Full Day – Ballestas Islands – Huacachina Oasis + Buggy (Ica)

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Descriptions

Enjoy your day visiting the Ballestas Islands, where you’ll see sea lions, penguins and birds in their natural habitat. Enjoy buggies and sanboarding in the desert contemplating the Huacachina Oasis.

$ 159.00/pax

Trip Details

🔸5:00 am: We will start by picking you up from your  accommodation  and drive to our destination.

🔸Ballestas islands: 

  • We will get on the boat to head out to sea to visit the Ballestas Islands, during our way we will observe the magnificent Candelabro which is a geoglyph similar to the Nazca Lines
  • Inside the islands, we will be able to observe natural rock formations that shelter marine fauna where sea lions, Humboldt penguins, as well as important colonies of guano birds such as: guanay, booby, pelican, cormorant, cormorant, tendrils, etc. as well as other protected species. 
  • The tour to the Ballestas Islands takes approximately 2 hours (only on Peruvian holidays it takes 1:30 hours due to the large number of people).

🔸Time for lunch

🔸Huacachina Oasis: 

  • From the Huacachina Oasis, we will take the buggies to go into the desert and fill us with the adrenaline that this activity offers. We can also relax doing sandboarding in different dunes. 
  • In the desert of Huacachina Oasis we will be 1 performing sandboarding and buggies.

🔸Local vineyard:

  • We will visit the vineyard located in Subtanjalla where we will learn how our delicious Pisco (Peruvian brandy) is made as well as our wines. In addition, we will taste in the Iqueño style saying local phrases before drinking each glass of pisco or wine. 

🔸4:00 pm: After the tour, we will return you to your hotel or, if you wish, we can drop you off at a restaurant or any other location of your preference (only if is located in Miraflores, San Isidro or Barranco). If you want to be drop off in a different district (outside our official pick up and drop off areas) we can organized with an small extra fee.

🔸 8:30 pm approximately: We will be back in your accommodation. 

Includes

✅Pick up from your hotel.

✅Private transportation.

✅Professional tour guide.

✅English/Spanish language tour.

✅Personalized service.

✅All entrance fees.

✅Sandboarding

✅Buggies

✅Boating to the Ballestas Islands

✅Tickets and income taxes.

Not Includes

Meals: Not included (Lunch is around 10 to 12 USD for the main course).

Tips: Optional.

Departure

🕒 Mon-Sun: 5:00 am

Highlights

Our full day tour is one of the most requested tours by many of our clients as it offers fun and history of our Paracas ancestors. Visit it with a guide of Apullay Tours where you will be able to know the following places:

✔️Visit to the Ballestas Islands to see sea lions, penguins, peruvian inca tern, etc.

✔️Geoglyph with the shape of a candelabra, similar to the Nasca lines.

✔️ Buggies

✔️ Sandboard

✔️ Huacachina Oasis

✔️ Visit to the vineyards for a tasting of our Peruvian brandy.

Recommendations

✅Wear comfortable clothes and shoes

✅Sunglasses

✅Sunscreen

✅A hat

✅A bottle of water

✅Battery for your camera

✅If you wish to buy souvenirs, you can pay with cash or credit card.

Note

✅ Includes pick up and drop off only if you are staying in Miraflores, Barranco or San Isidro. If you are in another place you’ll have to pay an extra amount.

✅ Dear customer, we inform you that the size of our groups is from 8 to 10 people. Only on very special occasions you’ll be 14 people.

✅ Exceptions: But if you have a large group of friends or family of more than 15 and wish to go with us, please feel free to send us a mail, we will gladly assist you!

✅The groups on the boat are shared and are subject to the weather factor (strong winds called Paracas) in case this activity does not take place due to this weather factor, it will be changed for another similar or similar activity.

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