Huacachina Tour: Vineyard, Buggy and Desert Picnic

🚐 06:30 AM – Accommodation Pick Up

You will travel by VIP bus from Lima to Paracas. Upon arrival, one of our guides will be waiting for you to welcome you and assist you in boarding the Lima Experience bus, where you will join the rest of the group.

Before the Trip:

1. We will share the contact of the driver who will take you to the bus terminal.
2. It is important to have breakfast in advance.
3. We pick you up directly from your accommodation in any hotel, hostel, airbnb or friend house inside Lima touristic area:
   • 6:20 am: Lima Downtown
   • 6:30 am: San Isidro
   • 6:40 am: Miraflores
   • 6:45 am: Barranco
4. At 7:30 am – Departure from Lima to Paracas on a VIP bus service.

⚠️ IMPORTANT:

• Bring your original Passport
• You travel on a luxury bus but it is not Lima Experience Bus
• The VIP bus service has onboard assistant but it is not a Lima Experience Guide

🚐 11:20 AM – Transfer from Paracas to the Vineyard

Upon arrival in Paracas, you will meet our Lima Experience guide, who will be waiting for you. You will board our bus and continue the journey with the group to La Caravedo Vineyard.

🍽️ 12:50 PM – Lunch and Tour at La Caravedo Vineyard (Included)

Visit an exclusive and oldest vineyard in America. It produces the most important and well-known Peruvian Pisco: Porton. Enjoy a delicious lunch and an exciting tour featuring Pisco samples.

Tour and lunch included

🚗 14:30 PM – Trip to Huacachina

🏝️ 15:10 PM – Visit Huacachina, The Oasis of America

A hidden oasis surrounded by giant sand dunes. Enjoy free time to explore, grab a drink, or snap some great photos. Our meeting point is the best—right in front of the oasis.

During this time, you can pre-order dinner for takeout. Pick up your order following the buggy tour.

Meeting Point: Wild Olive

🏁 16:00 PM – 2 Hour Dune Buggy and Sandboarding Tour (Included)

Feel the adrenaline as we race down the hills in our dune buggies for an extended 2 hour tour. Once on top of the dune you can take amazing pictures or grab an artisanal sandboard that is provided to slide down the dunes on your stomach.

An unforgettable experience!

📍Please Note: A driver will operate the vehicle for safety reasons, both in private and shared services

🌅 18:00 PM – Sunset Picnic (Included)

The best part of the day comes when the sun starts to set, we’ll take you to our secret spot on the dunes to relax and enjoy a special picnic during the most beautiful desert sunset in Perú.

We are the only company offering this exclusive experience.

🚌 18:30 PM – Departure Huacachina – Lima

Return to Huacachina and grab your pre-ordered take-out dinner.

🏠 23:00 PM – Lima Drop Offs

Once in Lima, we will drop you off at the same location where we picked you up starting from Barranco to Lima Downtown.

✅ Included

• Accommodation pick up/Drop off in Lima Downtown, Miraflores, Barranco and San Isidro.
• Luxury Bus with USB ports, clean bathroom and Air conditioning.
• Certified Peruvian Guide with Fluent English on board.
• Caravedo Vineyard Tour and Pisco tasting
• Lunch at Caravedo Vineyard with Vegan/vegetarian options available
• 2 hour Dune Buggy & sandboarding Tour with Desert Sunset
  (⛑️ We are the only agency that includes helmets for the tour through the dunes.)
• Artesanal Sandboard to lay down on your belly
• Time to enjoy the sunset deep into the desert
• Picnic in Huacachina Desert at Sunset
• All entrance tickets and fees are included

❌ Not Included

• Breakfast (take it before the pick-up) and dinner not included (Lunch is included)
• Alcoholic drinks after the Pisco tasting
• Gratuities

🛡️ Safety 🛡️

Before the tour begins, all travelers are required to attend a mandatory safety briefing and will receive a safety information brochure. For safety and operational purposes, every participant must complete and sign a safety and responsibility form prior to starting the tour.

⏰ Pick Up Times

All travelers will be added into a WhatsApp group between 19:00-20:00 hrs the evening before the tour.

It’s mandatory to be ready and waiting in the main door of your accommodation 10 minutes before your scheduled pick up time. If you are not there, the tour guide will make a video and continue with the plan. No exceptions!!

• The success of this experience relies on teamwork, be on time for the activities throughout the day.

• Children under 3 years old do not pay for the tour; however, parents must cover any additional expenses (entrance fees, snacks, or extra activities).
• For the buggy tour, children under 3 years old must travel in a private service, pay for a seat, and use a safety carrier.
• Children over 3 years old will have a seat available; however, parents should be aware that the buggy operates at high speed due to the nature of the activity.
• Parents must sign a consent form for minors to participate in the buggy tour.

Pregnancy
Pregnant travelers may participate in the tour at their own responsibility. For comfort and safety reasons, reservations are only accepted for private tour services and up to 4 months of pregnancy. We recommend contacting us before booking and consulting your doctor before traveling.

📍 Seats
Passengers weighing more than 100 kg must pay USD 10 for an additional seat. This applies to the Huacachina buggies. In the case of the bus, an additional seat will be assigned at a cost of USD 25.

The extra seat is mandatory when a passenger occupies more than one space, as this helps ensure the comfort and safety of the passenger and the rest of the group during the tour.

🚌 Transportation

This experience starts with a 4.5 hour bus ride from Lima to Paracas in a VIP bus service, it is not operated directly by Lima Experience. After arriving to Paracas, the participants will meet Lima Experience group and our guide.

📞 Contact
For better communication, we will provide your WhatsApp contact to the driver in charge of the transfer to the bus station. Likewise, it will be shared with the driver for the pickup from the bus station.

🍇 La Caravedo Vineyard

We all stop at the vineyard for lunch, it is included for everyone, we have vegan vegetarian options available and the Pisco tasting is optional.

🏁 Dune Buggy and Sandboarding Tour

• Participants need to climb a small dune to reach the buggies.

The Dune Buggy and sandboarding Tour is considered an adrenaline/extreme experience. You may feel like you’re riding on a rollercoaster while racing through the dunes. Please keep this in mind and for those who prefer a calm ride, you can book a private dune buggy at an additional cost, please let us know in advance.

For the kids (no under 1 year) and elders should go in a private buggy so the driver takes care of the speed.

Sandboarding is done with a handmade sandboard and is used for going down on your stomach.

• If you want to do stand-up sandboarding, you must do so on your own with another operator and cannot rejoin our group. In that case, you will forfeit the buggy, sandboarding, and picnic, without a refund.

We do not have control over Mother-Nature, most days in Huacachina are beautiful and sunny. However, it is possible to have cloudy days without sunset. We promise we will stay on the dunes until sunset time is over.

🧺 Picnic

It is a special experience offered by Lima Experience only. The picnic is made in the middle of the desert and applies for those who do the buggy tour first.

Buggy tour is a shared service. If you want a private option, please let us know in advance.

🍽️ Meals

Participants must have breakfast before the experience begins, there is no breakfast stop on this experience.

Participants can pre-order takeout dinner once they arrive in Huacachina and can pick it up before heading back to Lima.

• Waterproof and Wind Jacket for Paracas early morning and huacachina after sunset.
  
• Sunscreen
  
• Sunglasses
  
• Comfortable light Pants
  
• Sneakers or running shoes for sandboarding – Not Sandals
  
• Hat

Our Pick Ups and Drop Offs

To ensure a better experience, we pick you up directly from your accommodation, if we have too many pick up points, we add extra transfers for better logistics. We come to the door of your accommodation whether you stay in a friend’s house, apartment, air bnb, hostel or hotel. Just make sure you are located inside Lima downtown, San Isidro, Miraflores or Barranco. 

Our Bus

We offer a brand new bus that follows the legal guidelines for tourism and we are the only travel agency registered as a ”transportation company” meaning our name appears directly in the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Look us up with our RUC: 20611188995. Other agencies rent buses from a third party operator, ask in advance.

Safety

Our bus follows the guidelines of security every 6 months and stops twice a month for oil maintenance. This shows the strict compromise that we follow with our clients.

Insurance

No travel agency will mention this, in Peru all buses must have SOAT in order to operate. They all have SOAT, but we go one step higher, we have contracted ”all risk SOAT”, which means we are contracting a much better insurance to take care of our clients. We have also contracted: ”civil liability insurance” for extra care. Those claiming about safety will not offer such detailed insurances since they are not in control of this, again, third party operators. 

Seats

Our bus was originally equípped with 40 seats, nowadays it has 35 seats and we take groups of 33 people on average, making sure the experience is smooth and everyone is travelling comfortably. 

USB Ports

While traveling on a day tour, you need to have your phone charged in order to capture moments and experiences, we have modern USB ports even for Iphones.

Satellite GPS

Our bus is monitored with live location 24/7. All honesty, all buses follow this rule in Peru, don’t let other companies lie, no buses can run without GPS monitoring. 

Seatbelts

You can make sure that we care about safety, all our seatbelts are in great condition, we follow inspections twice a month. 

Air Conditioning

Visiting Ica, one of the most heated cities in Peru, must be a good experience. This is the main reason why we care about our air conditioning system. 

Our Drivers

We are proud to mention we are the only travel agency that is also registered as a Transportation Company. We have our drivers registered and working directly with us and not a third party company. We make sure our drivers work 15 days a month resting every 2 days and spending a good time with their families but more importantly, working rested and in a good spirit. Most companies make their drivers work 5-6 days a week, since they don’t hire the drivers directly, they are not sure if that driver has rested or not. Ask in advance. 

Headrest

We care about quality service and clean spaces, we use white headrests on our buses to ensure a good environment to travel. 

Bathroom

Check our reviews, we have the cleanest bathrooms. We are not afraid of sharing pictures of our bus bathroom. 

Speed Control

We travel on 90KM/HR on highways and on open areas 98KM/HR would be the fastest. Why are we sharing numbers? Simple, if 2 buses depart at the same time and one promises to arrive earlier passing by the same highway the answer is 1. Someone is overpassing the speed limit.

🛡️ Safety 🛡️

Before the tour begins, all travelers are required to attend a mandatory safety briefing and will receive a safety information brochure. For safety and operational purposes, every participant must complete and sign a safety and responsibility form prior to starting the tour.

Passport

It is mandatory to send a photo of your passport at least 24 hours before the trip so we can arrange your transportation from Lima to Paracas. This information is required to issue your bus tickets.

• All passengers must carry their physical passport throughout the trip. It is required for highway inspections, tax exemption, and boarding the bus. In case of an accident requiring medical attention, they will only be treated if they present their physical passport. Otherwise, they will NOT be attended to.

Pricing

The prices published on our website and other sales channels do not include the General Sales Tax (IGV). However, foreign tourists who provide their nationality and present their passport will be exempt from this tax, in accordance with current legislation.

Children

• Children under 3 years old do not pay for the tour; however, parents must cover any additional expenses (entrance fees, snacks, or extra activities).
• For the buggy tour, children under 3 years old must travel in a private service, pay for a seat, and use a safety carrier.
• Children over 3 years old will have a seat available; however, parents should be aware that the buggy operates at high speed due to the nature of the activity.
• Parents must sign a consent form for minors to participate in the buggy tour.

Contact

For better communication, we will provide your WhatsApp contact to the driver in charge of the transfer to the bus station. Likewise, it will be shared with the driver for the pickup from the bus station.

Reservations and Cancellations

Reservations may be canceled up to 24 hours before the scheduled date of the activity to receive a full refund. Cancellations made after this deadline will not be eligible for a refund. No exceptions.

Availability and Capacity

During certain times of the year, the number of visitors may increase, potentially affecting the overall experience of the activity. We recommend that customers book in advance to ensure availability.

Some holidays may involve the temporary closure of specific tourist sites or restricted access to certain areas. Lima Experience is not responsible for itinerary changes caused by such events.

These holidays often have changes in tour schedules and durations: Easter, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, Labor Day, July 28, Halloween, Christmas and New Year.

Participant’s Physical Condition

It is each individual’s responsibility to determine whether they are in adequate physical and health condition to participate in the booked activity. Lima Experience is not liable for any health issues or pre-existing medical conditions that may affect participation in tours or activities.

Insurance

There is no travel insurance cover included in the price of a Travel Pass and Lima Experience recommends that you obtain travel insurance to cover any sickness, injury, or loss that may occur while you are travelling with us.

Third Party Operations

We inform our tourist clients that the activities offered in the Ballestas Islands, buggy rides in Huacachina, and flights over the Nazca Lines are operated by third parties other than Lima Experience. Therefore, we assume no responsibility for accidents, inconveniences, or any eventuality that may arise during these activities.

Modifications or Cancellations Due to Force Majeure

In the event of circumstances beyond our control, such as adverse weather conditions, natural disasters, social unrest, or other unforeseen events, Lima Experience reserves the right to modify or cancel scheduled tours or activities. In such cases, customers will be informed as early as possible and offered alternatives or refunds as appropriate.

By booking with Lima Experience, the customer fully accepts these terms and conditions