Paracas National Reserve Tour: Explore Peruvian Wildlife and Landscapes in a 7-Hour Journey

Embark on a 7-hour journey through Paracas National Reserve, where you’ll discover Peruvian wildlife, stunning landscapes, and the famous Ballestas Islands. Get ready for bird watching, sea lion encounters, and the chance to see the majestic flamingos in their natural habitat.

Duration: 7 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
What's Not Included
  • Tip
  • Lunch
Additional Information

We journey across the Paracas bay to behold Peru’s largest peninsula. Our voyage includes a stop at a northern point of the Paracas peninsula, where we observe, click pictures, and record the Chandelier, with our guide providing brief insights about its measurements, local materials, and potential origins. The tour sails forth, reaching the Ballestas…

Location
Travel agency Paracas Explorer
We will meet at our office 30 minutes in advance, to go to the dock to board. It is a 2-minute walk away.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Jelitzaa2025
May 29, 2025
Divine Paracas! - The times were as offered, the Guide that accompanied us (Barbara) very clear, kind and pending from all. The recommendations that give very good as well.
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Camper03005145013
May 15, 2025
Great Tour to islands and national reserve - Good Tour with funny, smart guide. A lot of information presented in a pleasant way. Landscape was relly nice with many highlights. Agency was easy and reliable.
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Jessica_l
Jan 16, 2025
Great Experience - Informative and fun experience. The animals that we saw were super unique to the area. The landscapes shown in the land portion were beautiful.
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Ederal0ns0c
Jan 13, 2025
Nice experience - Our tour to the Paracas reserve was one of the best experiences in the city, beautiful landscapes and the best guide who shared all the necessary information many thanks to our 100% recommended Barbara guide.
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F5290ypjonasb
Dec 28, 2024
Left planet earth. Entered a surreal and beautiful place. - Amazing tour. Such beautiful and surreal landscape. Felt like we had landed on another planet. Wonderful, engaged, and funny guide. Highly recommended. But make sure to take the longer tour with hiking since the hke was by far the best.
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Roxyf633
Jun 20, 2025
Paracas - We saw penguins, sealions and different birds. Tour was nice with good information maybe it was a little short. 🦭 🐧 everything was organized the tour groups are a little big.
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Arthur
Apr 11, 2025
Great visit - Riccardo is a great guide, smiling and passionate about his job, who made the effort to speak French even though we told him he could speak Spanish or English if he preferred. Interesting tour in this pretty desert and with beautiful beaches. Decent restaurant without madness either (independent of tour)
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Liamws4626cv
Jul 16, 2025
Ballestas yes, nature reserve no - The ballestas tour is great but i wouldn't bother with the nature reserve. Some cool views, but you just get driver to some average miradors before stopping for lunch. Not worth the time
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Dominick546
Jul 9, 2025
Scam!! - This agency is not organized. I was picked up at the hotel by a staff member, only to introduce myself after 20 m to a staff member who bought 2 tickets with me and queued up at the port after 5 min. On the boat tour no guide was responsible for nothing and after 2.5 h the boat tour was over and I back at the port. I thought the tour lasted 7h?! You don't need an agency for a tour like this, you can organize it yourself. Don't fall for this scam!
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Emmasheehan3
Jun 9, 2025
Regrettable Tour - I normally don’t leave bad reviews, but in this case, I must. The trip was poorly organised, we paid €40 each online when booking which said it included entry for the boat and the national reserve. However when we arrived they made us pay extra for entry tickets. We later were told it was a mistake and our original payment included the access tickets. However we were told we would not get a refund. When the boat trip ended we were left at the dock with no guide waiting for us. We had to contact the company in order to figure out where to go next and the address they provided us with was unclear. The trip was poorly organised, it was such a shame. The positive aspect of this trip was that the tour guide for the national reserve was lovely, she was very helpful and enthusiastic. I would not recommend booking this tour.
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From $38
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).