Sand boarding
Our first stop after Lima was Huacachina, which is famous for the sandboarding available on the many surrounding sand dunes.
This was a great experience. We all strapped ourselves securely into the dune buggies which proceeded to mount the dunes and travel over them with ease despite the difficult surface and steep inclines. The up and down over the dunes was awesome, like a theme park ride only beautiful landscapes as well.
The boarding itself is the equivalent of snow boarding but on sand, and my first attempt was only semi-successful (as in I got down, but not without falling off a couple of times and rarely standing up fully on the board). After this I opted for the even quicker and much easier method of going down head first using the board as a sledge. These dunes are steep and we got up to some quick speeds, all great fun.
Then we were fortunate to still be out just as the sun was setting over theis awesome desert landscape, just beautiful.
