Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
month by month
Top Events
Q'oyoriti
, May/June
Semana Santa
, March/April
Carnaval
, February/March
Verano Negro
, February/March
Fiesta de la Vendimia
, March
January
January through March is the busiest (and most expensive) season on the coast, also
the best time to find beach facilities open and festivals rocking. In the mountains and
canyons, it's rainy season and best avoided by trekkers and mountaineers.
AÑO NUEVO
New Year's Day, January 1, is particularly big in Huancayo, where the fiesta continues un-
til Epiphany (January 6;
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).
DANCE OF THE BLACKS
Revelers wear costumes with black masks to commemorate slave forefathers who worked
the area mines. In the central highlands town of Huánuco (
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).
FIESTA DE LA MARINERA
Trujillo's national dance festival (
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)
is held the last week in January.
