Customer Travel Tips for Paracas
Customer Travel Tips for Paracas
Read a selection of great customer tips provided by HostelBookers customers like you
11 Apr 2016
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: Speaking spanish helps alot and be willing to having conversations with locals, makes it more fun and get tips from them
Liked: Small and easy to walk everywhere, safe, and nice little local shops to visit. Nice beach.
Disliked: Its quite far from any other place, need multi transport to get anywhere.
23 Aug 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Check the weather before booking the islands tour, as they're often cancelled if the sea is too rough.
Liked: Ballastas islands tour and national park. Relaxed resort area.
Disliked: No
19 Aug 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: 2 days are enough
Liked: The view. Small village
Disliked: The road to come to the city coming from Pisco.
13 Aug 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Visit the peninsula of paracas and the reserve.
Liked: The sea and the reserve is the best.
Disliked: Nothong
28 Jul 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Check carefully what the hostel is like before your stay. A lot of hostels are party hostels and that's not for everyone.
Liked: The Ballesteros tour is a must!
Disliked: No.
27 May 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Do it as a day trip from another city
Liked: Ballatas Island tour was good and there was some great seafood on offer (try a restaurant called Delfin)
Disliked: Avoid the stock standard National Reserve tour - it is pointless, and a waste of time. Definitely only needed one night in this town.
12 Apr 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: must visit Islas Ballestas.
Liked: Wildlife
Disliked: No
06 Apr 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: 1 day is enough for this town
Liked: Ballestas islands
Disliked: Stray dogs
14 Sep 2014
Travel Type:
As a family with children
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Events / festivals
Family Holiday
Relaxation / spa
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Stay at Kokopelli Do the islands trip and the nature reserve Best restaurant on nature reserve at fishing village right on the end good value (10 soles a dish) and watch pelicans Good stalls selling lovely jewellery
Liked: Islands Birds Wildlife Desert rally Kokopelli hostel
Disliked: No
03 Sep 2014
Customer Travel Tip: Don't go to the American looking restaurant on the water - service was so slow and the food was bad. Ballestas Islands were really cool.
Liked: Bellastas Islands and the restaurant called Misk'i
Disliked: Bad service at most restaurants near the water, very touristy and crowded especially in the morning.
14 Aug 2014
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Check out the island and the natural reserve - not worth more than a day/ a few days
Liked: The boat trip to the island was very nice
Disliked: The touristic area of the city does not at all represent the actual town that can be seen at the other side of the hostel.
31 Jul 2014
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: leave
Liked: Not alot, I wanted to leave as soon as I got there
Disliked: I thought it was very dirty, very touristy
09 Jul 2014
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Have fun!
Liked: Island tour was nice.
Disliked: Nothing
14 Jun 2014
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Relaxation / spa
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
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Liked: .
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26 Mar 2014
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Family Holiday
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: If you have very little time, you can do las Islas in the morning with a boat trip, then rent a cab for like 70 soles (share with other travellers to reduce the cost) to tour the Parque.
Liked: Las Islas Ballestes, La Parque Nacional
Disliked: No
20 Nov 2013
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Please think nothing and do nothing! Only relax your mind and soul!
Liked: I like here because you can just chill out thinking nothing. So luxury to be able to feel you have nothing to do. But also you can go to Isla Ballestas, relax at the beach, eat out. I just love being in Paracas.
Disliked: I couldn't fine nuts and dried fruits...., not so many options at market.
14 Sep 2013
Customer Travel Tip: Visit las Dunas and the Islas Ballestas
Liked: The weather
Disliked: no
12 Sep 2013
Customer Travel Tip: Go to Kokopelli you will fun and relax.
Liked: The culture
Disliked: Nothing
21 Aug 2013
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Please leave this place directly after the boat trip.
Liked: The boat trip to the islands (the only attraction).
Disliked: They do not understand how to entertain a tourist. Except from the boar trip there is nothing to do in Paracas.
29 Jul 2013
Customer Travel Tip: Don't go, do the tour from huacachina
Liked: Islas Ballestas tour, Paracas backpacker house hostel
Disliked: Boring boring boring, nothing to do!