Top Paracas Day Trips

Get up close and personal with the rich array of marine life that inhabits the waters and rocky shores of Peru during this full-day trip to the Ballestas Islands and Paracas National Reserve. Start your morning with a boat ride to the Ballesta Islands, stopping to check out the Candelabra geoglyph and observe the wild array of species like Humboldt penguins, Peruvian boobies (birds), sea lions and sometimes even dolphins that inhabit the area. In the afternoon continue your trip at Paracas National Reserve, observing the area’s Andean flamingos, whales, and other wildlife. Your trip also includes the services of a guide.

Explore the coastal Paracas National Reserve in a dune buggy that takes adventurous travelers to parts of the park that can’t be reached by car or on foot. With two people to a buggy, you can tour the park alongside your partner or friend while a guide leads the convoy to multiple scenic viewpoints and photo spots. This is a private tour for just you and a partner.

With this tour you can enjoy and know the best attractions at Ica. You could exploring new flavors tasting our wines, Pisco and learn about the production process of this. Likewise savor delicious typical plates surrounded by a beautiful vineyard with old constructions that make nice and pleasurable the tour. Finally adventuring to take a private ride in our exclusive professional vehicles ROV (Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle) over the golden dunes of Huacachina.

This fantastic tour is for all visitors who are landing at San Martin Port and wish to enjoy a private tour to Ica and Huacachina. In this tour, you will visit the local winery and Pisco factory, where you can learn more about the old and traditional methods of making Pisco, also you can taste their wines, Pisco, and local products. Then we will visit Huacachina, a dreamed oasis surrounded by big sand dunes.

Paracas and Tambo Colorado National Reserve from the San Martín -Pisco port We will be waiting for a sign with the name (LIKE XPLORER PERU) 9:15 a.m. Pick up from Puerto San Martin –Pisco Afterwards, you will travel to the Inca town of Tambo Colorado. Listen to your guide explain the heritage of the site, which is believed to be used as an administrative, ceremonial and military center that controlled the main road from the coast to the highlands. Then returning we will visit Pisco Plaza de Armas Finally we will make the Paracas National Reserve Tour.- where you will know the Flamencos or Parihuanas Viewpoint, We will appreciate the unique cathedral natural formation, product of the erosion of the wind and the sea, Unique Red Beach on the Peruvian coast, Marine Fossil Remains, we will conclude on the Beach Lagoons in which you can have lunch and enjoy the beach. Finally, you will return to the port of San Martín to return to your ship.

TAMBO COLORADO: it was an Inca settlement based in Pisco valley, on the right side of Pisco river. Its name TAMBO COLORADO is due to the predominant color of buildings and all the area. This is one of the best-conserved places in Perú. Typically tawantinsuyo style in everything also for architecture design. It presents the singularity of been made with “adobe” a sort of artisanal brick. This is evidence that Quechuas engineers were adapting to new coast area they were conquering It was one of the most important centers established by the Incas on the coast of Peru. These are a set of constructions made with mud walls and adobes, these are the adobe ruins best preserved on the coast of Peru.

In this Full Day, we will know the Ballestas Islands and the Paracas National Reserve. From 08:30 a.m to 09:00 a.m Our service starts from San Martin harbor in the unloading area, in the morning our local guide will be waiting for you with your name on a sign after making contact will be transferred to Paracas Chaco. Upon arriving in Paracas you will be taken to the tourist pier to leave for the Ballestas Islands. Check this! The average temperature in Paracas is 23° C. We recommend using a rain jacket in autumn and winter. Don´t eat before Ballestas Islands Tour. If you travel with your family, we recommend carrying all the documents.