Paracas and Huacachina from Lima with Ballestas Islands and Sand Boarding

I went on this tour with my 10 & 14 year old sons. We all loved it. The boat ride, the animals. The sand dunes, the oasis, the dune buggies and the sandboarding. All of it! The guide, Día, was well organized and very helpful. The driver for thé dune buggies in group 10 was safe, had good explanations but really made it fun. Such a memorable experience!

It was 12 hours tour, guide made it complete entertaining. The Ballestas Islands was full of numerous kinds of birds. Paracas and Huacachina are unique please worth spending time.

Overall, I would rate the trip as good to very good but not outstanding (7.5/10). The trip was very long - we were picked up at 540 an and made it back at 1145 pm and we were one of the lucky ones who were picked up last and dropped off first. The bus, however, was comfy, so that was good. The bus ride to Paracas took 3 hrs. We then had about 1.5 hrs on a speed boat. On the way out, we saw a very interesting geoglyph (like nazca lines) which was very interesting. The Paracas islands were OK. There were 3 or 4 beaches with hundreds of seals and sea lions, which were cool, if you never seen them before. However, we have seen them in our native country, so it wasn’t quite as nice. Lots of birds and only a few penguins. We then had a nice lunch and a 1 hr 15 min bus ride to Huacachina, which gave us a chance to relax and have a brief nap. The oasis town is very interesting. Two hours were scheduled for dune bugging and sand boarding. This was definitely the highlight of the trip, but it was short. More time sand boarding would be better. The dune buggy rides were really fun. The sand boarding was really fun.

Oh my God Thank god i take this tour i had most of fun i could in this Tour Wow, its way different Experience Every one MUST go i just can say WOW

Excellent travel director and driver. Wonderful and exciting experience, will never forget in my life.

he tour was good. Ballestas islands is pretty but Huacachina is really amazing. the oasis is very pretty and sand boarding in the desert is really a once in a life time experience. What fall short is that we didnt stop to overlooking the oasis to take pictures. the guild did not give enough instruction and leading to late start and late leave. Time could have been more well spent rather than waiting for others and then learn that they are actually not going for the buggy ride

The places to visit in this package were excellent however the tour was pretty unorganized. There were a lot of delay that happened without explanation.

1) be aware that you are joining a huge tour bus of people 2) the driver kept texting while driving - finally had to say something to Carlos to make him stop. You are responsible for 30+ people and have the nerve to text and drive?! Are you kidding me?! 3) Carlos and Nicole - nice people, but also, unprofessional behavior like kids. Carlos playing some shooting game on his phone making noise, and sometimes crouching by the door vaping - I'm in the front row so can clearly see and smell his stupid smoke. And both of them sitting with their shoes up - disgusting. I have a picture of these dirty shoes up and driver texting in the same picture lol where can I post this? 4) They try to have you eat at this one restaurant, the meeting point, in Paracas, but there are better ones 5) "Sand Boarding"? More like Sand Sledding! On your belly. The pictures here show stand up but that's not what you get. You have to pay extra for it, which I would have done but when I asked about it, they said it would be available at some point but I never got the opportunity. So I was stuck laying on my belly. The buggy rides were fun - remember to bring a little cash to tip the driver I didn't know and left my wallet safe somewhere else and felt bad I couldn't tip him. Also - figure out if you want to lay on your belly down, or if you really want to strap in and board and have that confirmed and ready. I missed out o that, what a bummer. The dunes are really magnificent. Overall, the Islands and the dunes are great to see - but find another company than this Peru Hop. May be good if you're like in your 20s. - Side note - Nicole was very nice and I thought she did a great job being aware of people, esp given how large the group was - If you like private or small tours, this is not for you

This is a perfect day trip from Lima. Especially if you only have limited time in Lima. It's a very long day but very well worth it! Very well organized. Thank you PeruHop and LisaMarie for taking care of us!

Was picked up from hotel in a timely manner! Guide was very nice. Was able to see a lot in one day. Would recommend if you are short on time.