Ballestas Islands and Huacachina Day Tour with Reserve
From €81 per person
See availability →This Ballestas Islands and Huacachina day tour links sea, coastal desert and dunes in one long outing, ending with a buggy ride and sandboarding in the oasis.
A Ballestas Islands and Huacachina day tour is the way to see three very different landscapes without changing base: a speedboat out to the islands, the beaches of the Paracas National Reserve, and the sand dunes around the oasis near Ica. It is a full day, about eleven and a half hours in all, shared with a group and led by a bilingual guide in English and Spanish.
It opens on the water. The boat, with lifejackets for everyone, passes the Candelabro geoglyph and moves among rock formations where sea lions, Humboldt penguins and guano birds gather. Back on land, a tourist vehicle takes you through the reserve; lunch is not part of the tour, so you choose where to eat.
- Supay Beach and La Catedral
- Red Beach and La Mina Beach
- Lagunillas Beach, the last stop in the reserve
- Huacachina, about an hour and a half of transfer away, for one hour of dune buggy and sandboarding
The transfers between Paracas, Ica and Huacachina are included, so the long drive needs no planning on your part. At the end you can stay in Huacachina or be taken to the Ica bus terminal, a hotel in central Ica, or back to Paracas. Entrance tickets to the reserve and to Huacachina are bought separately. The tour is not suited to pregnant women, wheelchair users, or people with back, respiratory or altitude problems.