Mar 16, 2025
Amazing!!! - Amazing experience!!! Would recommend to everyone, it was a long day but our guide made the experience so easy and enjoyable. 10/10!
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Feb 23, 2025
Book it! - Very long day but worth it. It was a very organized pickup with constant updates via WhatsApp.
3 hour drive to Ballesta Islands, straight to breakfast (not included). Island boat ride was great! Captain gave plenty of time for both sides of the boat to take photos and see wildlife. Knowledgeable crew!
We tasted chocolate at a nearby souvenir shop- no official speech or details. We did have a short presentation about the alpaca wool.
Lunch was good (pay separate), made for large parties. Pisco tour and tasting was a lot of fun!
The sand dunes were definitely the highlight. You are not able to drive the buggies but they go FAST and it is a wild ride!!! We had time after for body surfing down the dunes on the sand boards. We had a blast and left very sandy! The sunset was gorgeous! Make sure to carry as little valuables as possible for this.
4 hour ride home makes for a long day but very awesome experience!
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Jan 27, 2025
Great Value! Recommended Day Tour from Lima - This tour is an absolute must! You start early in the morning from Lima and head to Ballestas Islands, followed by pisco and wine tasting, and end at the Huacachina Oasis for dune buggy rides and sandboarding.
At Ballestas Islands, you take a couple-hour boat tour where you can spot whales, the Nazca Lines, sea lions, and penguins. The nearby town is charming, and you can walk around to buy souvenirs.
Next, you head to Ica to enjoy a beautiful sunset while trying a variety of pisco and wines. Lunch is also included here.
Finally, you visit the incredible Huacachina Oasis, surrounded by endless desert dunes. You get to ride dune buggies for an exhilarating experience and try sandboarding—it’s unforgettable!
This tour is absolutely worth it! We chose to stay overnight and arranged a private car to return to Lima the next day, but most people head back the same day. Highly recommend it!
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Oct 23, 2024
Stunning Views and Great Experience Sand Boarding! - From start to finish the tour was well organised and instructions clearly given via Whatsapp. We started with a simple boat tour at Paracas followed by the sand dunes at Huacachina. The rides on the sand buggy’s was thrilling and fun and the sand boarding experience was great too! Ended the day with beautiful sunset pics on the sand dunes.
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Sep 28, 2024
Great tour - The tour was true to the package description, our tour guide was great alot of knowledge and very helpful and make the trip fun. HIGHLY RECOMMEND a must do on my next trip back.
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Jun 25, 2024
Awesome tour. - Full day almost 16 hours tour. Though a long drive the Ballestas Island and Huacachina experience was awesome.
Specially the time in the sand dunes was great.
Wish we got more description of Candelabra in the Island tour.
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Feb 10, 2024
Excellent company - Peru Hop company met expectations, being organized, meeting schedules, with comfortable buses.
Highlight for our guide Arturo, who was always available, attentive and polite. Excellent professional.
Highlight for our driver, who drove us responsibly and safely.
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Sep 12, 2023
Outdoor adrenaline and cultural adventure awaits you - It was an exhilarating , adrenaline fun filled day with a great group of people and our guide Nilo Lex! Totally enjoyed the Ballestas Islands cruise to see penguins, seals, sea lions and dolphins and many birds. The Pisco Winery was informative on how they made wine centuries ago vs now and we tasted many types of Pisco...delicious and a little tipsy after. Finally we arrived at the dunebuggying/ sandboarding Oasis in the desert Huacachina as Nilo called it. It was like a roller coaster in the sand st 80 to 200km with 3 stops to sand board and watch the sunset 🌇. Very soft sand and beautiful valley! I highly recommend this and our crazy( but safe ) driver Pepe!
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May 9, 2023
Value and Quality for the Price, for sure - This was an unforgettable experience. The tour guide was so amazing and communicative - the ride was long (3 hours), but once you’re there, they ensure you have a worthwhile day. We tasted chocolate from the locals, saw hundreds of wild birds, dolphins, and sea lions. We even got lucky and they found 2 penguins! The atacoma desert was the highlight where our driver drove through a track on the sand dunes. It didn’t feel over crowded and made for the best photos you could ask for. Our guide let us watch the sun set on the dunes!! Not to mention the AMAZING high quality dining experience at the winery - such delicious wines and the best food we had ALL WEEK.
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Nov 22, 2022
No call, no show - The bus never picked me up or called. I was very disappointed as I waited 45 minutes outside. I waited outside the hotel pickup area. I was the only one out there for 45 mins. No one has contacted me still
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