide will demonstrate how to sandboard.

At the top, you can enjoy sandboarding and take numerous photos.

Finally, we will return to the Huacachina lagoon, where passengers will head back to the starting point (Hotel El Bamboo) to conclude the service. At our office, we can also arrange taxi services for tourists.

  • Buggy Huacachina - Tourists will explore the Huacachina desert (Ica) in a buggy that accommodates approximately 10 passengers. The tour includes stops for sandboarding and concludes with a sunset view during the last shift of the day.
  • Important note: On official holidays in Peru, the buggy ride will last about 1 hour for all shifts from 10am to the final departure at 5pm.

On regular days (non-holidays), the only 2-hour tour is from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. All other shifts before 4:00 p.m. will last only 1 hour.

What's Included
  • Comfortable waiting room with furniture
  • Exciting dune buggy tour
  • Thrilling sandboarding experience
  • Office featuring hygienic services
What's Not Included
  • Tourist tax to the desert in Huacachina S/3.60 soles per person.
  • Round trip transfers from hotels in the center of Ica.
Additional Information
  • On holidays or holidays, the duration of the Buggies tour will be approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour.
  • Do not recommend for children under 05 years old
Location
Huacachina
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Excursion18110272410
Aug 25, 2024
Don’t miss this tour - Sam was a really nice guy. We booked 5pm tour, when we got Hotel Bamboo around 4:45pm, he was already waiting for us there, and then arranged us to storage bags, using washroom, leading us to the dune. Dune buggy is really a fun and must-have experience in Peru, don’t miss it, it’s absolutely worth you to take time and money to visit Huacachina Oasis. BTW, sitting on the moon evening dune and enjoying the outside music concert, is a really romantic experience.
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Yassine22a
Aug 16, 2024
Great tour - I did the Dune Buggy and Sandboarding experience in Huacachina at the end of the day, so watch the sunset. The experience was fun, adrenaline and unique. Recommendation this experience and the tour operator as it was serious and punctual.
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552raquelv
Jul 10, 2024
Crazy fun experience - Excellent tour. Very reliable. The driver had a lot of patience. We had a lot of family fun. I highly recommend it.
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Laura_f
Jul 5, 2024
Thriller Dune Buggy Ride - June 2024 - My husband and I had an amazing time on this dune buggy ride through the Huacachina oasis. Our driver drifted off of sand dunes and made our buggy ride a real thriller!! We also stopped a few times and went down on the sandboards on our bellies. Going later in the day was great as we got to watch a beautiful sunset as well. Worth the money, so much fun!!
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Kelly
Jun 12, 2024
Incredible Dune Buggy Experience - This was WAY more fun than we expected!! Samael was super helpful and organized, we used him for our wine tour as well. The buggies are fast and had all of us screaming the whole time! The sunset was incredible as well, highly recommended!
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Sunil_d
May 28, 2024
Awesome experience - Bumpy ATV ride, beautiful sunset view, thrilling sand surfing experience and finally night time view of Huacachina….Must do trip. Just be careful at sand surfing.
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Curiosity00177371383
Nov 6, 2023
Highly recommended - The excursion is amazing. They took us in a buggy through the dunes, we did sandboarding and then they took us to see a spectacular sunset. Both Sam and our driver were super friendly and made us feel super comfortable. It's very worth it, we had a great time.
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B1464onjosed
Aug 27, 2023
Excellent - Super experience, worth living. I recommend the 5PM schedule, you can enjoy the sunset and appreciate the beautiful landscape.
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Tinzthings
Aug 22, 2023
Hold on to your seats! - I cannot find the words to match the amount of fun and excitement I had on this tour!!!! ICA is beautiful in itself. It is bustling with small cars (I forgot the name, I think they call it moto-taxis), all colourful, serving as a backdrop for the desert city. My friend and I initially booked a day tour but thankfully our winery tour guide, Sam, convinced us that the sunset tour would be a much better feat. We opted for it and he could not have been more right. Now guys! Hold on to your seats because this is a wild one LOL!! We got onto our dune buggy, after meeting up at the office, strapped into our seats (get one by the door) and had a ride of our lives!!!!! Our driver and guide took us up and down the sand dunes in a thrilling rush. Our stomach dropped, our hearts pounded, we laughed, we screamed, we had fun LOL! At different intervals the driver stopped at picturesque locations for us to do our personal mini photo shoots. We even sand boarded down a few dunes. It looked intimidating at first and the rush of adrenaline will give rise to fears but our guide gave us a short lesson on how to position ourselves so that we can enjoy the ride and keep safe. The ride ended with a sunset view that somehow gave calm to the thrill and excitement that we previously had. It felt like a reward at the end of a busy trip/day. This tour was definitely one for the books and if I had to visit ICA again, I would definitely find myself here.
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I1550mppaolap
Aug 20, 2023
Fabulous - I wasn’t expecting to have so much fun. I laughed a lot. Amazing views . Beautiful sunset. The driver was so nice and he took cool pictures of us. Thank u
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