We did not arrange anything in advance but walked along the pier and found a boat at the marina going to Isla de Lobos - a nature preserve with hundred (maybe thousands) of sea lions playfully diving, sunbathing and swimming by your boat. It is a little rough seas - although our day was beautiful. For us there was no commentary but we paid 60 USD per person for the two hour tour. There was no swimming involved but we enjoyed it!
Our tour agency( dimar tour) was just a water bus and expensive.The boat was nice, but the captain didn't even introduced himself or any information about the island nor the sea lions.They didn't provide a life vest for the kids on board, which I think should be standard.The nice part about it was seeing the sea lions, and that you could swim with them.But the captain was really pushy about getting back. Boat ride = 45 mins one way, seeing/swimming with the sea lions 15 mins.
It was the BEST of Punta for us!It's not cheap to go, we paid around US$80 per person, but it was worth it!The staff tells you about the characteristics of marine lions and wolves, the differences between them, everything.They are amazing!There's a HUGE population in the island, around 200,000 animals.They smell a little bit bad, some people get sick from the moviment of the boat with that smell, but it's not a big deal.
This place is unique, one of the largest sea lion colonies in the world. We hired the Samoa boat with a small private group of 11 for US$400. They provide floating vests which are very difficult to put on, and they were not happy with us requesting them to have them on the kids before leaving. Do have a motion sickness pill before leaving, specially if the sea is choppy. Negotiate beforehand that the boat circumnavigates the island (or else you will only sea one part of it) and that they stop there for one hour, not the standard 15'. Also ask them for a sailor/guide that explains what you are seeing. Boat captain reeked of alcohol. It was a great experience regardless, we got to float off the island and some sea lions approached us and swam by us.
What a nice trip , going over to the Island was an adventure &ifyou get sea sick think twice but the views on the way out are great , but the island itself is something else. When you arrive at the Island the amount of Seals& Sealions on it & in the seaare unreal ,must have been 1000s & the boat gets up close with out getting in their way , a fun dayout.
A great boat trip to see the sea lions.They were sun bathing and playing in the water is groups. Wish we could have stayed longer to observe them.
Only in summer, very windy the trip, I went many years ago, there were hundred of marines wolf (they gived the name tothe place) , wild litle island with beacon
With a small group we hired a boat from the pier and went to the Island. The sight and smell of so many Sea Lions was brilliant.
It's a must to take the boat out to the island and to swim with the sea lions and seals. This was a high point of the visit to Punta.
You can see the sea wolves very close taking a tour on a boat. The smell is not amazing but you forget when you see all those sea wolves and the beautiful island where they live just smaller than the sea wolf population at Cape Town. I loved it!!!