Complaints that the sled was eroding the dune reportedly caused the project to be scrapped. Now, dune-buggy tours and budget accommodations seem to fuel Huacachina’s economy.

On our way back to Lima after our Nazca adventure, we decided to stop at Huacachina, a hippie hangout and former playground for the Peruvian elite.

Huacachina is Peru’s desert playground—an oasis where you can sandboard at sunset, and roar through dunes in a buggy.

Amid a vast desert, hidden among the sand dunes in Peru, lies the only natural desert oasis in South America -- Huacachina, one of Peru's most prominent tourist spots.