Full Day Tour From Lima: Paracas and Huacachina Oasis
Description
INCREDIBLE & AUTHENTIC Day Trip from Lima to Paracas and Huacachina at local prices! This day trip from Lima includes the following incredible experiences: 1. A once-in-a-lifetime visit to Huacachina Desert Oasis with free time to explore the Oasis 2. Dune Buggy up & Sandboard finishing with a spectacular Sunset view in the middle of the Desert. 3. A trip to the Ballestas Islands in Paracas! See Sealions, Penguins and more in their natural habitat. 4. A visit to a local pisco vineyard to learn how pisco is made and taste different varieties. We only use large comfortable buses...other budget operators use smaller minivans. Over 1,500 Tripadvisor reviews, the #1 ranked budget operator!
Tour Options
Itinerary
Meeting Point option: be OPPOSITE the JW Marriott hotel (Malecon de la Reserva 615, Miraflores) by 5:30 am — wait near the small information kiosk. Pickup/Dropoff & Premium options: we collect you directly from your hotel in central Lima (pickup time confirmed the day before). Then relax on our full-size large bus with A/C, USB ports, and onboard restroom as we travel south along the Pacific coast.
Take the 2-hour guided boat tour of the Ballestas Islands (10:00 am–12:00 pm), Peru's "mini Galapagos." See sea lions, Humboldt penguins, and thousands of seabirds in their natural habitat, plus the famous Candelabra geoglyph. If you're lucky, you may even spot a dolphin or three!
After Paracas, continue your journey to a local pisco vineyard, where you will learn how Peruvian pisco is made and taste the different varieties produced there. You will have time here to have lunch, and try local gastronomy! (lunch not included).
Depart to Huacachina, you will have some free time before going on the buggy and sandboarding tour, so you can explore around the oasis.
Go up the dunes on a buggy, sandboard down, and finish with a spectacular desert sunset! This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience in the only natural desert oasis in South America. These activities are included with the Premium Option. Booked Meeting Point or Pickup/Dropoff? You can decide and add on these activities with your guide on the bus.
Depart Huacachina at approximately 7:00 pm and arrive back in Lima around 11:30–11:45 pm. Meeting Point travelers are dropped where the tour began; Pickup/Dropoff and Premium travelers are returned directly to their hotel.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please bring breakfast with you (direct bus).
- Bring sunscreen, it is hot all year round in Paracas and Huacachina.
- Prepare light-weight jumper/jacket for speedboat ride to Ballestas. Closed-toe footwear for Sandboarding.
- Minimum age for the dune buggy and sandboarding is 7 years old
- The tour runs with slight adjustments during the following holidays: Easter weekend (April 2-5) and Peru's Independence Day celebrations (July 25-28). The pick-up time will be 1 hour before the usual time.
Reviews(5,884)
This is one of the best tour I’ve been on with traveling around the world . Our tour guide Luis was amazing speaking spainish and English to Cater to the people . Everything was like described from the pickup point st my hotel by bus then a long ride to the boat for breakfast to see seals . Boat ride was not bad and can be tolerated . We have a very good lunch for purchase and wine tasting that was a good experience . The last part of the day was the sand dunes and sand boarding , catching the sunset and taking shots before sunset was amazing sight . The sandbuggy ride was so much much fun also . Everything turns out to be perfect except for the wrong ride home . Luis did an excellent job . Along with the driver Santiago for getting us there safely .
Amazing experience! Pack snacks, water, and sunscreen. Lucho was an amazing guide. I'd recommend this tour to everyone.
Luis was a wonderful guide and very helpful with answering questions. The boat ride was fun and so was the pisco tasting. My favorite part was our time in the sand dunes. It was soooo worth it!
Luiz was a great guide during the whole day. He was really attentive to us all and made it all workout perfectly. Santiago was also a great driver during all those hours. Couldn't recommend this experiencemore.
Went with a small group of friends and it was amazing. The guide Lucho and the driver Santiaga were very nice to us.
Luis was an amazing guide and really helpful, and Santiago was also very helpful! The experience was amazing, especially the dune buggy rides!
Shout out to our tour guide Pablo and driver Julio for this amazing day trip! Very fun experience and a must do when in Lima!
The tour was great. We saw a lot of different animals around the balestas islands. The oasis was great as well. If you go on the sand buggy tour, you'll visit even more amazing viewing point.
It was a wonderful full-day trip from Lima to Paracas and Huacachina. Although it was a very early pick-up, thankfully, I was able to manage, and the drop-off at my hotel was very late too, at 11:00 PM. Nonetheless, the experience and fun were absolutely amazing. On a side note, I just felt frustrated because there are extra fees that I have to pay on top of what I paid: USD 10 for the tax and USD 20 for the other activities, making it a total of USD for this whole-day activity.
Our guide was Marjorie and what can I say about her? Great, friendly and kind! Which made us feel more secure on the ride. Our driver Júlio, knows the road well and drive with peace of mind. For the Paracas tour we went on one of the best boats of Mathius. Already in Huacachina our driver was Pedro, as well as the others was friendly and very fun. We recommend
