Air connections
Chiclayo has an airport with daily connections to Lima. The TANS office is at Balta 601. Aerocontinente has an office at San José 867.
Bus connections
Chiclayo has good bus connections up and down the coast, as well as inland. Most bus companies have offices on Av. Bolognesi.
Lima
Lima is 12 hours from Chiclayo, and there are plenty of bus services at all levels of comfort, mostly at night. Civa (Bolognesi 714) has good services at 8pm and 8.30pm for $15. Flores (Bolognesi 757) has a semi-cama bus at 8.15pm for $13. Ittsa (Bolognesi 779) has a bus-cama service to Lima at 9pm for $17. Cruz del Sur (Bolognesi 888) has a bus-cama service at 9pm for $27, a semi-cama service at 9pm for $20, a comfortable service at 8pm for $15 and a basic service at 8.15pm for $8. Oltursa has different levels of service, including bus-cama at 8pm for $17. Ormeño (Av. Victor Haya de la Torre 245) has a basic service at 7.30pm for $8 and a bus-cama service at 10pm for $22.
Trujillo
Buses to Lima pass through Trujillo, 3 hours away. Alternatively, Linea (Bolognesi 638) has buses every hour for $3. These stop in Pacasmayo.
Piura
Buses to Piura, 3 hours from Chiclayo, cost $3. Linea (Bolognesi 638) has hourly buses.
Tumbes
Tumbes is 8 hours from Chiclayo, and buses cost $6. Tepsa (Bolognesi 536) has a service at 6am and another at 10pm.
Cajamarca
Cajamarca is 6 hours from Chiclayo, and buses cost about $5. Linea has services at 10pm and 10.45pm. Transportes Mendoza (Bolognesi 536) has a service at 12.30pm on Mondays to Fridays, 10am on Saturdays and 9.30pm on Sundays. Turismo Días (Bolognesi 536) has services at 1.45pm and 10.30pm. Transportes El Cumbe has services at 7am, 2pm and 10pm.
Jaén
Jaén is 6 hours from Chiclayo, and buses cost $4. Civa has buses at 11am and 9pm. Linea has buses at 1pm and 11pm. Transportes Huamantanga has services at 12.30pm and 10.30pm.
Chachapoyas
Chachapoyas is 12 hours from Chiclayo, and buses cost $7. Most travel at night, which is a shame as you miss the spectacular scenery on the journey. Alternatively, you can catch a bus to Pedro Ruiz and from there carry on in colectivos. Civa has direct buses to Chachapoyas leaving at 5pm. Trans Service Kuélap (Bolognesi 536) has a bus at 6pm.
Tarapoto (Pedro Ruiz, Rioja, Moyobamba)
There are a few direct buses into the jungle from Chiclayo. The journey to Tarapoto takes about 18 to 20 hours and costs $12. Sol Peruano (Bolognesi 757) has buses at 8am and 2pm. Huamanga (Bolognesi 757) has buses at 9am, 9.30am and 2pm.
www.peru-guide.com - the most comprehensive travel guide to Peru available on the Internet.
The Peru Guide is © 2004-2008 Llama Travel
Peru Holidays from Llama Travel