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Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humbolldti) in Ballestas Islands
  
Guanay Cormorants (Phalacrocorax bougainvillii)
Ballestas Islands
Sea Lion
Ballestas Islands
Guanay Cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvillii)
Ballestas Islands
Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus)
Ballestas Islands
Inca Terns (Larosterna inca)
Ballestas Islands
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Huge flocks of Seabirds
Huge flocks of Seabirds
Huge flocks of Seabirds
Red-legged Cormorant (Phalacrocorax gaimardi)
Peruvian Booby (Sula variegata)
Ballestas Islands
Sea Lions
Sea Lion
Sea Lions
Inca Terns (Larosterna inca)
Peruvian Pelicanus (Pelecanus thagus)
Sea Lions
Sea Lions
Sea Lions
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Tours to Ballestas Islands
Ballestas Islands are accessible from the resort town of Paracas by tour boat which typically lasts 2 hours, normally the boats begin the tour at 8 am. and 10 am. and depend of weather conditions.
Tourists should pay the right to use the dock, and SERNAMP payment for the visit to the islands, additional to the boat tour.
During the visits it is not uncommon for the sea lions to approach the tourist boats and make spectacles for the visiting tourists. The sea lions are also responsible for a unique audio spectacle with their cries that echoes around the islands and creates an effect of a 360 degree surrounding choir. The show is especially unique auditory. These sea lions are harmless. The sea lions population increases dramatically in the summer months (January - March), which corresponds to the time of mating and birth of offspring.
Travel to Paracas
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