Paracas Fullday - Islas Ballestas y Nationalpark in Minibuggy
Paracas, Peru
- 5 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
For a full day of adventuring in Paracas and the Ballestas Islands, join this small group tour taking you for activities on land and sea. You’ll keep costs down by booking this small group tour, but still have an intimate time in your dune buggies, and exploring the natural beauty and wildlife of the Islas Ballestas.
- Take a boat tour and ride dune buggies in one half-day tour
- Pickup and return to several hotels in Paracas for ease
- Keep costs down by booking this small group tour
- After around 5 hours, the rest of the day is free
What's Included
- All Fees and Taxes
- Bottled water
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
Operating hours.8:00 am
What To Expect
1
Islas Ballestas
2
The Chandelier
3
Paracas National Reserve
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.4
based on 7 reviews
Sonia_W, Jul 2024
The ballestas islands are considered the poor man’s Galapagos and are heavily touristed. The guide met us at our hotel and then we walked over and we joined in the throng of people lining up for the boat tour. The best time of year to see the animals is January-March. There are many birds there year round. The boat tour is done in Spanish and English, with usually Spanish first. I felt we saw more animals in the palomino islands in Lima.
Then we had an hour break until we met up at the blue chairs by the tourist office. The guide walked us over to the agency where we dropped off anything we did not want to bring on the mini buggy tour. Then we walked over to the mini buggies. It was fun to drive the mini buggies, but the guide for the mini buggies only spoke Spanish. He was very nice and we had our Puerto Rican friend translate for us. I don’t know how you would do this tour in English.
Our guide seemed to be a “middleman” who would buy the tickets in person at the sights and bring them to you. It is cheaper to book the ballestas island in person since it is constantly running and you can always get a seat. Minibuggy was fun but you need to know Spanish to communicate and understand instructions. It was nice that our mini buggy tour was private and probably why our tour costs more.
Kevin_O, Mar 2024
Tour operator's listing lies about the size of the tour by saying that it is no more than 15 people--which, unfortunately, is what led us to make the mistake of booking with them. In reality, there were 45 people on the boat. The scene in Paracas is a madhouse overall--everyone is crowded onto a steady line of packed boats, with 20+ minutes of the tour spent just to get in and out of the very busy tour port. No one really cares about the visitor's ecperience. The tours are done in a mad rush, the operators of the boats more interested in getting back to port and grabbing another boatload of tourists. They also favor the left side of the boat--if you're on the right side of the boat, forget getting good photos, without strangers in your viewfinder. Even the tour narration is rushed--i missed a third of what the narrator said, because she was speaking so fast--in English (this wasn't a language issue). Our tour operator--and "operator" in all senses of the word applies here--is focused on her own convenience. After being crammed onto a bigger boat than she advertised, we were expected to spend 45 minutes killing time in town before going on the minibuggy portion of our tour. After the way the boat tour was misrepresented, we decided to bail, in no mood to be disappointed with the second half of the tour. We expected her to charge us the $30 we owed for a (it turned out unnecessary) port pickup, but she's now charged us $60. Buyer beware.
Response from Host, Aug 2024
Hi guys,
sorry to hear you had that impression of the tour.
Fact is that the criuseship with more than 2000 people on board always moves up things in the port. Cause everybody wants to go as quick as possible to start the tour. Group tours for the boat are from 30 to 40 people. The minibuggy tour were only 10 people group. In this case my other reservacions from the ship.
Your Pickup was already organized and second tour booked. I am very sorry but you guys just disappeared with no notice at all. We were looking for you quite some time to know whats going on.
Anyways. I hope you enyoyed the rest of your cruise.
Victorhugo_D, Jul 2022
Los recorridos ofrecidos se cumplieron , aunque creo que los vehículos pudieron haber sido mejores, los buggies eran hechizos e incomodos pero funcionaron para el propósito, además el guía fue bueno y atento con los requerimientos, si lo recomiendo.
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