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
  • Entrance fee to Ballestas Islands Adult: 16 Soles (USD 4.20 approx.), Child: 8 soles (USD 2.10 approx.)
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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Shixuan_z
May 11, 2025
Great Experience! - The captain was amazing. Managed to see all the animals we wanted to see. Also saw the super precious red leg cormorants
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Gabriela
May 7, 2025
Sealions galore! - Amazing. Guide and captain were awesome, a lot of information and we spotted penguins, pelicans and a LOT of sea lions. Worth every penny!
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376virginiap
May 3, 2025
Beautiful - Worth the walk amazing views. It leaves in the morning it's not very long you can't get off the boat Give you time to photograph
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Carlossw6944zs
Apr 16, 2025
Great experience with Paracas Explorer - Very good service offered, 100% fulfillment of our reservation we made in advance. It was a tailor-made experience.
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Scenic31684699265
Jan 13, 2025
Good experience on the Ballestas Islands tour - Very good experience, it was pretty quick and tidy. The guide explained the information about the site very well and were very friendly.
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Navigator298544
Jan 3, 2025
Nice walk - The walk to the island was very pleasant. The excellent guide. We managed to see the candlestick, a figure of Nasca lines, some very interesting islets. There weren't many animals. Few penguins and seals may be the month of January.
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Y2135nngabrielag
Apr 29, 2025
Boat trip - Very good explanation of the guide. Excellent tour, we saw everything even though we did not go directly to the island because of the weather conditions.
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Hannah_g
Feb 19, 2025
A nice boat ride to see... - A nice boat ride to see some of the wildlife on the islands. Efficient and the guide spoke English and Spanish for us.
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Marioneide
Mar 18, 2025
The nature of the place is beautiful. - Our tour was on March 18, 10:00. The trip to the islands was quiet, some people got wet a little bit, but all right. I found the sea lions beautiful in their habitat. We saw two penguins far away and the birds of the place. Nothing spectacular, but beautiful. Now, the turn, gentlemen, was horrible. More than half of the travellers got wet, and it wasn't too much. The navigation was ostensive, throwing a lot of water into the boat. Although we understood that could happen, other boats arrived at the same time and dry, only our boat was absurdly wet. I think it's important that you put a warning for people to take an extra change of clothes, as it's complicated to pass a wet day.
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Laura
Jan 4, 2025
Beautiful tour, super worth it, but the company is exploratory - The walk is very beautiful and really worth it. However, I was quite disappointed with the collection. The company charged me 16 soles, plus a 5% fee for card payment, claiming it was the value of the reservation entry. However, when I got there, I found that the entrance cost only 5 soles. It made me feel misled and exploited. For this reason, I would not recommend taking the tour with this company.
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From $20
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).