Epic Paracas & Huacachina Private Day Trip From Lima

Discover Paracas & Huacachina: Boat tour, wine tasting, dune buggy rides, sandboarding, and a stunning desert sunset. Unforgettable adventure from Lima.

Duration: 17 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Lima - We will begin our epic day with pick-ups at your accommodation anywhere in the mentioned districts: 1. San Isidro (04:40 am) 2. Miraflores (05:30 am) 3. Barranco - 05:40 am) If you are outside our pickup districts, we will pick you up at 05:30 am. m. at Calle Porta 145, Miraflores. IMPORTANT: All our travelers will be added to a WhatsApp group the night before at 8:00 p.m. Peruvian time. We share information about the tour, pick-up times, recommendations, and of course exact location in real time.

  • Paracas - We will travel from Lima to Paracas (3 hours) to visit the famous Ballestas Islands on a 2-hour boat tour to see sea lions, cute penguins, many migratory birds, and the enigmatic chandelier.

  • Ica Region - Authentic Peruvian experience. Wine and Pisco tasting with lunch included at a local vineyard with wine/pisco tasting

  • Huacachina - 2hrs Dune Buggy and Sandboarding in Huacachina
    Oasis is a once-in-a-lifetime experience!

Sunset in the middle of the incredible Desert Oasis

  • Lima - Once our activity in Huacachina is over, you can have some food to take away if necessary. We will take the bus back to Lima and drop you off at your accommodation. You will return to Lima around 11:00 p.m. If you are outside our delivery districts, we will drop you off at Calle Porta 145, Miraflores
What's Included
  • Bilingual Guide (Esp/Eng)
  • 2 Hours Dune Buggy and Sandboarding Tour + Sunset
  • Hotel or Hostel Pick-up / Drop-off: Barranco / Miraflores/ San Isidro
  • Private transportation 22 travelers maximum
  • Boat tour 2hrs. Islas Ballestas
  • Authentic experience. Wine and Pisco tasting. Lunch included
  • ALL FEES & ENTRANCES INCLUDED
What's Not Included
  • Rental Stand sandboard / Ski. + 14 USD
  • Breakfast, Dinner and drinks
Additional Information

EPIC DAY TRIP FROM LIMA - ALL INCLUDED. 5 Great experiences:
Boat tour around the Ballestas Islands (cute penguins, sea lions, migratory birds, and more). Authentic local experience “wine and Pisco tasting”. Try local wines the famous Pisco (liquor made from grapes) and accompany this activity with a delicious local lunch.

Get on board, fast your seat belt, and tour the impressive dunes of the Ica desert by buggy, grab your sandboard, slide face down the dunes, and be surprised by the beautiful sunset in the middle of a vast desert.

  • Very important. On holidays such as Easter Weekend from April 6 to 9 and from July 28 to 30, celebration of Independence Day in Peru: Pick-ups will be made 1 hour before usual hours. The activities of the Ballestas Islands will be only 1 hour and 30 minutes (all operators) and Dune buggy & Sandabord (Huacachina) only 1 hour (all operators)
  • The bus will arrive back in Lima around 11:00 pm. The return will be starting in Barranco, then Miraflores and culminating in San Isidro, this service may take time, we ask for your patience and understanding.
  • Bring sunscreen, it is hot all year round in Paracas and Huacachina.
  • Please bring cash/local currency. We will stop for breakfast on the way to Paracas or perhaps take some time here before the boat tour, also for any needs you may have during the day.
  • Warm weather all year round. Jacket for speedboat ride Ballestas Islands, cold breeze. Closed footwear for Sandboarding.
  • Bring sunglasses and a bandana, very important for the desert. Lots of sandy wind. You can purchase them except in Paracas or Huacachina.
Location
Lima
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Argelt2024
Aug 27, 2024
Great experiences - We didn't know what yo do in Lima. We met some people who did the tour with Perú Bucket List and had a great time. So se booked a day trip with them. Sincerly everything was so easy. Good communication, very organized, knowledgeable guides. The local experiencie in Ica was something very good. The food was so delicious together with the locación. The buggy tour with a sunset at the end made our dat trio amazing. Definitely, we recommed yo anyone travel with Bucket List.
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Scenic54518819628
Aug 19, 2024
A worth it day trip - I would 100% recommend this trip. Rose recommended this trip and it is exactly as she told me it would. I saw sea lions, I saw penguin, I had a great Pisco tasting met some great people. The huacachina sandboarding was so much fun. Special shout out to Avi. He was the best guide.
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123sheylaw
Aug 12, 2024
Best choice - It was wonderful. Very pleasant staff that leaves nothing to be desired! Maurice is competent and helpful and could give me many tips for the trip. Thanks to his contacts, my wallet was found and brought to me for 1.5 hours. Thank you!
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S8906poarmandog
Aug 11, 2024
Excellent trip - I went with my family to Paracas and Maurice’s recommendations and support in logistics for the Ballestas Islands stay and tour was just magical.
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87narendrad
Aug 8, 2024
Good guided tour of Paracus and Huacaccina with wine tasting lunch as a bomus - Great trip with Diego who was very attentive. Lunch and wine tasting was also a great experience. Huaccacina desert experience with sunset view at the end was memorable
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Navigator47377781498
Jul 28, 2024
Wonderful Experience with my tour guide Diego - The experience was great, our guide Diego was very professional and gave us historical information on the bus, he spoke both English and Spanish very well. At the same time, the whole tour is very flexible, we can choose whether we want to participate in the winery lunch or want to arrive at Huacachina in advance. I even took an extra day at Paracas for the Golden Shadow tour in the early evening. The overall experience was great! I really enjoyed the pisco winery experience, I tasted a lot of different flavors of wine. Huachachina's driver are very nice and kind to take pictures for us. Overall it was an absolutely extraordinary experience and highly recommended!
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Donna_m
Jul 28, 2024
Great day! - Great day full of interesting and fun activities. Diego went above and beyond to make sure we had a great time! The bus ride was long and the driving was a little scary but otherwise all was great!
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Manuelg654
Jul 27, 2024
Highly recommended - Highly recommended! It is definitely worth it, it is a combination of nature and sea in paracas with pure adrenaline in the desert
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H9570dijamesw
Aug 12, 2024
Great overall but terrible ending - no food - Said I couldn’t buy water for 2 hours after the trip ended, when I could have bought it before we got in the van to go home. I had to argue with them to let me stop and get water after being in the desert for 2 hours. Then “dinner” was stopping at a crappy gas station that only had junk food. Didn’t eat for 8 hours, then got dropped off where no food was open because it was 11:30pm. Zero communication about how there wouldn’t be any food for dinner. We could have ordered food for pickup and everyone would have plenty of time to get it instead of the 15 minutes at the gas station.
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Marypa9803dh
Jul 27, 2024
Extremely poor service - Avoid, scammers who over promise and under deliver. Unresponsive, poor customer service. Tried to book Paracas Huachachina tour for 26/7, he said it’s available and will send booking confirmation via email but didn’t. After I followed up repeatedly he asked for our ID details again, twice, as he clearly forgot or didn’t have the tour. He said he’ll send confirmation after my follow ups but didn’t. Next day (day before tour) he said he’ll “do it now” but still didn’t. I chased so many times but still no booking confirmation. Scammers. We ended up booking via Lima Experience Tours, so much better! Don’t risk your tours with this dodgy operator.
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