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Humboldt Penguin & Damas Island

Operative tour

If you cancel your booking until 24 hours before the beginning of the activity, we will refund 100% of the advance you paid for the booking.

Free cancellation

You can reschedule your booking without any additional cost until 24 hours before the beginning of the activiity.

Free rescheduling

Visit the Humboldt Penguin Reserve & Isla Damas in which you will see these amazing birds and other animals. Guide, transport and boat trip included.


Price per person:

CLP$ 57.000 per person.

Times:

06:00 am to 04:30 pm and 08:00 am to 06:30 pm

Duration:

10 hours and a half.

Minimum of passengers

Departure from 8 passengers.


Included:

hotel pickup (only central urban area), shared transport, navigation tickets, guide, lunch and entrance fee to the Humboldt Penguin National Reserve.

What to bring:

comfortable shoes, hat to protect against the sun, sunglasses, sunscreen, water, comfortable clothing, digital camera with battery and memory space, windbreaker and binoculars.

Weather:

In case of suspension for weather conditions, we will refund 100% of your payment.

subject to weather conditions.

Not included:

disembark ticket in Isla Damas (see details in description).

Restrictions:

swimming is not allowed in Damas Island.

Cancellation and rescheduling policy:

24 hours.

If you cancel your booking until 24 hours before the beginning of the activity, we will refund 100% of the advance you paid for the booking.


We will pick you up at your hotel to leave La Serena towards the north, to Punta de Choros cove. That way we will get closer to visit the Humboldt Penguin Reserve & Damas Island. We will begin a boat trip to Choros Island where, without disembarking, we will have the possibility to identify the different birds’ species that inhabit there, like the Humboldt penguin, cormorants and pelicans, among others. In addition, we will see sea lions, chungungos and, if we are lucky enough, bottlenose dolphins.


After that, we will go to Damas Island, where you will see the white sand beaches and clear waters. After that, we will take our boat to begin the return to La Serena, have lunch and end our tour.


Price disembark ticket in Damas Island

 

The disembark ticket is not included, it must be paid in cash the day of the tour, and it costs:

 

  • Residents in Chile:
  • Adult: CLP$ 4.500 per person.
  • Minor (age 12 to 17): CLP$ 3.000 per person.
  • Child (age 0 to 11): for free.
  • Elderly people (age 60 or more): for free.
  • Non-residents in Chile:
  • Adult: CLP$ 10.000 per person.
  • Minor (age 12 to 17): CLP$ 5.000 per person.
  • Child (age 0 to 11): for free.
  • Elderly people (age 60 or more): CLP$ 5.000 per person.

 

The disembark is possible only from Thursday to Sunday, and only if the Marine Authority allows it.


*The pickup is made only in downtown La Serena and in the Hotel Enjoy Coquimbo. After making your booking we will indicate if it is inside the downtown pickup area. If you are staying in Coquimbo or outside downtown area, we will set a meeting point.


*Consider that, during winter, you can see less fauna, because there is the migration and nesting period.


*No charge for children up to the age of 1. Once you’ve made the booking, write at reservas@denomades.com to indicate name, passport number and nationality of the child traveling without cost.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • In what time of the year is it possible to see a bigger number of penguins?

    Depends on the nesting period, because this is a species that can nest twice a year between March and December. However, in Isla Damas for sure you will see many penguins between October and April.

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