Duna Huancar | Wild Camping

January 23rd, 2023 by @alyvanblake

it's an interesting view, but hard to really enjoy with literal piles of trash blowing around in the wind and hundreds of flies from the open vault toilets swarming your every crevice. we were pooped from the border crossing and reluctantly stayed the night. many people coming and going until midnight for some reason. apparently a very popular place with the locals. no one checking for money at 5 when we got here either. lots of food scraps and meat bones laying around so watch your pets.
*morning edit* a large sprinter van showed up at 9 to let out 15 or so people with trash bags, apparently to clean up the place. hopefully it's nicer for the people staying after us.

October 27th, 2022 by vanlife.food

Very nice place, we arrived there at 6 PM, didn't have to pay anything, theu keep The gate closed (without lock) to keep the cow anf lamas inside, but anyone can enter. A lot of vizcachas, and a stuning sunset.

June 8th, 2022 by PorTierra

Beautiful place! Arrived around 5pm and opened/closed the gate. No one was there on a Wednesday so we didn't get charged. You have to go around the lake and follow the path that takes you closer to the sand dunes to find grills, stone tables/chairs, and squat toilets. It was very cold and windy at night but we had a gorgeous sunrise. We were the only ones there so cats loved it.

May 17th, 2022 by marieke_michiel

Great place to spend the night. Lot of viscachas (chinchillas) on the rocks opposite of the large dune when the sun goes down. Lot of space, perfect for big rigs.
There is a closed gate near the main road, but you can go through, just close it behind you.

February 19th, 2022 by xtgfamily

We spent two nights at the foot of the 200 m of high dune. It is accessed by passing a portal. We paid 400 pesos for the vehicle a day. Very quiet place. a lot of family attendance. BBQ on site and possibility to rent surfing to go down the dune in a nearby house or in the center of Abra Pampa. 1000 pesos a day. Very nice view from the top of the dune for the brave, it goes up to 3710 m altitude.

nous avons passé deux nuits au pied de la dune de 200 m de haut. on y accède en passant un portail. nous avons payé 400 pesos pour le véhicule par jour. endroit très calme. pas mal de fréquentation en famille. barbecue sur place et possibilité de louer des surf pour descendre la dune dans une maison à proximité ou dans le centre de abra pampa. 1000 pesos par jour. très belle vue du haut de la dune pour les courageux, ça monte à 3710 m d’altitude.

August 15th, 2021 by cernidiablik

good place to stay at night an enjoy the duna . we pay 100pp at the entrance and they allow us to stay overnight.

February 25th, 2020 by luciana_7722

excelente lugar para descansar lejos de la ciudad. Silencioso y con muchas estrellas, dormimos 2 noches aquí. No hay ninguna clase de facilidades, pero es perfecto para dormir sin ruidos ni luces. Hay asadores.

April 6th, 2019 by velotrip

The gate is still without lock. From the gate to the picnic area it is about 1 km ripio. You pass a small lagoon, we saw flamingos and other waterbirds there. In the rocks beside the picnic area we saw andean chinchillas. It seems that the place is very popular for the locals at weekends. We had a wonderful stay there, we can really recommend this place.

December 11th, 2018 by polarsteps.com

Very nice : still closed but still without key (the gate must be here because of the cattle inside: llamas and cows).
We « stealthily » entered and closed the gate behind us and it was a great night: quiet, full of stars !

August 19th, 2018 by reisefriedli.ch

Its a very nice publicplace in front of a 200m high dune.at the entrance is a gate that close in the evening,but not with a key.we spoke with a man from the little town nearby he said its fine to overnight her. A lot of firepits and rustical toilets(just a hole in the ground and a wal)