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Stop At: Ballestas Islands, Paracas National Reserve, Pisco Peru

This beautiful reserve is full of life we will see in the islands a large number of seabirds, sea lions and Humboldt penguins, typical animals of this part of the Pacific Ocean.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Huacachina Ica, Balneario de, Huacachina 11000, Peru

These are the most beautiful dunes of America and the only natural oasis too, more than 47 thousand kilometers of white sand dunes make this place the most magical in Peru, here we are going to practice the Sandboarding and we are a walk through the dunes in vehicles Sandboxes

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: El Catador, Fundo 3 Esquinas 102, Ica 11000 Peru

This will be the place where we can stop to eat and if you like to have time to try wines and pisco (This stop is optional.)

Duration: 1 hour

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Included

Local taxes
National Park fees
Local guide
Professional guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Round-trip private transfer
Transport by air-conditioned minivan
Transport by private vehicle
All taxes, fees and handling charges
Entry/Admission - Ballestas Islands
Entry/Admission - Huacachina Ica
Entry/Admission - El Catador

Not included

Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Food and drinks, unless specified
Gratuities
Lunch

Additional

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Children must be accompanied by an adult
A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
In the Paracas reserve only the islands will be visited, there will be no time for another tour.
In the Huacachina oasis the tour lasts an hour if it requires more time will have an extra cost.
In the islands and oasis the services are shared with more people, if you want the private service in the dunes there will be an extra cost.
The visit to the vineyards is optional only if the passengers want it.
The return to Lima could vary from 7pm to 9pm depending on the unforeseen events in the route as traffic or other reasons.
If the passengers wish to return to Lima early we will have to cut the tour
It is very important to know that this tour is not private.
In the boat and buggy the passengers will go alone without a guide.
We leave at 4.30am and arrive at 8am to PARACAS to take the boats, the return to Lima lasts approximately 4 hours.
We can take some time to eat and drink after visiting the Islands.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers

Features

Tourism

80%

Cultural

60%

Reviews

3.5

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Robert F

3 | 2017-08-15

The Ballestas are amazing - and what you'd expect motoring amid crashing waves, viewing tens of thousands of Guanay Cormorants, Sea Lions, Humboldt Penguins and Blue-footed Boobies. The islands reek of ammonia from the guano. The downsides: throngs of tourist-filled boats jockeying for position, and no ability to step foot onto the islands. Huacachina is massive, and if you've never seen a desert, will be impressive, and fun. The dune buggy veers Mad Max-like for a 30-40-minute joy ride with a chance to 'snowboard' on your stomach down sand dunes. Although it's fun, it feels utterly manufactured for tourism. The 'oasis' is an aggressive tourist-catching machinery made up of two dozen buildings blocking your view of the actual water, manned by aggressive hucksters selling water and sunglasses, and marring what should be a pristine environment, given the fact that it's one of the only true desert oases in the Americas. For the nature aspects of the experience, I give it 4 stars. For the tourism machine, 2 stars.

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JONATHAN S

1 | 2017-08-14

It was not a private pick as it was stated. The tour guide did not explain again. It also was 7 hours in a van. The driver took back streets to get back and based on google maps he was going in circles. It would be faster to take the main roads. The description of the tour was not accurate and it should state the times between activities and how time at each activity. Most of the time was driving from place to place not doing the activity

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Kerry O

5 | 2017-06-01

We had such a great time on this tour. The tour guide and driver were both a lot of fun and very flexible in letting us decide how much time we wanted to spend on activities. Definitely recommend this as a day trip from Lima for anyone who wants to see more of the coast.

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