The 10 Best Sandboarding Tours in Paracas

1.Paracas & Huacachina Oasis Day Trip with Wine & Dunes

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 266 reviews · 16h 30m · from $100Our pick

Leave Lima before dawn for Paracas’ Ballestas Islands, where you may see sea lions, Humboldt penguins, birds, and the Chandelier Lines from a speed boat. Continue to CulturPisco for pisco and wine tastings, then finish at Huacachina with an oasis walk, dune buggy ride, and sandboarding. English and Spanish guides, lunch, transport, and hotel pickup are included.

“Raúl was a great tour guide! This tour was great it’s the perfect way to be able to see different parts of peru in 1 day and affordable! I highly recommend this tour!”

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2.Paracas & Huacachina- Day to Islas Ballestas & Sandboard

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 115 reviews · 14 to 15 hours (approx.) · from $79Best value

Leave Lima at 5 a.m. for Paracas, a two-hour boat trip around Islas Ballestas, a pisco tasting and lunch stop, then Huacachina’s dune buggy and sandboarding ride. English and Spanish guides lead the group, with guides such as Diana, Mar, Scott, and Renzo praised for keeping people informed and included. Plan for a very long day and extra cash for lunch and the PEN20 local tax.

“This was a full day of incredible views and really fun activities. It starts early and ends late but it is so worth it. We had a lot of fun at the dunes, lunch was great, pisco tasting was fun and boat ride was really nice. We were able to sleep on the bus because the places are far from Lima. Our guide was great, super informative and helpful. They were very professional and every place we visited was beautiful.”

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3.Mini Buggy GO KART in Paracas National Reserve

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 98 reviews · 2 hours Top rated

Take the wheel of a two-person mini buggy for a two-hour ride through Paracas National Reserve. An English or Spanish instructor handles safety guidance while you drive to Yumaque Beach, Red Beach, and an upper viewpoint. This is a driving adventure, not a cultural tour, so expect short photo stops rather than detailed history.

“Liked most: Guide offered to take pictures so we had an impromptu photoshoot. Easy to learn how to drive on it. Improvement: a bit bigger buggy. A bit of an explanation at each stop and why it's interesting/special about it would've been appreciated. More control over the group, one driver decided to overpass another and went into the next lane while on the actual road, could've been dangerous.”

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4.Paracas or Pisco: Private Huacachina Oasis Tour & Buggy Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 43 reviews · 6 hours · from $100

Travel from Paracas to Ica in a private vehicle, visit a traditional winery for wine and pisco tasting, then explore Huacachina by oasis walk and dune buggy. The one-hour desert ride includes sandboarding and a sunset stop. Transport is private, but the buggy portion may be operated with other visitors.

“Lo único privado es el transporte desde y hacia el Oasis, el resto del tour no es privado, sino tercerizado con otras empresas en donde hay más turistas. El tour está bien, pero demasiado caro para lo que fue.”

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5.Buggy ride in Paracas National Reserve

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 38 reviews · 2 hours (approx.)

Take a two-hour automatic buggy ride through Paracas National Reserve with a guide leading the way. You share a double buggy with one companion, stop at scenic viewpoints and possibly a beach, and learn about the desert, salt, cliffs, and coast. Hotel pickup and return are included, but budget separately for the reserve entrance fee.

“El paisaje es precioso pero el Paseo en Buggy es muy malo. No se para que alquilan unos buggies tan buenos, si luego el guía va tan lento que te adelantan las bicicletas (literalmente). Ademas, no hablaba español, raro estando en Perú. Inglés tampoco. Veía a otras compañias adelantarnos con sus quads y bogies con guías mucho mejor preparados.”

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6.Ballestas Islands, Huacachina with buggy Economic

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 9 reviews · 17 hours · from $95

Leave Lima before dawn for the Ballestas Islands, where a guided speedboat ride brings you near sea lions, Humboldt penguins, guano birds, and the Candelabra geoglyph. After a pisco tasting and lunch stop near Ica, ride a dune buggy and sandboard at Huacachina. Guides speak English and Spanish.

“Passeio perfeito. Créditos também para o Guia Miguel Ângelo que além de informar e conduzir bem, era uma simpatia.”

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7.Mini Buggy Tour & Sandboarding at Oasis

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 7 reviews · 3 hours · from $83

From Paracas, an English- or Spanish-speaking instructor takes you by 4x4 buggy across the California desert to Oasis Costa Rica. You’ll stop for photos, ride a sand cart, try sandboarding, and have time for kayaking, rowing, paddleboarding, bird watching, walking, or a swim. Hotel pickup, entrance, transport, and instruction are included.

“Racen door de woestijn met een buggy met chauffeur was echt een adrenaline kick! Sandboarding ook geinig wel vermoeiend om weer omhoog te lopen.”

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8.CITY TOUR ICA-HUACACHINA+BUGGIES IN PRIVATE CAR FROM PARACAS

★★★★★★★★★★3.4 · 4 reviews · 6 hours · from $100

Travel by private car from Paracas to Ica and Huacachina with an English or Spanish guide. Visit an artisan winery, taste pisco and wine, see Ica’s central sights, then add dune buggies and sandboarding at the oasis. Guides such as Diego and Juan Fernando have provided warm, flexible service, including custom stops when time allows.

“From start to finish it was a great experience. We asked for a detour to check out the mummies in the Ica museum, which wasn't part of the itinerary, Diego was more than accommodating. Would recommend to anyone looking for a shorter ~6hr day trip from Paracas.”

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9.Paracas and Huacachina Day Trip with Buggy Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 4 reviews · 1 day · from $100

Leave Lima at 5:30 AM for Paracas and the Ballestas Islands, then continue to Huacachina for a buggy and sandboarding ride across the Ica Desert. The day includes hotel pickup at selected Lima locations, a bilingual guide, pisco and wine tasting, and an optional Quebranta lunch. You return late, around 11:45 PM.

“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.”

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10.Drive ATV and Buggy in Paracas Reserve

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 3 reviews · 2 hours · from $79

Choose a single-rider ATV or shared two-person buggy, learn the controls, then follow an English or Spanish-speaking guide through Paracas National Reserve. You’ll cross desert dunes and stop at Yumaque, the isthmus, and striking Playa Roja. Bring sun protection, water, and shoes that can handle sand.

“It was a great tour, but we didn’t catch the sunset in the reserves”

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