Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
S142, leaving Lima at 1:05pm and 9pm, and returning from Trujillo at 2:50pm and
10:45pm.
Bus
Buses often leave Trujillo full, so booking a little earlier is advised. Several companies
that go to southern destinations have terminals on the Panamericana Sur, the southern ex-
tension of Moche, and Ejército; check where your bus actually leaves from when buying a
ticket.
Línea has services to most destinations of interest to travelers and is one of the more
comfortable bus lines.
There's an enclave of bus companies around España and Amazonas offering Lima-
bound night buses (eight hours).
If you want to travel to Huaraz by day, you'll need to go to Chimbote and catch a bus
from there. For more frequent buses to Cajamarca and the northern Highlands, head to
Chiclayo.
For Otuzco,
combis
depart between the 17th and 18th
cuadras
of Prolongacíon Unión
northeast of town.
Tours Pacifico
( 42-7137; Prolongacíon Unión, cuadra 22)
heads
up the mountain six times per day in buses.
America Express
( 26-1906; La Marina 315)
A S5 taxi ride south of town, with buses
to Chimbote every 20 minutes between 4am and 10:30pm.
395)
A 10pm bus to Lima.
to Lima.
437)
One of the biggest and priciest bus companies in Peru. It goes to Lima five times a
day and Guayaquil at 11:45pm on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. They also have a
book-
El Dorado
( 24-4150;
www.transporteseldorado.com.pe
; N de Piérola 1070)
Has
rudimentary buses to Piura five times daily (12:30pm, 8pm, 8:30pm, 10:20pm, 11pm) and
four to Máncora and Tumbes (12:30pm, 8pm, 8:30pm, 9pm).
for Piura (9am, 1:30pm, 11:15pm, 11:30pm, 11:45pm), as well as 11 Lima-bound depar-
tures from 9am to 11:15pm.
