Huacachina, Ica District of Ica Province, Peru

Huacachina, Ica District of Ica Province,  Peru

 

세상에서 가장 아름답고, 장엄한 자연경관 7선 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y25BC0E3Cds

 

 

2. Huacachina ,  Ica District of Ica Province,  Peru.  8:10 ~ 9:44

 

 

 

 

Huacachina, Ica District of Ica Province,  Peru

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Huacachina from a nearby sand dune

 

Huacachina is about five kilometers

from the city of Ica in the Ica District of Ica Province, Peru

 

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Huacachina is a village built around a small oasis and surrounded by sand dunes in southwestern Peru. It is about five kilometers from the city of Ica in the Ica District of Ica Province. The oasis was introduced as a feature on the back of the 50 nuevo sol note in 1991. Huacachina has a permanent population of around 100 people,  although it hosts many tens of thousands of tourists each year.

 

The name comes from Quechua: wakachina, lit. 'guard, conceal', possibly shortened from wakachina qucha lit. 'hidden lagoon'.

 

The lagoon at the oasis

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Relief in homage Huacachina's Legend

 

Relief in homage to the Inca princess Huacca China. Huacachina means “crying woman” the oasis was born from the tears shed by a young woman from the town of Tacara, mourning the death of her beloved, Huacachina .- Peru

 

 

Huacachina and surrounding dunes

Oasis and lake

 

Huacachina is built around a small natural desert lake, commonly referred to as the "oasis of America". According to local legends, the water and mud of the area are therapeutic. Both locals and tourists often bathe in the waters or cover themselves with the mud in an attempt to cure ailments such as arthritis, rheumatism, asthma, and bronchitis.

 

Legend holds that the lagoon was created by a beautiful native princess, she removed her clothes to bathe, but after looking in a mirror she saw a male hunter approaching her from behind, startled at the intrusion, she fled the area, leaving behind her mirror, which turned into a lake. Other versions hold that she fled, leaving the pool of water she had been bathing in to become the lagoon. The folds of her mantle, streaming behind her as she ran, became the surrounding sand dunes. The woman herself is rumoured to still live in the oasis as a mermaid.

Relief in homage Huacachina's Legend

 

The lake was created by natural seepage from underground aquifers, but the increase in well-drilling started to threaten that supply in the early 2000s. To compensate for the loss, and preserve the oasis as a destination for tourists, local business groups began pumping water into the lake in 2015.

 

It was announced in 2016 that the Peruvian scientist Marino Morikawa, who created a nanobubble system to decontaminate lake El Cascajo, would lead a project to restore the Huacachina lagoon.  As of 2020, no further news of the proposal has been forthcoming.

 

 

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* dune-buggy : 모래밭[모래 언덕]용 소형 자동차.