Top Ica Art & Culture

Bring your snowboarding skills to the desert on this 3-hour sandboarding experience in Ica. Whether you’re an experienced boarder or have never been, this adventure is for you. First sit through a short sandboarding lesson at Huacachina oasis, and then take a buggy up to one of the tallest desert dunes to practice your skills. Ride the sand or catch air, while you take in stunning views of the everlasting golden scenery.

Ica is a city known for its exquisite Piscos and wines, enjoy with us on a beautiful tour of our countryside, knowing the wine cellars that our valley offers, where the best wines and pisco of Peru are made.

Come along to this fascinating full day tour in Huacachina from Lima. We visit Tacama which is the oldest vineyard in southamerica and sample different types of wine and pisco (Peruvian Brandy). We are guided for an expert to learn about the whole process. At the end of the tour you have the chance to have a fancy lunch at the beautiful restaurant into the vineyard. The second vineyard is a small, family-run bussines where Pisco and traditional red wine is produced using the same techniques that were used by the descendants of the Spanish Conquerors. We can see the clay jars known as “botijas” where the juice of crushed grapes is fermenting during March (harvest time), Our tour guide will explain you how this family make Pisco and traditional wine using the same techniques from one hundred years ago.

Discover one of the best area’s in Peru for pisco productions on this 3-hour private tour. Visit three distilleries that are distinctive in their own way—one is known for making the best pisco in Peru, another is the oldest distillery in South America, and the last makes artisanal pisco. Learn how the famous drink is produced and sample drinks at all three to choose who is the best pisco producer.

With this tour you can enjoy and know the best attractions at Ica. You could exploring new flavors tasting our wines, Pisco and learn about the production process of this. Our principally activity is you take a private ride in our exclusive professional vehicles ROV (Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle) over the golden dunes of Huacachina. Our vehicles are safe and you will having all the accessories of security that you need to practice this sport and also don't forget the sandboarding is including.

Huacachina Tours, offers luxury camps with all the comforts, we offer this in Tents imported from 4 SIBLEY model stations and the quotas are limited for reservations, below we offer the description of the camp which can be modified according to the needs of our clients and offered in shared service every Saturday.

Ica is a city known for its exquisite Piscos and wines. On the outskirts of the city you can visit wineries where you will learn about the preparation of these drinks and also taste the variety that is produced there. A few kilometers from the city of Ica we find the Oasis of Huacachina, located in the middle of beautiful tropical palm trees and surrounded by impressive dunes.

Come and visit the Ballestas Islands in Paracas, know the National Reserve and enjoy its incredible beaches, where you can take excellent photographs. Our professional tour guides will provide you with all the information on the history of the place.

Explore the desert city of Ica and the nearby Huacachina Oasis on this 2-hour tour. Visit the famous oasis, take a tour of a winery that specializes in wine and pisco and enjoy a complimentary tasting, and, finally, end the tour with a visit to the main square of Ica.

The Nazca Lines are a unique place in the world, full of mystery and mysticism, wonderful strokes of immense figures and lines, of spectacular perfection. We will visit the Huacachina Oasis where the huge dunes that surround the lagoon allow visitors to practice one of the most fascinating sports in the area, we are referring to the rides in the famous sand carts and the board sport on sand, popularly called Sandboarding .

Explore the history and heritage of Pisco—Peru’s most famous spirit—on this tasting tour from Ica. With pickup and drop-off at you Ica hotel included, spin along the Pisco Route with your private guide and find out what makes this cocktail staple special. Sample traditional Pisco in distilleries in Ica and Chincha, visit seedbeds and plantation houses, and listen as your guide sheds light on Pisco’s interesting backstory.

Walkthrough the countryside of Ica and enjoy a good Pisco. We will visit the Artisan Winery "El Catador", the "Museo Lazo" winery and the "Tacama" Industrial Winery. IMPORTANT: On Monday there is no entry to Tacama for maintenance of the warehouse. It can be changed to Bodega "Vista Alegre".

Visit of Tambo Colorado Ruins, considered as an Inca administrative center, built in adobe in 1480. The building has many corridors and rooms including inca baths. On the site museum you will be able to see some pictures of other remains found in the area and on the slope of Tambo Colorado hill you will visit (panoramic) the remans of an Inca cementery. After this you will be taken to your hotel.

On this tour you can get in touch with nature. You will know a great variety of marine fauna, you will discover a part of Peruvian history through an Inca settlement. And, to complete the experience, enjoy a beautiful virgin oasis in the dunes of Pisco.

You will be picked up from your hotel and taken to Ica Regional Museum, which possesses an important collection of pre-Hispanic relics from the Ica, Paracas, Nazca, Wari and Inca cultures that have been exhibited in different parts of the world.

You will be transferred to the countryside to visit a famous industrial warehouse, where process the best wines and pisco from Peru. Then visit the Helena Chocolate Factory, a national chocolate company where you can witness the development of Peruvian chocolates and traditional sweets. After that you will go to the Regional Museum of Ica, which displays a large collection of prehispanic remains belonging to the Ica, Paracas, Nazca, Wari and Inca cultures, pieces that have been exhibited in different parts of the world.Finally, visit the Huacachina Lake, which was originally an oasis in the desert of Ica. The lake is one of the biggest attractions of Ica since it is surrounded by huge dunes and offers different services: from a varied cuisine to a tubular vehicle adrenaline ride through the desert.

The tour starts on the road to Ica Regional Museum, which has an important collection of pre-Hispanic artefacts from the Ica, Paracas, Nazca, Wari and Inca cultures that have been exhibited in different parts of the world.After that you will visit a producer of wine and pisco, products that have made the valleys of the Ica desert famous. Thereafter is a visit to the sanctuary of the Lord of Luren, a dark-skinned saint from Ica, whose carvedimage was made in Spain in the year 1556. On the third Monday of October each year the image is taken from the church and carried through the streets of Ica accompanied by hundreds of devotees. Finally, you will visit Lake Huacachina. Originally an oasis in the middle of the desert, the lake is one of Ica´s major attractions. It is surrounded by large sand dunes and offers a variety of optional services: from good food to an adrenalin-stimulating sand buggy ride through the desert.

Ideal for lovers of history and mystery, geoglyphs and petroglyphs are enigmatic lines that history has not yet been able to explain accurately, enjoy this tour and discover the history surrounding the Palpa Valley.

The tour starts on the road to Ica Regional Museum, which has an important collection of pre-Hispanic artefacts from the Ica, Paracas, Nazca, Wari and Inca cultures that have been exhibited in different parts of the world.After that you will visit a producer of wine and pisco, products that have made the valleys of the Ica desert famous. Thereafter is a visit to the sanctuary of the Lord of Luren, a dark-skinned saint from Ica, whose carvedimage was made in Spain in the year 1556. On the third Monday of October each year the image is taken from the church and carried through the streets of Ica accompanied by hundreds of devotees. Finally, you will visit Lake Huacachina. Originally an oasis in the middle of the desert, the lake is one of Ica´s major attractions. It is surrounded by large sand dunes and offers a variety of optional services: from good food to an adrenalin-stimulating sand buggy ride through the desert.

Visit the Cabrera Museum, where you will find a variety of stones with engraved images of dinosaurs, flowers, current living animals, advanced medical work and maps.

Ica has a lot to show, and that is the reason why we want to introduce you to the Ica City Tour where you will experience; La Laguna Huacachina "Oasis of America", a craft winery where you can enjoy good local pisco and wine, the Regional Museum of Ica where you will find items form several different cultures of Peru and finally the Plaza de Armas.