2-Hour Ballestas Islands Tour: Wildlife Adventure

Embark on a thrilling 2-hour tour to the Ballestas Islands from Puerto San Martín. Discover the incredible wildlife, including sea lions, penguins, and a variety of bird species.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Islas Ballestas - Ballestas Islands Tour.- We will board our slider with 02 outboard motors that will take us to the wonderful Ballestas Islands, we stop after about 10 minutes at a northern point of the Paracas peninsula to look at, photograph and film the Chandelier where the guide tourism in summary will explain about the measures, materials of the area and its possible origin. Then we will continue our trip to the most important majestic wildlife sanctuary on the Peruvian coast, where we will observe sea lions, booby birds, pelicans, penguins and other seabirds.
    The return becomes relaxing and enjoying the sea breeze is a natural anti-stress.
What's Included
  • Lifejacket
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Explore the amazing wildlife of the Ballestas Islands, an unmissable experience upon disembarking at the port of San Martín.
We sail through Paracas Bay and see the largest peninsula we have in Peru. We then stop at a northern point of the Paracas peninsula to look at, photograph and film the Candelabra where the tour guide will briefly explain the measurements, materials from the area and its possible origin. The navigation continues and after approximately 15 minutes from Candelabro you reach the Ballestas Islands. Bird watching lovers will find a large number of these such as: seagulls, terns, boobies, cormorants, pelicans, vultures and Humboldt penguins. Definitely the highlight of the tour are the sea lions.

Location
Islas Ballestas
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Traveler38183738140
Sep 21, 2024
Ballestas Islands Unmatched - A beautiful experience! An unmatched Guide! They have all the care that must be taken, the very experienced driver
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Melanietq8311fy
Sep 2, 2024
wonderful tour! - amazing experience! the guide was really informative and kind. we saw penguins and sea lions. the landscape is astonishing!! 😍😍
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Soniayomaraf
Aug 21, 2024
Safe boats and you get food of good prices, accessible - Very nice. Nature Reservation and organized operator. Synchronized times. Safe boats and attentive guides. Food with affordable prices
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N7881npjenniferr
Aug 1, 2024
Excellent experience. - The tour was very nice, the transport felt safe, the guides very good explanation. The beautiful place, worth seeing all the scenery and fauna.
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Jaih855
Jul 24, 2024
Amazing, the best tour guide. - Riccardo is the best tour guide in Peru! Penguins, sea lions, a variety of avian life. What more do you want! Peruuuuuuuuu
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220derp
Jun 11, 2024
Nice tour with good guide - The tour was interesting and the guide was friendly and knowledgeable. We went in June and didn’t see too many animals. But it was still a good experience.
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Mikennan2024
Jun 10, 2024
2-hour boat trip - We saw so many cool things and the guides were so nice and well informed. The boat is well maintained and it was not too rocky.
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Safari12573757484
Jun 8, 2024
Beautiful experience - A beautiful experience seeing sea lions, penguins, crabs and birds in their habitat, with a very good explanation from the guide.
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Jo
Jun 7, 2024
A must do in Paracas - Absolute worth doing this tour. Our guide was really good. Wish they would have speakers further backnin the boat as well. Super interesting to see this mini Galapalos Islands. The boat is safe and in a good condition. The skipper was really good to and maneuvered us close to the rocks but not too close. All over a great experience.
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V7425qrchristianm
Sep 18, 2024
Easy Wildlife Tour - Nice tour to see penguins and sea lions. The guide knew very well about the local fauna and the areas history. In the end, the captain had unexpectedly spotted dolphins, which was a big surprise. Sadly - and not the fault of our boat - another boat almost rammed a dolphin because all the boats tried to get as close as possible to the animals. This does not meet the requirements for uninvasive ecotourism. I hope this doesn't happen often.
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