Ballestas Islands Boat Tour: Explore Wildlife Sanctuary on Peruvian Coast

Embark on a thrilling boat tour to the Ballestas Islands, a wildlife sanctuary on the Peruvian coast. Observe sea lions, silly birds, pelicans, penguins, and other seabirds in their natural habitat.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Chandelier - We stop after navigating 10 minutes to be able to carefully appreciate a northern point of the Paracas peninsula. Where you can look at, photograph and film the Chandelier where the tour guide will briefly explain about the measurements, materials from the area and their possible origin.
  • Islas Ballestas - The navigation…
What's Included
  • Lifejacket
  • Official Tourism Guide
What's Not Included
  • Snacks
  • Admission fees
Additional Information

The journey to Ballestas Islands starts from El Chaco’s artisan and tourist pier. Our sea vessel carrying 02 outboard engines will shuttle us to the amazing Ballestas Islands, home to the most significant wildlife refuge on Peru’s coastline, where a variety of marine creatures such as sea lions, goofy birds, pelicans, penguins, and other oceanic birds…

Location
Travel agency Paracas Explorer
We will meet at our office 30 minutes in advance, to go to the dock to board. It is a 2-minute walk away.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Meander50679733865
Mar 7, 2026
Good experience - Very good service, friendly and very dynamic guide, recommended 100%
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Felix_b
Feb 21, 2026
Great tour to Peru’s mini Galapagos - Very nice tour, our tour guide gave us lots of information of the area, the geoglyph, and the islands were great to see. We saw some Humboldt penguins and lots of sea lions. Definitely worth the price.
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Ninav736
Feb 2, 2026
A beautiful tour to know the marine nature - It was nice. We even saw a whale apart from all the other animals like sea lions, many pretty birds, crabs, sea suns, hedgehogs, cormorants etc. The explanations are also very interesting. And the guide very patient and very friendly.
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Z8100crdianag
Jan 28, 2026
Mexicans in Lima - Excellent explanation, attention and service of Mr. Enrique Ricardo as a guide and Joshua as a sailor, we could see and enjoy with love and affection the animals of his habitation
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A0bhn
Jan 27, 2026
Great experience - Great trip - We got to see lots of different types of birds, sea lions, dolphins and penguins! The guide was very insightful, would highly recommend :)
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Conrado_r
Jan 14, 2026
Nice walk. Very... - Nice walk. Very interesting to know that there is environmental conservation work to the species that inhabit and frequent the Ballestas islands.
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Goplaces13243467438
Dec 19, 2025
Very good tour - Amazing paracas island tour experience and guide, we could see sea lions, penguins and more, we highly recommend!
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Anagb5762xl
Dec 6, 2025
Beautiful experience in Paracas and Crossbow Island - It was a beautiful experience seeing the peninsula and crossbow island. Sea lions and penguins in their habitat beautiful!! The guide told us a lot about its particularities and the history of the island.
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Z8616vgsharong
Dec 6, 2025
Just perfect - Everything about the trip was wonderful. From checkin to tour guide to boat pilot to the Balastas was the best it could be.
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Passenger52994258455
Mar 12, 2026
Nothing special - It’s nothing special if you have seen wildlife before. The island is not so stunning and basically a rock covered in bird poo. You spend only like 35 min at the island.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).