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Ballestas Islands
Arrival in Paracas and entry to the tourist pier after paying port taxes. Speedboat ride of over an hour to see the Candelabra, sea lions, penguins and seabirds.
DomesticFull Day
Paracas - Ica - Chincha
Ballestas Islands, the Huacachina oasis, dune buggies, sandboarding and wine and pisco tasting, all in one day from Lima.
Trip Overview
Experience the best of Peru's southern coast in a single day. We leave Lima for Paracas, where a speedboat takes us to the Ballestas Islands to see the Candelabra geoglyph, sea lions, Humboldt penguins and a wide variety of seabirds. We then continue to Ica to visit the Huacachina oasis and ride across its dunes in dune buggies, with the option to try sandboarding. We enjoy lunch with traditional dishes at a local winery, followed by a wine and pisco tasting, and on the way back we stop in Chincha, known for its traditional sweets and Afro-Peruvian music, before returning to Lima in the evening.
- Duration
- Full Day
- Accommodation
- -
- Meals
- -
- Transport
- Included
Detailed Itinerary
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Paracas Bay
Tasting of traditional sweets (chocotejas, cookies, pecans). Transfer to Ica, approx. 1 h 15 min.
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Huacachina · Dune buggies & sandboarding
Visit to the oasis and its legend. Approx. 45-minute dune buggy ride across the dunes, with optional sandboarding.
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Lunch at Nietto winery
Free time for lunch with typical Ica dishes such as carapulcra with sopa seca, seafood and ceviche.
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Wine & pisco tasting
Guided tasting of wines, piscos and macerated piscos.
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Chincha
Stop at a wine and pisco winery on the Pan-American Highway, with traditional sweets for sale. On weekends, Afro-Peruvian music show.
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Return to Lima
A drive of over 3 hours, arriving at approx. 9:30 p.m.
What's included?
- Round-trip tourist transportation
- Official tour guide
- On-board snack box (cookie and drink)
- Speedboat tour to the Ballestas Islands
- View of the Candelabra, the Paracas geoglyph
- Seabirds, sea lions and Humboldt penguins
- Visit to Paracas Bay
- Visit to Huacachina and its legend
- Free time at the oasis
- Individual and group photos
- Dune buggies and sandboarding on the dunes
- Tourist taxes (entrance fees)
- Winery visit in Chincha
- Sweets and wine tasting
- 1 bottle of wine for groups of more than 5 people
- 1 bottle of wine for birthdays
- Music show in Chincha (weekends)
- SOAT insurance
- Wristband for each passenger
- First-aid kit