Paracas Highlights - Olinka our tour guide was amazing! This trip was a great value for the money. I was able to visit both the Ballastas Islands and the Paracas National Park during our stop. The cruise line only offered either one and was charging double the money.

Over all great tour! - They made it very easy went arriving by cruise ship. The boarding of the boat was a bit unorganized and we were nearly disconnected from the other 16 passengers on our tour. We had to be assertive to be with our group which was going on to a bus tour after the boat and was nearly loaded on a boat only going to the island tour. The step up out of the boat was nearly 2 feet high and my knee gave out so I was too injured to walk at the national park. They needed to add a step so the rise wasn't to extraordinarily high.

Excellent excursion - Excellent excursion. Knowledgeable guide. We saw lot of wild life. National Reserve is the place that beyond our expectation’s

Book your trip with Paracas Explorer - Our cruise ship stopped in Paracas for one day. We wanted to see as much as possible in a short time. We booked the Ballestas Islands boat tour and National Reserve land tour with Paracas Explorer. Our guide, Abigail, on the boat tour was excellent. She knew all about the birds and animals that we saw. Her english was excellent. Manuel, our guide on the land tour, was also excellent. His knowledge of the unique area, its history and role in early cultures made for a fascinating tour. His english was also excellent.

To see Ballestas and Paracas, this is perfect. - I really enjoyed this tour. The only complaint I have is the amount of time we waited to get on the boat. It was super crowded and I'm not sure how that can be fixed. BUT, the tour was great! I was super impressed with the captain's boating skills. The islands were great! Saw all the animals they advertise and even 6 Humboldt penguins!!! That was a great suprise. The bus part of the tour took us to some really great viewpoints and our guide answered every question. Thank you!

Ballistas Islands good, skip the Paracas Reserve - We enjoyed the speed boat ride with 49 of our friends, to see the Candlelabra, penguins, sea lions and a variety of birds. Remember to use the restroom before departing. The boat ride is about one and a half hours (50 cents /person to use). The Paracas Reserve should have been dropped. Nothing to see in the desert.

Good experience - The tour was great with very knowledgeable guides. It was time well spent. They need to be more organized in meeting the passengers. It was very difficult to find the tour & then it took a lot of time to get organized.

Not recommended. - The company that ran the trip said that they had emailed us to start the trip at 8:00am instead of 9:15 which. Trip was not organized well.

Do it yourself - The itinerary could have been done without a tour. The guide was nice. The boat trip was a crowded public marina. The national reserve only stopped at the tourist lookouts. Very little value for the money.

Ripped Off - I contacted the tour operator a couple days prior to the date of the excursion as I was not completely sure where we were meeting. I gave him the name of the ship and our arrival time and received some time later an assurance that we would be met in the port. As it turned out, private tour operators are not allowed in the port, so we had to take a bus to the main entrance. When I arrived, I sent a message via WhatsApp to let him know we were there. No response. I sent another. No response. I tried a phone call. No answer. By now we had met about eight other people who had booked with the same tour operator. None of them had been able to make contact. I message Viator and asked them to call the operator. They had no response either. Viator should be ashamed for allowing this person to operate. Avoid this tour at all costs!