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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.

[edit] Get in

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

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

[edit] Get around

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

[edit][add listing] See

[edit][add listing] 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.
• Also popular is Kiteboading. You can rent a kit at a few places. For first timers, a 3-day certification course is requirerd and is about $360. You spend the first 2 days on the beach learning how to handle the kite.

[edit][add listing] Buy

There are many stalls set up by "hippies" near the main road, do not buy anything from them, they are thieves and should be fed poison.

[edit][add listing] 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.

[edit][add listing] Drink

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

[edit][add listing] 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.

• Loki Hostel, Avienda Piura #262 (Flights from Lima go to both Piura and Tumbes, which buses can be got the rest of the way(aprox 3hrs). Busses from Lima and Quito will stop in Màncora, and Loki is located on the main road through the town. Either a 5 minute walk or 1-2 soles in a moto taxi, towards the southern end of town.), ☎ 0051-73-258484, [1]. Loki del Mar, the newest member of the Loki family and this time they've hit the beach. With a prime plot of land stretching from the main drag to the beach, they have designed and built a new hostel, giving backpackers the perfect place to take that well deserved break from their travels. Fully equipped with the usual Loki comforts, good clean rooms, internet, hot water etc., they have one major addition, a 26 meter swimming pool tolaze around and soak up the sun. And after one of Màncora's breath taking sunsets, they have the biggest Loki bar to drink the night away in. Rates: All Rooms are en-suite * Large Dorm S/25 (approx. $9/ €6) 6 beds * Small Dorm S/32 (approx. $11/ €7) 4 beds * Matrimonial or Twin S/76 (approx. $25 / €20) (per room) Hostal Sol Y Mar is most recommended by the locals, private rooms around a central area, all with private bathrooms. Also has a pool. From S/30pp (Oct 2007). Rooms are a bit shabby, hotel needs some renovations. No hot water.  edit

[edit] Stay Safe

Be careful for pickpockets.

The sea current can be dangerously strong.

[edit] Get out

Ormeño [2] are the most frequent long distance buses south from Mancora. There are frequent kombis to Piura & Tumbes. For surfers, Transportes Linea [3] 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.

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