Swimming with Sea Lions in Lima: Palomino Islands Yacht
From €62 per person
See availability →Swimming with sea lions in Lima starts with a four-hour yacht trip to the Palomino Islands, where you slip into the Pacific beside a large colony.
Swimming with sea lions in Lima begins at La Punta Bay in Callao, where you board a yacht with bathrooms and navigation equipment for a four-hour sail into the Pacific. A hotel pickup option exists at booking, and without it you head to the port by yourself.
The route is a tour of its own. The yacht leaves the Callao islands behind and follows the coast of San Lorenzo Island, passes a naval base and El Frontón Island, once a maximum-security prison until the 1980s, then glides along the Cavinzas Islands, home to several colonies of guano birds. Humboldt penguins can also be seen along the way.
The goal is the Palomino Islands, where around 8000 sea lions live in one of the largest colonies of the area. Wearing a neoprene wetsuit and a lifejacket, you slip into the water beside the animals, in a protected area, while an instructor and the crew stay with you.
- Yacht trip from La Punta Bay
- Wetsuit, lifejacket and seasickness medication
- English- and Spanish-speaking guide
Fins, mask, towels, food and drinks are not included, and the reserve and private pier charge is paid separately.