PALOMINO ISLANDS TOUR

Get up close with the wildlife paradise of the Palomino Islands in a boat excursion, offering a chance to swim in the Pacific Ocean with local sea lions and learn about the area’s native birds. This unforgetable experience is posssible in Callao port city , which has always been protagonists of many national historical events, For example, where Peru played independence or where it had to defend its national sovereignty, to name the most outstanding.

Boat tour to several Islands of Lima from the main port of the capital, Callao:

• PALOMINO ISLANDS

They are two islands: the first one has a great amount of fauna, where sea lions with funny hair stand out; Some of these specimens weigh about 300 kilograms. In the second, sick and old wolves are concentrated and sheltered, for that reason it is known as «The Hospital».

• CAVINZAS ISLAND

It is a sanctuary of various guano birds such as Peruvian boobies, red-legged cormorants, guanays cormorants, Inca tern, pelicans and Humboldt Penguins.

• SAN LORENZO ISLAND

The largest and highest in Peru. It is 8 km long and 2.2 km wide. Formerly it was considered a feminine deity by the natives of the area, who called it Shina and identified it with beauty and fecundity due to the large amount of fish and shellfish from its coasts; Thanks to this, it played an important economic role in maintaining the old settlements on the Callao coast.

• FRONTON ISLAND

Also called «Isla de los Muertos» (Island of the Dead) since it functioned as a political prison during the colony and the beginning of the republic where once held ex Peruvian president Fernando Belaúnde Terry. Among his prisoners was the Viceroy Blasco Núñez de Vela, deposed in 1544. Later, it was a prison for common criminals.

DURATION: 05 Hours

RECOMMENDATIONS TO TAKE:

• Sportswear, hat, sunscreen, swimwear and towel.
• Windbreaker jacket in the summer and thick or thermal jacket in winter.
• Slipper or rubber sole shoes (so as not to slip on the floor of the boat).
• It is better to eat light.
• If you travel in the morning it may be a light breakfast of tea and toast.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Your personal information is required to proceed with your reservation.
• The confirmation of your reservation will be issued once the corresponding 100% payment has been made.