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.

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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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G5864mpjesusm
Aug 12, 2025
Recommended 100% - Fabulous exclusion to Ballestas Islands from Paracas. Both the boat guide (Oscar) and the skipper (Jeremy) were very good professionals and made this two-hour excursion, a pleasure for those who boarded with them.The explanations of our guide were great and very clear. It was a pleasure to enjoy those beautiful Islands that we recommend to do to anyone who is in Paracas. When you position yourself on the boat you think that side is better to enjoy the island (starboard or port), however there is no need to worry about Jeremy because he positions the boat in each place so that any passenger can contemplate the place with enough time turning it as many degrees as the lack to not lose detail and that there is no comparison between some passengers or others. Very good pattern always thinking about customers and their satisfaction. In our case I am lucky enough to see a group of seal dolphins) sea lions return. They were very considerate in extending the time needed to contemplate that beauty of marine fauna in their own habitat. They were in no hurry to return to port and we all appreciate it. Recommended 100% and with Oscar and Jeremy more.
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199jimenad
Aug 10, 2025
Great tour of the Islands! - It was amazing to see the nature and rock formations of the Islands:) Our guide Ricardo and Captain Leon were very informative, friendly and with very good English (and Spanish).
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Laurarv9742fa
Aug 6, 2025
An educational experience in nature - A very pleasant experience, with an excellent guide who explained clearly and interestingly, including scientific data that we loved. We could see sea lions, Humboldt penguins and a variety of birds. Highly recommended!
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Paulomt6790cz
Aug 5, 2025
Very good experience - Guide Rick turned out to be an incredible professional. Speaks English, Spanish and even French with a perfect and easy-to-understand diction. Not to mention their geographical, biological and historical knowledge, throwing every experience very culturally enriching. As for the beauty of the walk, no words, a good experience of connection with nature. I recommend carrying a bat, balaclava and cold blouse if it's cold, the wind is strong. I heard rapporteur wet but we had no problems with it.
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Pred0el
Aug 5, 2025
Show!! - MUITO SHOW!! RICARDO IS INCREDIBLE!! He managed to bring the penguins and seals (sea lions) to us. SHOW! SHOW! SHOW!
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Silvinam982
Jul 22, 2025
- A wonderful experience. In addition to the beautiful landscape, we saw dolphins, piguines, elephant seals, and countless varieties of birds. The boats are super safe, and the captain worries that both on board and on port, all passengers can see everything up close. Excellent care for passengers by Paracas Explorer staff
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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).