Peru · DAY TRIPS IN PARACAS
Good day trips in Paracas fill up weeks ahead and the best ones go first. Below: the 7 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Review of Lima’s Ballestas Islands and Huacachina day trip, with sea lions, pisco tasting, dune buggies, sandboarding, and sunset tips.
“A great experience! Make sure you have cash for the entry fees but we had a wonderful time!”
Review of the Ballestas Islands and Paracas Reserve day trip, with wildlife, costs, timing, transport, food, and practical tips.
“Ballestas Islands tour was worth it, but the Paracas National Reserve was not. Ballestas Islands tour good: Got you up close to the animals. Boat slowed down for pictures. Various locations visited. Neat information from tour guide. The bad: Wear wind-proof jacket and a hat as it is both sunny, windy and chilly. Likely to get pooped on by birds as a few people did. Paracas National Reserve tour good: A few nice viewpoints if you don't have much ocean / desert experience. The bad: Tour guide only gave 30 minutes at the first location that had 3 sights to see and told us we only had time for ONE.…”
Review of the Cañón de los Perdidos day trip from Ica or Huacachina, with desert scenery, fossils, a short hike, timing, and value tips.
“The transportation journey took a bit longer than expected as the place is quite far away. However, the hike is short and fun! At the end of the journey, the tour took us for pisco tasting but didn't force us to buy anything. It was a nice tour.”
Review of Paracas’ Ballestas Islands and National Reserve tour, with sea lions, seabirds, beaches, timing, costs, and practical advice.
“The boat trip was great, the guide was very good, she explained everything, we saw a lot of things. Then they had us waiting for an hour for the bus, which was very old, the guide was very good. What was left was going to Lagunillas to eat, being 10 minutes from the town, we only ate and they didn't explain anything to us.Auto-translated”
Review of the 14-hour Machu Picchu day trip from Cusco, with train, entrance ticket, guide, buses, costs, timing, and practical tips.
“Very beautiful place you must go and see it. And The weather was perfect. A very magical place you will never forget.”
Review of the $102 Nazca day trip from Ica or Huacachina, with the Lines viewpoint, Cantalloc Aqueducts, Paredones, costs, and practical tips.
“This was one of the most expensive tours we did in Peru and we didn't think it was worth it. One of the platforms was closed, so we hardly saw any of the Nasca lines. You mainly get information about the lines. If you really come for the lines, maybe consider flying.”
Review of Lima's Paracas and Huacachina day trip, with Ballestas Islands wildlife, pisco tasting, dune buggy rides, sandboarding, and practical tips.
“Bella giornata intensa. Si parte presto la mattina prima visita alle isole ballestas poi pranzo in una fazenda molto carina e poi pomeriggio nel deserto. Tutto organizzato bene. Essendo concentrato in un giorno si torna a casa stanchi.”
Coast, canyon, altiplano and jungle, and the best of each.
