Ica Adventure: Huacachina Dunes and Ballestas Islands

Join a thrilling tour from Lima to Paracas, Ballestas Islands, and Huacachina. Experience marine wildlife, desert dunes, and the mysterious Candelabro.

Duration: 15 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • JW Marriott Hotel Lima - The starting point of the journey. Situated at the junction of Av. Larco and Armendariz, opposite the Larcomar Shopping Center. The journey to Paracas is expected to take around 3 hours.
  • Paracas - Arrival in Paracas is scheduled for around 9:30 am, followed by boarding a boat for the Ballestas Island tour.
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What's Included
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Guide
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Breakfast
  • Pickup hotels from Miraflores is an additional cost of +$10 per person.
Additional Information

Prepare for an unforgettable adventure in Ica and its surroundings! Beyond the thrill of the Huacachina dunes, your journey includes a visit to the breathtaking Ballestas Islands within the stunning Paracas National Reserve. Here, you’ll embark on an exhilarating boat tour around the islands, showcasing Peru’s remarkable marine biodiversity.
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Location
JW Marriott Hotel Lima
Malecón de la Reserva
Crossing between Larco and Armendáriz avenues. In front of the Larcomar Shopping Center.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Palithas17
Sep 20, 2025
Fun visit - It was exciting and full of information about the Peruvian history. Great entertainment and fun activities. Thank you for the friendly helpful hosts.
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Cristina
Sep 13, 2025
Realization of a dream - Fantastic... wonderful place, sea lions, penguins, lots of birds, all very beautiful. Boat trip with exceptional guide. Then we went to the two with bugs, good muuuuito. Beautiful place. Excellent guides. Super recommend.
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Joyce_t
Aug 8, 2025
The trip is great and... - The trip is great and fun. The time control is perfect. So we can catch the midnight flight home smoothly. The customer service and guide are both very understanding and caring.
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Yolanda_a
Jul 15, 2025
A ride to remember - Adventurous dunes, beautiful scenery, and an expensive restaurant. Nice tour guide and great driver.
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Thal_acrystalr2025
Jun 15, 2025
Maravillas - It was a beautiful and safe experience. My tour guide, Valeria, was very attentive. They were very punctual at pickup time, I really liked that
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Kernelpanicf
Apr 21, 2025
Excellent - Excellent tour times, all very organized and fulfilled the itinerary Javiar the guide very attentive and always kept the group informed and organized
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456oscarfabianp
Jul 4, 2025
Ica-Paracas tour experience - I was in agreement with what they offer, compliance, Ballestas Island is the best, the hotel restaurant is very good, the guide was very kind and helpful, to improve I had more expectations in the pisco tour, since I needed to know the manufacturing process
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Marília
Apr 20, 2025
Continuation - Just complement my previous comment. The route described was not the one followed in the day. In the description says "stop in Huacachina...internal part...Hotel Desert. Then outside with bugs lasting 1 hour." If the driver of the Bugue gave us 5 minutes (cried with passenger that should slow down the dune "and that I don't have the whole day and buzinava impacient+ 5 minutes of sandboard... was not 1 hour in Huacachina.
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Silvia
Apr 17, 2025
Beautiful hikes but completely inadequate van - Beautiful excursions. Terrible transport van given the amount of hours: you can not make 10 hours of travel in a day van, in 25 people, all cramped. As other fellow travellers put it "never again"! So the 3 stars are for really beautiful excursions (which deserve 5 stars!), but in reality the organization deserves 1 star: van completely inadequate, always present disturbing music, not particularly nice guide.
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Elianagabrielaalvarv
May 9, 2025
Poor experience - If you have a chance to take a tour with another operator do it. The guide did not show mastery of the itinerary, omitting information about the stops and their times, nor did it maintain a line in the story he made during the tour. Personally I selected this experience to meet Pisco Nietto and the tasting ended up being somewhere else, where there was disorder at the time of charging for lunches. The weather in Huacachina is very short and disorganized, the activities are after lunch and are a bit heavy. The best was the tour to the Islands, where the guide of the place (Rocio), provided a great experience telling the peculiarities of the Islands and their fauna. The bus was very small, next to me was a large person and we were both very uncomfortable.
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From $78
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).