2-Hour Ballestas Islands Tour: Wildlife Adventure

Embark on a thrilling 2-hour tour to the Ballestas Islands from Puerto San Martín. Discover the incredible wildlife, including sea lions, penguins, and a variety of bird species.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Islas Ballestas - Ballestas Islands Tour.- We will board our slider with 02 outboard motors that will take us to the wonderful Ballestas Islands, we stop after about 10 minutes at a northern point of the Paracas peninsula to look at, photograph and film the Chandelier where the guide tourism in summary will explain about the measures, materials of…
What's Included
  • Lifejacket
  • All Fees and Taxes
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Explore the amazing wildlife of the Ballestas Islands, an unmissable experience upon disembarking at the port of San Martín.
We sail through Paracas Bay and see the largest peninsula we have in Peru. We then stop at a northern point of the Paracas peninsula to look at, photograph and film the Candelabra where the tour guide will briefly explain the…

Location
Islas Ballestas
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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434sheenas
Mar 14, 2026
Great family tour - Great tour, our family loved seeing the animals! Bilingual guide, safe and comfortable boats. Would definitely recommend!
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Sharonai9708qt
Feb 10, 2026
Very good experience - Very good experience, at this time you could see many sea lions, in addition, the service of the guide was excellent explained each part of the tour, I recommend it !!!!
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Annabellaf182
Jan 27, 2026
Crossbow islands - I went to the crossbow islands, it lasted two hours and we saw sea lions, penguins and other bugs. Ricardo guide is a genius, explains very well and answers all doubts, also offered to take pictures of all passengers haha.
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Judicita2077
Dec 9, 2025
Excellent walk - Totally astonished, cin the ability of the guide to speak French. I loved your explanation. Loved the whole tour, totally recommended
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Nomad11790563993
Oct 4, 2025
Incredible, informative and inolvidable - It was such a great tour. Super pretty views, informative facts, well organized and our guide was very kind and helpful. Would def recommend!
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Ratibao496
Sep 28, 2025
Great experience! Would even do again, French available as well - Had a great time discovering the White island, while Ballestas was closed, we absolutely had a great time learning the facts about the Candelabro, the " best poop in the world" and even got to see penguins! The guide was explaining everything in English and Spanish but also in French +++ definitely recommend.
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865allyl
Sep 17, 2025
Gorgeous Views and Knowledgeable Guide! - My family and I had the pleasure of taking this tour with the incredible guide Oscar. While we were initially disappointed that our tour would have to go to Islas Blancas rather than Islas Ballestas due to ocean conditions, our tour turned out to be better than we could have ever expected! We saw such an impressive range of wildlife - bottle nosed dolphins, Humboldt penguin chicks, red legged cormorants, and of course playful sea lions. The entire experience was elevated by Oscar’s clear passion and expert knowledge of every animal we came across and his incredible eye for spotting wildlife (he didn’t even use binoculars!!!). He gave each explanation clearly in english and spanish. Our captain was also a pro and maneuvered our boat as close as safely possible to get a good view of all the animals, including rotating our boat so each side got a good luck. Highly recommend this excursion, especially if you can get Oscar as your guide!!
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Q4335vewillianm
Sep 7, 2025
Incredible Tour of Ballestas Islands - I took this trip with my wife, and it was all amazing! The guide who took us was Oscar, explained everything very well in both English and Spanish, an excellent professional.
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Carolinaah5747br
Aug 13, 2025
Wonderful experience - Excellent experience, the boats in very good condition, the guide Ricardo was very friendly and provided excellent guidance on everything related to the island, there was enough time for the observation of the different species and at each observation stop the captain turned the boat so that we could all observe and take photos, also the experience was very respectful of the species of the place and nature. Most recommended 👌🏼
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Alexsc1941bz
Aug 13, 2025
I am Alex Saavedra from CAJAMARCA visiting a little corner of my beloved Peru - Knowing the crossbow islands next to the captus was a unique and unforgettable experience to see how rich our Peru has and the guide a very good professional especially very attentive with each of us.
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From $49
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).