Paracas and Huacachina Desert Oasis Day Trip, Winery Lunch
From €58 per person
See availability →Paracas and Huacachina day trip from Lima by land and sea: a boat around the Ballestas Islands, a pisco lesson at a winery and a 4WD dune ride with sandboarding.
The Paracas and Huacachina day trip heads south of Lima in the early morning, after a collection and a stop at an artisan bakery to pick up something for the road. At El Chaco port, in the Bay of Paracas, you board a modern boat for a trip around the Islas Ballestas, watching for sea lions, Humboldt penguins, black cormorants known as guanays and other seabirds.
Lunch is at a winery called Nieto, in the restaurant inside. Afterwards a guide explains how Peruvian pisco is made and you taste the local types to test what you learned.
- Islas Ballestas, a two-hour boat tour in Paracas
- Huacachina, a lake to stroll around before the dunes
- A buggy ride with an experienced driver, then sandboarding
Past Ica, the quiet lake at Huacachina makes a gentle pause before the 4WD ride across the dunes. From the top you can try sandboarding. The last stop is Racimo de Uva, a shop for snacks and gifts such as wine, pisco, Peruvian drinks and traditional cookies, and then the vehicle heads back to Lima. Guide, round-trip transport, boat, buggy and sandboarding are included. Lunch, local taxes, hotel pickup and travel insurance are not. Babies under one year cannot join.