We headed to Ballestas Island to see sea lions, birds, dolphins, and penguins who call Ballestas home. There are many caves, some navigable depending on the condition of the sea, and large rock forma… Full review by ITRT
Feb 15, 2024
The poor man's Galapagos is what Isla Ballestas off Paracas is called in various marketing materials. The clever person behind this claim should be ashamed. During a 2-hour boat trip with Paracas Ex… Full review by Christian M
Feb 12, 2024
This place is so amazing! The only way to see it is to take a boat tour out! You can see so many variety of sea life, birds, penguins and sea lions. So cool! Full review by baiasuh
Do the major buses drop and pick up near enough to the boat tours to walk to the boat tours? (We'd be taking a Cruz del Sur bus from Lima to Paracas and leaving after the boat tour on the cheapest local bus we can find to Ica) Assuming all buses depart/drop off in the same area-?
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Yes that bus has a depot in walking distance to where the boats depart from. We walked from bus depot after coming from Lima on same bus, walked to hotel and walked for the boat trip. …
Yes that bus has a depot in walking distance to where the boats depart from. We walked from bus depot after coming from Lima on same bus, walked to hotel and walked for the boat trip. Enjoy!
We are arriving at the Lima airport in the middle of the night and considering taking a bus to Paracas directly very early. Although Peruhop and other buses run tours it's hard to say if we could just take say a Cruz del Sur comfort bus to sleep and then arrive in Paracas early and arrange our own boat tour, then try to get to the dunes in the afternoon on our own. Is this silly and we should just go with an agency. Or could this save us some money and keep our schedule flexible? Do the boat tours run all the time and we can easily catch one or should we book this ahead? And how much would a boat tour be on its own?
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I did both - Peruhop and booking by myself on the spot. Definitley preferred doing the booking myself. It keeps you super flexible and the buses in peru are clean and on time, plus …
I did both - Peruhop and booking by myself on the spot. Definitley preferred doing the booking myself. It keeps you super flexible and the buses in peru are clean and on time, plus it’s way cheaper than Peruhop. The boat tours you then just book once you’re in paracas. Even though I would consider skipping the islands as they were not really worth the trip! But the park is supposed to be nice! Enjoy your trip!!
We are coming in on a cruise ship into Pisco at 8am in February. Will we be able to jump on a tour boat leaving for the Ballestas Islands from that dock area? If not, will there be people selling the trip once we get on the pier?
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From Pisco it's about a half-hour drive to Paracas. Boats leave from a private pier belonging to the Hotel Paracas and it didn't look like trips were limited to cruise ship excursions. We, …
From Pisco it's about a half-hour drive to Paracas. Boats leave from a private pier belonging to the Hotel Paracas and it didn't look like trips were limited to cruise ship excursions. We, however, did book ours through our cruise ship and it was great. We were there March 1 and it was still quite warm. I recommend getting a seat fore and on the port side, preferably on the rail for the best viewing. Boats hold about 40 people and sitting aft you're likely to get wet from spray. We still had thousands of Inca Terns and Peruvian Boobies at that late date, along with some Peruvian Penguins, three cormorant species and a number of others, but unfortunately all but one Humboldt Penguin had departed. If you're going earlier in February it may be better in that regard. Not sure what the negative review was about, perhaps not interested in wildlife and scenery.
What time of year were you there? We are going mid July - and I can't seem to find good info online about what wildlife is likely to be there that time of year, though I've found info that December-February is best. Thanks!
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I went in May and it was pretty good, but really depends on how much rain. So recommend not the rainy season
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