Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
Buses leave from several small terminals downhill southwest of the Plaza de Armas.
There you'll also find faster, though less safe and more expensive
colectivos
that leave
when full for Ilo (S12, 1½ hours) and Arequipa (S30, 3½ hours).
cheaper
Flores
( 46-2647; Av Ejercito s/n)
run north serving Lima via Nazca and Ica,
and south to Tacna. Flores and a couple of other companies also head west to Ilo. Numer-
ous companies serve Arequipa.
Several smaller companies, including
San Martín
( 95-352-1550; Av La Paz 175)
,
take a mostly paved route to Puno (S25, nine hours) via Desaguadero on the Bolivian bor-
der (S18, six hours), usually departing in the evening.
MOQUEGUA BUSES
DESTINATION
COST (S)
DURATION (HR)
Arequipa
30
3½-4
Ilo
7
1½
Lima
50-144
16-20
Puno
25
9
Tacna
10
3
Ilo
053 / POP 58,700
Ilo is the ugly departmental port, about 95km southwest of Moquegua, used mainly to
ship copper from the mine at Toquepala further south, and wine and avocados from
Moquegua. Ilo does offer a pleasant boardwalk and a few beachside luxury hotels that fill
