Full Day Adventure: Explore Paracas, Ica, and Huacachina Oasis from Lima
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Lima

Experience a day rich in enchantment, thrill and exhilaration south of Lima, as we explore the most crucial sea lions reserve in South America. Our journey also includes a visit to the Huacachina Oasis. Engage in adventure sports and become familiar with Peru’s signature beverage, the ‘Pisco Sour’.

Duration: 17 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Lima - We start the tour by picking up each traveler from their Hotel or Airbnb Our pick-up points included in the price are: Miraflores, Barraco, San Isidro and Downtown Lima.
    If you are staying in Callao, Magdalena or the Airport, it will have an additional cost of $10 to pick it up and another $10 to drop it off at your hotel or Airbnb. Our recommendation is that you choose to stay in Miraflores.
  • Islas Ballestas - Once all the travelers have been collected, we will depart towards the Paracas Spa (approximately 04 hours of travel) in tourist mobility from the chosen concentration place. Arrival at the Port of Paracas “El Chaco”. We will visit Ballestas Islands where you can see the famous chandelier, an enigmatic geoglyph 180 m long and 1.2 m deep that can only be seen from the sea or the air due to its location. We continue with our journey to the Ballestas Islands where we will be able to appreciate important marine fauna, such as large colonies of guano birds, Humboldt penguins and the friendly sea lions, with a little luck we will be able to see dolphins. The tour lasts 2 hours.
  • Huacachina - Arrival to the City of Ica, lunch at the Hacienda el Catador (Menu not included).
    We will also visit the Bodega el Catador, where the grape brandy, famously known as Pisco, is made. Old Bodega Fundo Tres Esquinas, where we’ll show you the entire process of how Peruvian Wine and Pisco is made in an artisanal way since 1856, guided by an experienced worker from the winery. Here we’ll find antique pieces such as Barro Botijas, Copper Skirt and Huarango press which are used today. After visiting the winery’s facilities, visitors will be invited to taste the main products made in the winery: Wines, Piscos, Pisco Creams and Mistelas. Accompanying with dynamic phrases Typical of the city of Ica.
    Finally, arrival at the Oasis de la Huacachina, which is located just 5km from the center of the city of Ica. In this beautiful lagoon, visitors will be able to enjoy the tranquility of the place, walk around in search of good photos and practice adventure sports such as Buggies and Sandboarding.
  • Lima - Depart from Chincha to the city of Lima. Arrival in Lima.
What's Included
  • Huacachina oasis visit
  • Guided tour with an official guide
  • Air-conditioned transport
  • All fees and taxes included
  • Explore the Ballestas Islands
  • Pisco Sour tasting experience
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Breakfast
  • Dinner
  • Option to arrange an additional pick-up service for an additional cost of $15 each way
Location
Lima
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Hectorhb2361qt
Mar 28, 2024
Hermoso trip a paracas y huancachina - It was a beautiful trip with my boyfriend. Learned a lot about Peruvian culture and gastronomy as well. Our guide was very knowledgeable and polite. They were also very accommodating and worked very well with our hotel.
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Avilla1k
Mar 25, 2024
Solo trip March 2024 - Great experience, Manuel is a good guide! And very good activities. Quite a few places , without rush and everything could be done well!
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Companion54127042806
Mar 25, 2024
Exciting Peruvian adventure - Another wonderful experience in Peru. Our guide, Edgar was fantastic. I would highly recommend this excursion to those looking for a full day of sightseeing and a look at the Peruvian culture.
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Danielrz9838fe
Mar 22, 2024
Awesome trip. Do it! - Honestly, I thought it was going to be terrifying, but it was so much fun! The boat to las Islas Ballestas was a bit … wet, and definitely try to sit on the left side, but once we got there, I got some good photos. The pisco tasting was so much fun, and the food was really tasty. Then, the oasis was neat, but the highlight was the dune buggy and sand boarding. The dune buggy part definitely had me screaming at the top of my lungs, but it was more exhilarating than scary. And the sand boarding was really really fun. The two worst parts? (1) the sand in your shoes after that is unavoidable and (2) the length of the trip itself. But you can sleep in the van, and it’s totally worth it.
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Rociovc9265li
Mar 17, 2024
Was amazing and fun food and company was great our guide was kind friendly and nolidgable - My wife Rocio and I had a great day...I would recommend the tour very much...we had so much fun and met some wonderful people
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Climber56542502466
Mar 17, 2024
Amazing! - This tour was just amazing! Everything on time, excellent service, great places, great transportation.. 100% recommended!
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Irochef
Mar 16, 2024
Amazing tour, 11/10 - This tour was absolutely unreal. Super long day but it’s worth the early wake up. Every stop was amazing in its own way. We booked this for Huacachina but Paracas and Ica were equally as amazing. Can’t recommend this enough.
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Sofiape9894hx
Feb 29, 2024
Amazing a must !!!!!!!!!!!!!!100 - Wow what an amazing experience ! It was the best excursion I have ever experienced, the whole trip was Amazing ! From the wine tasting to the sea lions to the sand boarding will never forget !!!!!! The whole staff , driver so experienced and professional . I will recommend to anyone that’s adventurous and wants to have a great time !!!!!!!!!!!!!! We loved it so much we can’t stop talking about how much fun we had !
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Marinaki13
Feb 21, 2024
Loved it - The trip was amazing! We had a great time, especially at the pisco tasting and the Huacachina dessert. The only downside is the length of the trip which starts at 4am, but was totally worth it.
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Yanirag56
Feb 12, 2024
Amazing full day experience! - For sure my favorite part of my Peru trip! To start, the fact that they picked me up/dropped me off from right outside my hotel was incredibly convenient. The islands in Paracas was a nice way to see some of the marine life, and I was not expecting to see one of the nazca lines there but it added to the experience. The pisco tour was wonderful, I loved trying out the different pisco products made from the grapes and I purchased some to take home with me. Lastly, the Huacachina oasis was a phenomenal experience. It’s a much smaller area than I had expected so the free time we were given was plenty to walk around. Next were the dune buggies to take us sand boarding. Included in the cost is body boarding but a couple of people in the group wanted to do the stand up sand boarding, like snowboarding. They let our guide know ahead of time so for an extra fee they were allowed to get some boards fitted to their feet prior to getting on the dune buggies. The dune buggie driving was amazing! It was such beautiful scenery and the jumps from the dunes felt like I was on a rollercoaster, so so fun. We were driven to a couple dunes in increasing heights to go sand boarding and ended it by watching the sunset on the top of a desert dune. Simply beautiful. I will note that the food is not included in the costs and that you should be somewhat familiar with spanish but certainly don’t need to be fluent. I would highly recommend this tour if you’re considering it!
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