Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Another specialty here is clay-baked
trucha
seasoned with chilies, garlic and lemon,
wrapped in banana leaves and baked in Laguna mud: delicious. Jauja also has several
simple, central restaurants.
El Paraíso $
(Ayacucho 917; mains S12-14; lunch & dinner)
The best eatery in town is this vast
plant-filled restaurant popular with locals who are attracted by bargain specialties such as
trucha
(from Laguna de Paca) or
picante de cuy
(roast guinea pig in a spicy sauce). It's
just south of the main plaza.
PERUVIAN
Getting There & Away
Jauja has the regional airport (currently under expansion to allow bigger planes to land),
with daily flights to/from Lima courtesy of
LC Peru
(
www.lcperu.pe
)
. The airport is
south of town on the Huancayo road.
Buses, minibuses and taxis all congregate at the south side of town by the bus yard at
the intersection of Ricardo Palma with 28 de Julio about 800m from the Plaza de Armas.
During the day, frequent, inexpensive minibuses (S3) and
colectivos
(S5) leave from here
for Huancayo (50 minutes). Minibuses also leave for Tarma (S7, 1½ hours) and La Oroya
(two hours).
Colectivos
will also leave to these destinations if there is demand: they nor-
mally only leave when they have five passengers (that means two in the front seat).
Getting Around
Mototaxis
run anywhere in town for around S1.50. Take a
mototaxi
to get to Laguna de
Paca (S3).
Jauja is one of the few towns in the central highlands that sells bicycles. Shops on Junín
provide fairly reliable mountain bikes if you plan on staying a while.
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