Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The rough northbound road to Chota (five hours) passes through wild and attractive
countryside via Bambamarca, which has a busy market on Sunday morning. Buses run
from Chota to Chiclayo along a rough road.
The staggeringly scenic eastbound road winds to Celendín (
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, then bumps its
way across the Andes, past Chachapoyas and down into the Amazon lowlands.
Cial
( 36-8701;
www.expresocial.com
; Atahualpa 684)
Dual economical/
bus-cama
(bed bus) buses to Lima at 6pm (Monday to Saturday) and 5pm (Sunday).
to Lima at 6:30pm.
Cruz del Sur
( 36-2024;
www.cruzdelsur.com.pe
; Atahualpa 844)
Nice
bus-cama
to
Lima at 7pm.
Línea
( 36-6100; Atahualpa 306)
The most comfortable Lima-bound
bus-camas
at
6pm and 6:30pm. Chiclayo departures at 10:45am, 1:30pm, 10:50pm and 11pm as well as
Trujillo at 10:30am, 1pm, 10pm, 10:15pm, 10:30pm and 10:40pm. It also has a ticket of-
fice on the Plaza de Armas.
Royal Palace's
( 34-3063; Reyna Farge 130)
Services to Celendín at 9:30am and
12:30pm; cheap buses to Trujillo (10pm) and Lima (6pm, 6:30pm and 8pm); and Ca-
jabamba at 11pm.
Tepsa
( 36-3306;
www.tepsa.com.pe
;
Sucre 422)
Comfortable
bus-cama
Lima service
at 6pm.
Tour Atahualpa
( 96-491-6371; Atahualpa 299)
Buses to Cajabamba at 2am and
11am, Celendín at 4:30am and 1pm, Chota at 10am via Bambamarca.
Transportes Chiclayo
( 36-4628;
www.transporteschiclayo.com
; Atahualpa 283)
Has
a Chiclayo-bound bus at 11pm which is good for transferring north to Mancorá or
Tumbes.
Transportes Horna
( 36-3218;
www.transporteshorna.pe
;
Atahualpa 312)
Five buses
a day to Trujillo between 8am and 11pm; two departures to Cajabamba at 12:30am and
2:30am; and one daily departure at 2:30am to Huamachuco.
Transportes Rojas
( 34-0548; Atahualpa 309)
Services to Cajabamba at 2am, 9am,
8am, 11am, 2pm and 4pm; Celendín at 3pm and Chota via Bambamarca at 7pm.
Turismo Dias
( 34-4322;
www.turdias.com
;
Atahualpa 307)
Buses to Trujillo at
10am, 1:15pm, 10pm and 11pm; Chiclayo at 10:30am, 1:45pm and 9:45pm; and a direct
bus to Piura at 10:30pm, the best option for getting to Mancorá. Buses depart from its ter-
minal at Vía de Evitamiento 1370.
