Peru Island Tour: Explore Paracas Wildlife

Explore Paracas Islands and Reserve: Marvel at rock formations, spot Humboldt penguins, sea lions, and marine birds. Enjoy personalized yacht and land tours.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Atracadero Artesanal “El Chaco” - Arrival at Paracas City (tourist pier)
  • Islas Ballestas - A two-hour excursion to the Ballestas Islands, where visitors can observe marine birds, sea lions, Humboldt penguins, and Inka terns. On the way to the islands, there is an opportunity to view the mysterious line resembling the Nazca lines, known as the…
What's Included
  • Pickup and dropoff directly from cruiser terminal
  • English speaking guide
  • All entrance fees
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Bottled water
  • Personal insurance in case of injuries
  • Harbor tax
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Personal expenses
Additional Information

This round-trip tour of Peru’s most famous islands lets you enjoy magnificent rocks formations sculpted by nature and is home of Humboldt penguins, south Americans sea lions and a multitude of marine birds.
All yacht tours include a trained, certified, registered yatchsman and crewman/guide onboard. Our yacht services are insured and registered with all…

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Wherenextusay
Feb 5, 2025
Excellent tour covered all the best in Paracas - Really enjoyed this tour. Lucio our guide was excellent and knowledgeable. From the wildlife on the Ballestas to the nature preserve and museum, we had a great day of touring the area around Paracas.
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Brendanq3809zv
Feb 4, 2025
Highly recommend! - We had a fantastic tour with Lucio! We were in contact from the time we booked and everything was so well organized! Perfect amount of information and time for ourselves. There were only 9 of us on the tour so we had lots of room to take pictures from all areas of the boat, got up close to the penguins and sea lions, the driver of the boat had exceptional skills navigating around the rocky shores. We saw other tours with boats packed full of people so we felt that we were very fortunate to have such a personalized tour. Highly recommend South American Secrets!
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Maureen777_11
Dec 30, 2024
Go with South America Secrets - My wife and I highly enjoyed the Islas Ballestas tour with Lucio and his associates. Lucio has a high level of knowledge of the area and it's history. From the time we met them at the ship through our return, I can honestly say everyone on the tour was super happy Lucio was out guide. On our way to Islas Ballestas, they took a detour to another smaller island to show us more wildlife. What a bonus. None of the other tour company boats did this. Besides the boat tour, we also visited the town of Paracas, a museum, a high desert peak and saw a nacza line The entire tour lasted 5-6. I highly recommend you book your tour with South America Secrets.
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Onicaras
Dec 22, 2024
Great Tour - Great tour. Guides and staff were very organised and helpful . Tour guide was informative and friendly. Highly recommend the tour especially if on a cruise. We booked the small group tour which was well worth it. All round a great experience. Thank you
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3osminl
Nov 25, 2024
Travel to Peru ica-Paracas - Our group was very fun, we took amazing pictures, the guide was friendly and fun, I would definitely recommend this tour
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Winstonb599
Sep 9, 2024
Book with South American Secrets - I'm so glad to have met Lucio who arranged private tours and transportation for us from Paracas to a pisco tasting and riding sand buggies and sandboarding in Huacachina, and the next day skipping the line for a Ballestas Island and Paracas National Reserve tours. He was very accommodating to what we wanted to do and even picked us up and dropped us off from the bus station. He made planning very easy and seamless and we would definitely book with him again!
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Thomas
Sep 3, 2024
Prima Bootstour - We booked a round trip to the Ballestas Islands. Great explanations and lots of nature, what you experience here. Absolute must when visiting Peru.
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L358cpalanb
Sep 16, 2024
Horrible and deceitful - Terrible. You get tricked with the tour. They tell you it lasts 2 hours but only lasts a little more than 1 hour. The boats uncomfortable and do not offer good views. I wouldn't generally put this boat back on.
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