Live an amazing experience as you enjoy a sightseeing boat tour of Callao/Palomino Islands and get to swim with sea lions in their natural environment near Lima. Your tour includes hotel pickup and drop-off and a professional guide.
Posted By : Julie_B
Swimming with the sea lions. The guides were great, very helpful. Equipment was good. Easy pickup with our driver to site.
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Posted On : 2024-07-27 19:23:03 
Posted By : Sunita_J
Trip was canceled due to fog! I asked for a refund and have not heard back from the travel agency!!!!! Meanwhile I keep getting so many messages to write a review. That’s bad customer service. Viator please look into the matter and resolve.
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Posted On : 2024-03-19 15:06:33
Posted By : Sunshine34193049358
We had an excellent tour going from Callao port via yacht to Palomino Island. There were hundreds of sea lions! Many were in the water with us. They were fun and entertaining. There are only four tour companies that are allowed to do this through Peru’s national park service. The crew is the boat was attentive and knowledgeable. On the return trip we even saw Humboldt penguins! Our only advice would be to bring your own snacks and water. Even though they say on Trip Advisor that this is provided, it is not. Other tour people were nice to share with us though. We were the only two people who joined the tour off of a cruise ship but they got us back in plenty of time.
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Posted On : 2024-03-16 13:35:35 
Posted By : luisgustavof395
Very interesting adventure. The transfer from the hotel to the bay was by taxi. Excellent. From the bay to Palomino Island we went by yacht, which was also very good. Swimming with the lions was fantastic, they are docile and very cute animals.
I recommend.
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Posted On : 2024-01-27 09:11:20
Posted By : 569angela
The experience around the sea lions was cool, scary but cool. The guide was really nice. The excursion needs some upgrades for the price paid. I recommend a fluent guide, someone that can really explain what people are seeing. I only recall receiving info on the way to Palomino about the surrounding islands but no info was given on the way back to the dock. We fell asleep at that point. No snacks were given although it was supposed to be included. Refreshments and snacks should be mandatory since it's a long ride plus swimming makes you tired/hungry. If not, it needs to be removed off the description and customers should be advised to bring their own.
Overall, it was cool but Idk if I would do it again with this company unless they made changes. I own successful American businesses, so please use this info to get better! This could be a great excursion but there are needed changes! Also, you should mention that towels should be brought. The customer wouldn't know if you didn't tell them but I did appreciate the blanket by the guide. He was really sweet. He swims very very well also, so I felt very safe
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Posted On : 2023-12-22 09:19:49
Posted By : mattfE6540YK
Transportation was provided by TripAdvisor, yet the driver didn't know where to drop us off. While stopping to ask for directions multiple times, we missed the boat and got placed with another provider.
The "yacht" had mechanical problems keeping us in the marina for an hour. We finally got going yet limped out to Palomino Island (on the way back, we were going so slowly, we couldn't out run the smoke coming from engine). The boat had no towels (the ad did not say anything about bringing towels to swim with sea dogs!), the water was quite cold, and it was only about 20°C with a breeze.
We are looking for a refund. We were charged over $500US and this was NOT a good experience!!!!!!!
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Posted On : 2023-11-18 15:33:56
Posted By : 500danyellf
This was a bad experience. The taxi they sent got lost, we missed the boat and they put us on another boat that broke down and the engine was smoking. It was not at all the experience we paid for.
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Posted On : 2023-11-18 14:00:46
Posted By : Martin G
This is one of the coolest interactions with nature you'll ever have. The sea lions were amazing and so curious. The crew was great, boat was clean and nice. I highly recommend.
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Posted On : 2023-10-05 10:09:29
Posted By : J8625SFglenns
Seeing Peru from the viewpoint of the ocean is beautiful, the boat ride is both relaxing and adventurous, and swimming with the sea lions is nothing less than special and a unique experience.
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Posted On : 2023-09-14 19:06:52
Posted By : Alessia_C
This is a nice experience, HOWEVER do not book with this company, at this price because you will be overcharged.
This experience is listed as a 4-hour tour (6 hours in total, including travel time). We did NOT get a 4 hour tour, we got a 2.5-hour tour which is listed on Viator with other companies for HALF the price we paid with America Viajes (tour company). The tour itself was okay, the boat was good (NOT a yacht), the guide was knowledgeable and the views were beautiful. Make sure you take motion sickness medicine before the trip if you have a sensitive stomach, the waters beyond the island are rough! Thanks to the wetsuits, the water won't be as cold when you jump in. The sea lions did not swim with us but it was still cool being so close to them.
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Posted On : 2023-08-30 13:04:20
