Máncora is a small beachtown smacked on the PanAmericana at the Peruvian Northern coast.

During holidays people come all the way from Lima to spend their holidays at the beach. It turns in a real partytown with bars competing for the loudest music day and night and a overcrowded beach.

Get in

Due to it's location on the PanAmericana it's easy to catch a bus south as far as Lima and north to Tumbes or even to Guayaquil in Ecuador.

The busstation is located 4 blocks north of the main tourist area. You can walk or take a mototaxi for s/. 1.

Get around

Most of the bars, restaurants and hotels are clustered on two blocks along the PanAmericana.

See

Do

• Huge waves break along the beach during December and January, making for good surfing. Some surfshops won't rent out boards during this time, afraid it won't come back as one part.

Buy

Eat

There are a lot of restaurants, most of them serving fresh seafood.

Service is generally very slow but the seafood is fresh, cheap, and delicious.

On the beach, restaurants will bring a mini-tent, table, chairs, menus, and food to the sand for you.

Drink

If you don't mind loud music there should be enough bars to still your thurst.

Sleep

During holidays it can be hard if not impossible to find accommodations. Most of the accommodations are located next the bars, making them very noisy.

There are several hotels along the beach where to stay. Some are very basic while others offer more comfort. The nicest hotel in Mancora was used by world famous writer Mario Vargas Llosa's daughter - Morgana - for her wedding.

Stay Safe

Be carefull for pickpocketeers.

The current in sea can be dangerously strong.

Get out

Ormeño [1] are the most frequent long distance buses south from Mancora. There are frequent kombis to Piura & Tumbes. For surfers, Transportes Linea [2] have frequent buses from Piura & Chiclayo through Pacasmayo to Trujillo. Buses leave Trujillo for Huanchaco frequently, & Trujillo's Santa Cruz terminal for Puerto Malabrigo (aka Puerto Chicama) every 2 hours.