The Impossible Oasis in the Middle of a Deadly Desert! 🇵🇪🏜️🏝️

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]In the middle of one of the driest coastal deserts on Earth, surrounded by sand dunes that rise over 100 meters high, a natural lagoon of green water sits perfectly still, as if placed there deliberately. Huacachina, in southern Peru, is one of the only natural desert oasis in all of South America. Ancient Peruvian legends say the lagoon was formed by a beautiful princess who was surprised while bathing and fled, leaving her pool behind as she transformed into a mermaid. Today, sand boarders race down the dunes above it and boats drift across the water below, an impossible green eye middle of a golden desert. National Geographic takes you to the places where nature ignores its own rules. Subscribe and discover Peru's most surreal landscape.