Full Day Excursion in Paracas, Ica, and Huacachina: Explore Lima's Natural Sights
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71 Ratings
Miraflores
Embark on a full-day excursion from Lima to Paracas, Ica, and Huacachina. Explore natural sights, visit the Ballestas Islands, ride a dune buggy, and go sandboarding in the desert oasis.
Duration: 15 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Paracas - Arrive in Paracas around 9:45 a.m., then you will go with your guide to the port to board the boat for the tour to Isla Ballestas.
  • Islas Ballestas - Boat tour to the Ballestas Islands to see the penguins and sea lions in their natural habitat, and more than 50 others species of animals. There we will have a tour for approximately 2 hours, where we will explain about the famous mysterious “Candelabra” that we will see on the hill and about all the marine fauna that inhabits the place.
  • Pisco Nietto - We will then visit a “Nietto” or “Taster” winery. We will stop to eat at this place (food not included).
    After eat, we will have a free tasting of our national drink “Pisco” and drinks based on this liquor.
    We will explain the process of making the drink so that they end up tasting its fantastic flavor with good and fun typical toasts. We will have nice tasting there !
  • Huacachina Oasis - Arrive to Ica (Huacachina). In this beautiful oasis, you can enjoy of the quiet place and walking around the lake and take unforgettable pictures.
  • Huacachina Oasis - Get your adrenaline flowing on a small-group dune buggy and sandboarding tour in Huacachina.
    The excursion begins with a thrilling 4WD ride through the dunes. With an experienced driver behind the vehicle’s wheel, you’re free to let go and embrace the adventure. At the top of the dunes, you can give sandboarding a try.
What's Included
  • Bilingual guide (English/Spanish)
  • Adventurous dune buggy experience
  • Scenic 2-hour boat ride to Isla Ballestas
  • Exciting sandboarding activity
  • Transparent pricing with no hidden fees
What's Not Included
  • Pick up & Drop Off hotel
  • Lunch
  • Local taxes (20 soles)
Additional Information

Don’t let time constraints in Lima stop you from visiting Huacachina and Paracas. See the desert oasis and natural sights on a full-day excursion, ideal for travelers short on time.

After traveling to Paracas, you will embark on a tour of the Ballestas Islands, often compared to the Galapagos Islands, to see colonies of sea lions and seals.

Next, explore the Huacachina desert in a dune buggy and go sandboarding. Includes round-trip hotel transfers. Take a boat tour of the Ballestas Islands, a natural paradise in Paracas.

You will be able to admire sea lions, seals and rare bird species in their natural environment Ride a buggy through the dunes and go sandboarding in the desert oasis of Huacachina Includes transfers from your hotel in Miraflores & Barranco

  • The total duration includes travel time.
  • It sometimes happens that the sea is too rough to visit the Ballestas Islands by boat. If a weather report announcing a storm, we may cancel the boat tour around the Ballestas Islands for security reasons. In this case a financial reimbursement will be refunded to you ($10 per person) or another activity will be proposed
  • Baby under 1 year old can come, but cannot participate in activities of the day
Location
JW Marriott Hotel Lima
Malecón de la Reserva
Near Larcomar , in Front of the Marriot hotel. Our bus will be there at the pickup time. In exceptional situation, the meeting point may vary to avoid traffic or closing road (In Saga Falabella de Miraflores), we will let you know the day before
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Eric_a
May 23, 2024
Fun tour - The trip was a lot of fun. Everyone was very knowledgeable. Sand boarding was the highlight of the trip
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Patrice_s
May 6, 2024
Bated Breadth - Both locations were memorable yet different and the excitement of not knowing what you will see and the thrill of the rides were fulfilling
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Marialourdesq167
Apr 18, 2024
Good experience - Excellent tour! I recommended. Good price and good guides. ✌🏻 They answered to me fast and offer many interesting tours than other agencies didn’t have.
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Jacqueline_w
Apr 17, 2024
Penguins, Pisco and Dune Buggies...What a day!!! - We had a great time on this tour! The price was fantastic and both the guide and our bus operator were experienced and professional. My only suggestion: Carry extra cash with you. There are points in the tour when you will need small amounts of the local currency.
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Richardvm3815cy
Apr 8, 2024
Wonderful day between desert and sea - A superb day to discover the desert with its oasis and at sea to see this magnificent marine diversity. the organization was top, I recommend it with my eyes closed.
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Mandy_b
Apr 10, 2024
Great Day! - The sights themselves were absolutely incredible. The bus was quite comfortable, though the on board toilet was out of order, making it a bit difficult for such a lot of driving. Our tour guides were excellent and made sure to take great care of us. We loved the lunch options and Pisco tasting. Huachacina is incredible. We did find that we did not have enough time there. It was a bit too rushed.
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405maricat
Apr 21, 2024
Cool experience but tour time could be reduced - Overall the tour was average. I enjoyed going to both Parascus and Huacachina. A lot of time was wasted on “food stops”. A recommendation to bring snacks was in the tour description. We stopped for breakfast along the way which took longer than expected. If people brought snacks with them, this should have only been a restroom stop. We also stopped at a restaurant for lunch and wine tasting which also lasted much longer than expected. We were never told how much time we would be at each food stop. More time should’ve been allotted for Huacachina. I understand this is a full day tour but some of the food stops amd the wine tasting could have been eliminated or cut in half.
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Emma_h
Apr 12, 2024
Huacachina good, tour not so much - The tour started with a really early pick up which was chaotic. Despite being told to be on time (or early!), we waiting 20minutes at the Marriott on the bus, presumably for late passengers with no explanation. The coach was full - we were about 50 people. At one point in the day, 2 guests got on the wrong bus and despite us telling the guide they didn't seem that bothered. Luckily, the 2 passengers realised and the bus they had mistakenly taken brought them back so they could rejoin our group. Didn't fill us with confidence! There were two guides with the main guide shouting into a megaphone for much of the day. It felt very much like we were being herded from place to place - not personalised, no good information, and they were quite rude / unfriendly. Paracas part was fine. 30min boat trip out to sea for a 10min trip around the rocks where you can see penguins and seals (from a distance) and then 30min boat trip back. Boat had no shade cover (other operator boats did) so make sure to bring sun protection. Quite a few up-sell points (in Paracas we stopped for 15mins in a souvenir shop to "taste chocolate" which was a small piece of chocolate followed by waiting there for 15mins while staff tried to get you to buy it. Second upsell was after lunch with a pisco tasting and then another sell to try and get you to buy the products). Lunch was tasty but isn't included so keep this in mind. Huacachina was very cool but the sandboarding "experience" we were only allowed to do twice - not very much at all! Back on the bus after not a huge amount of time and we were back to Lima by 10pm. Overall, we'd recommend going to Huacachina but not doing this tour which had lots of other things that weren't very interesting / good and made the day incredibly long.
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Singh1868
May 21, 2024
Not worth it - I don’t think this tour is worth it. The tour guides were nice but we got back at midnight at the drop off location, so that’s 19 hours… I think these Pisco tasting could have been skipped, there were two in total and it just seemed like a sales pitch to me. We were on the boat in Paracas for about 1.5 hours and in Huacachina for just over an hour. The sand surfing (we weren’t allowed to stand) only lasted for about 20 mins. If you are going to book this, just expect A LOT of sitting down in the bus. I feel the duration on this website is false advertising. It says in one place 14/15 hours, then in the what to expect section it says return time is around 10.30pm, but with us there was not much traffic at all so I can’t understand why we got back at midnight. So unfortunately, I do not recommend.
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87vin_ciusd
May 10, 2024
Horrible service - The service was horrible. I requested to reschedule my tour in advance and Izi Peru didn’t respect the cancellation/reschedule policy, triyng to charge 65 dolars fee for rescheduling (the same vallue as the ticket tour). Wasn’t able to go to the trip with my friends. My friends, who went to the trip didn’t enjoy, the trip guides are very rude.
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