From Lima: Ballestas Islands And Huacachina Sandboarding
Experience an unforgettable day trip from Lima to Paracas and Huacachina, featuring a guided boat tour of the Ballestas Islands to see sea lions, penguins, and more in their natural habitat. Explore the stunning Huacachina Desert Oasis at your own pace, then enjoy an exhilarating dune buggy ride and sandboarding adventure, capped off with a breathtaking desert sunset. Travel in comfort with air-conditioned buses and bilingual guides, with optional local cuisine like ceviche and pisco sours to complete your journey.
Highlights
- ✓Enjoy a mix of guided tours and free time on this activity-packed day trip
- ✓Check off plenty of the area’s highlights in just one tour
- ✓Letting someone else drive lets you admire the scenery
- ✓Don’t worry about packing kit, everything you need is provided for ease
What you'll see & do
- ✓Meeting Point option: be OPPOSITE the JW Marriott hotel (Malecon de la Reserva 615, Miraflores) by 5:30 am — wait near the small information kiosk. Pickup/Dropoff & Premium options: we collect you directly from your hotel in central Lima (pickup time confirmed the day before). Then relax on our full-size large bus with A/C, USB ports, and onboard restroom as we travel south along the Pacific coast.
- ✓Take the 2-hour guided boat tour of the Ballestas Islands (10:00 am–12:00 pm), Peru's "mini Galapagos." See sea lions, Humboldt penguins, and thousands of seabirds in their natural habitat, plus the famous Candelabra geoglyph. If you're lucky, you may even spot a dolphin or three!
- ✓After Paracas, continue your journey to a local pisco vineyard, where you will learn how Peruvian pisco is made and taste the different varieties produced there. You will have time here to have lunch, and try local gastronomy! (lunch not included).
- ✓Depart to Huacachina, you will have some free time before going on the buggy and sandboarding tour, so you can explore around the oasis.
- ✓Go up the dunes on a buggy, sandboard down, and finish with a spectacular desert sunset! This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience in the only natural desert oasis in South America. These activities are included with the Premium Option. Booked Meeting Point or Pickup/Dropoff? You can decide and add on these activities with your guide on the bus.
- ✓Depart Huacachina at approximately 7:00 pm and arrive back in Lima around 11:30–11:45 pm. Meeting Point travelers are dropped where the tour began; Pickup/Dropoff and Premium travelers are returned directly to their hotel.
What's included
- ✓Visit to a local pisco vineyard with pisco tasting
- ✓Roundtrip with Air Conditioning, clean restroom, USB Ports, and a large storage room
- ✓Dune Buggy and Sandboarding Tour (with Premium Option Only)
- ✓2 hour Guided Ballestas Islands Boat Trip in Paracas
- ✓Local Tax 16 PEN in Paracas, 8 PEN in Huacachina (with Premium Option Only)
- ✓Free time to explore Huacachina Oasis
- ✓Pick up and drop off (with Pickup/Dropoff & Premium Options)
- ✓Bilingual professional tour guide
What's not included
- ✓Food and drinks
Good to know
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please bring breakfast with you (direct bus).
Bring sunscreen, it is hot all year round in Paracas and Huacachina.
Prepare light-weight jumper/jacket for speedboat ride to Ballestas. Closed-toe footwear for Sandboarding.
Minimum age for the dune buggy and sandboarding is 7 years old
The tour runs with slight adjustments during the following holidays: Easter weekend (April 2-5) and Peru's Independence Day celebrations (July 25-28). The pick-up time will be 1 hour before the usual time.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
From Lima: Ballestas Islands And Huacachina Sandboarding
Experience an unforgettable day trip from Lima to Paracas and Huacachina, featuring a guided boat tour of the Ballestas Islands to see sea lions, penguins, and more in their natural habitat. Explore the stunning Huacachina Desert Oasis at your own pace, then enjoy an exhilarating dune buggy ride and sandboarding adventure, capped off with a breathtaking desert sunset. Travel in comfort with air-conditioned buses and bilingual guides, with optional local cuisine like ceviche and pisco sours to complete your journey.
Highlights
- ✓Enjoy a mix of guided tours and free time on this activity-packed day trip
- ✓Check off plenty of the area’s highlights in just one tour
- ✓Letting someone else drive lets you admire the scenery
- ✓Don’t worry about packing kit, everything you need is provided for ease
What you'll see & do
- ✓Meeting Point option: be OPPOSITE the JW Marriott hotel (Malecon de la Reserva 615, Miraflores) by 5:30 am — wait near the small information kiosk. Pickup/Dropoff & Premium options: we collect you directly from your hotel in central Lima (pickup time confirmed the day before). Then relax on our full-size large bus with A/C, USB ports, and onboard restroom as we travel south along the Pacific coast.
- ✓Take the 2-hour guided boat tour of the Ballestas Islands (10:00 am–12:00 pm), Peru's "mini Galapagos." See sea lions, Humboldt penguins, and thousands of seabirds in their natural habitat, plus the famous Candelabra geoglyph. If you're lucky, you may even spot a dolphin or three!
- ✓After Paracas, continue your journey to a local pisco vineyard, where you will learn how Peruvian pisco is made and taste the different varieties produced there. You will have time here to have lunch, and try local gastronomy! (lunch not included).
- ✓Depart to Huacachina, you will have some free time before going on the buggy and sandboarding tour, so you can explore around the oasis.
- ✓Go up the dunes on a buggy, sandboard down, and finish with a spectacular desert sunset! This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience in the only natural desert oasis in South America. These activities are included with the Premium Option. Booked Meeting Point or Pickup/Dropoff? You can decide and add on these activities with your guide on the bus.
- ✓Depart Huacachina at approximately 7:00 pm and arrive back in Lima around 11:30–11:45 pm. Meeting Point travelers are dropped where the tour began; Pickup/Dropoff and Premium travelers are returned directly to their hotel.
What's included
- ✓Visit to a local pisco vineyard with pisco tasting
- ✓Roundtrip with Air Conditioning, clean restroom, USB Ports, and a large storage room
- ✓Dune Buggy and Sandboarding Tour (with Premium Option Only)
- ✓2 hour Guided Ballestas Islands Boat Trip in Paracas
- ✓Local Tax 16 PEN in Paracas, 8 PEN in Huacachina (with Premium Option Only)
- ✓Free time to explore Huacachina Oasis
- ✓Pick up and drop off (with Pickup/Dropoff & Premium Options)
- ✓Bilingual professional tour guide
What's not included
- ✓Food and drinks
Good to know
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please bring breakfast with you (direct bus).
Bring sunscreen, it is hot all year round in Paracas and Huacachina.
Prepare light-weight jumper/jacket for speedboat ride to Ballestas. Closed-toe footwear for Sandboarding.
Minimum age for the dune buggy and sandboarding is 7 years old
The tour runs with slight adjustments during the following holidays: Easter weekend (April 2-5) and Peru's Independence Day celebrations (July 25-28). The pick-up time will be 1 hour before the usual time.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.