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Choros and Damas Island Tour: Coastal Views and Wildlife
4.5
11 Ratings
La Serena
We head for north through the Panamerican Highway and cross a semi-desert like area. The road continues on a sloping ground from where we can observe several views of the rocky coast.
We head for north through the Panamerican Highway and cross a semi-desert like area. The road continues on a sloping ground from where we can observe several views of the rocky coast.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Punta Choros - We head for north through the panamerican higway and cross a semi-desert area. The road continues on a sloping ground from where we can observe several views of the rocky coast.
We also will be able to see , from the road, a common dense glaze called “Camanchaca” A phenomena occurring just some months a year, is the “full of flowers…
- Punta Choros - We head for north through the panamerican higway and cross a semi-desert area. The road continues on a sloping ground from where we can observe several views of the rocky coast.
We also will be able to see , from the road, a common dense glaze called “Camanchaca” A phenomena occurring just some months a year, is the “full of flowers dessert”, If we are lucky we will appreciate it., after travelling 122 klms., we arrive at Los Choros Fishermen´s wharf., a natural viewpoint to see Gaviota.
- Isla Damas - Choros and Damas islands.We will board a motor boat leading us to Humboldt Penguins National Reserve, which is part of this area.
Aboard we have the possibility of can see will the bottle-nose shaped dolphins making jumps and pirouettes, obviusly it will depend of the availabilty of the anilmals in the zone.
The group will disembark from the motor boat in Damas Islands to appreciate its white sand beaches.
Return to the coast and lunch consisting of seafood and fish ,in a typical restaurant. Return to La Serena accompanied by a spectacular sunset in the background.
What's Included
- Navigating Gull, Choros and Damas Island
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Lunch
- Navigating Gull, Choros and Damas Island
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Lunch
What's Not Included
- Meals and drinks not specified
- Tickets and permissions
- Optional Gratuities for driver and guide
- Meals and drinks not specified
- Tickets and permissions
- Optional Gratuities for driver and guide
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund.
- Please note: The Penguin season start in December and finish on March
- Comfortable walking shoes are…
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund.
- Please note: The Penguin season start in December and finish on March
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
- Due to the nature of this tour and the safety of all guests, the tour operator reserves the right to refuse service to passengers who are intoxicated or show signs of intoxication. If, as a result, your tour is canceled, you will not be entitled to a refund
- A minimum of 4 people per booking is required
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
Location
Punta Choros
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(11 Ratings)
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Allison_n
Oct 13, 2025
Thoroughly enjoyed - The tour was run by Akana tours who kept us well informed right up to pick up. Our guide was Seb who was clearly very knowledgable and passionate about the area.
Layer up!
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Nadia
Sep 4, 2024
A rendez-vous with nature - It was so easy to book this Humboldt Penguin Tour with Ecoturismo agency. You can contact them by phone and they send you all the necessary info by whatsapp/email. Very reactive and useful. Did not have to pay in avdance to book the tour, which was awsome since I arrived at La Serena late at night the day before the tour and did not want to waste time. Spent a great day with Felipe Torres, our Ecoturismo guide for the day, at Choros and Damas Island, with very useful and interesting informations shared the whole day long. Since it's winter time (nesting and migration period), the fauna is seen in fewer numbers. But fortunately we had the opportunity to see a variety of fauna: sea lions, pelican, penguins, bottlenose dolphins, piqueros etc. Very nice experience I do recommend. Felipe was really nice to share with some photos he took with his Iphone:-)
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B2955cqsandrap
Feb 23, 2023
Worth the trip if you're in the fourth region - Surprising place to marvel at nature and biodiversity. From the very well asphalted and safe road you see a coastal desert landscape with many types of cacti and occasionally you find the fauna of the place as a kind of very cute small fox. The boat ride to Lady Island and the rock islets of the sector is unmissable. Good premises where you can eat seafood at affordable prices.
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Gustavo170580
Dec 30, 2022
Recommended - Excellent walk, from the Serena to Punta de Choros, from there you take the boat to see The Humbolt Penguins and the Sea Wolves, I was not lucky enough to see the Whales, but you can also observe. Then you pass to Damas Island where if you can disembark and take a tour of the island
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411gabs
Nov 3, 2019
Boat trip - Long day but well worth it. Our host (can’t remember his name) was excellent. Very impressive highway to get there. We saw lots of different birds, seals, a few dolphins, penguins. The boat ride was a bit rough. But on the island the sun came out. Lovely lunch included. On way back we saw native foxes and a few guanacos.
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Soyrrichard7
Sep 20, 2019
Damas Island - Excellent Service, very nice experience in expert hands, highly recommended with them, a 7 our Andrea guide, excellent English!
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0701maribel
Jul 29, 2019
Winter Holidays - Very nice place, it is our fourth time going, there is always something new on the way to Punta de Choros, you find a series of wild animals such as foxes, donkeys among others and in the sea on the way to Isla de Damas variety of flora and fauna of the place, recommended to those who like nature.
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Silviapc3982mm
Nov 19, 2024
Whales - I highly recommend stopping at La Serena because from here various excursions depart. Today I attended the whale watching and we were very lucky to see about 20 of them. Along the way we also saw other animals such as Guanacho, foxes and donkeys. You can also take a hike to Damas Island to see The Penguins, but it is not always available.
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Jussara
Nov 17, 2022
Few animals and no descending on the ilsa ladies - The guide was excellent, but the tour itself I found reasonable. We saw few animals and it was not possible to descend at Isla Damas. It was already defined that we weren't going down, but it wasn't warned by the agency. Good lunch. A walk ok.
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George_b
Apr 1, 2025
The trip itself was... - The trip itself was great. The info provided by Viator was terrible! Every correspondence said an 8 AM pickup at "Enjoy Coquimbo" hotel. We ended up relocating to a further away residence and I attempted to change pickup location closer to where we had moved. The response from the operator said they had a closer pickup point, but that the pickup time was now 7:20 AM! I then said I'd like to go back to the initial pickup point at 8 AM but was now told that point was not on their approved list! I communicated with Viator numerous times and they were never able to contact the operator in the 24 hours before the pickup to clarify the issue.
We received numerous reminders that the pickup time was 8 AM and at the initial point that we were now told was not a pickup point. Then the rest of our group received a call the night before that their pickup point (Enjoy Coquimbo) was now at 6:30 AM instead of 8 AM! We were going to change and go back to that original point at the 8 AM time that Viator kept sending us as a final notice. If we had done so, we would have been 1.5 hours late!!!
We ended up getting picked up at the revised pickup point at 7:20, but it was not worth getting up at 5 AM and stressing about exactly where and when we would get picked up.
The operation told us it's always been an earlier pickup, but nobody from Viator seemed to know that.
The operator, Barbara, did a fantastic job! Viator did not!
You can confirm that we have taken numerous trips in South America using your firm, and we have enjoyed them. In this case we are extremely disappointed your info was incorrect and caused my family (including me 88 year old mother in law) a lot of unnecessary stress about whether anyone would be picking us up.
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