Getting in Chiclayo

Air connections

Chiclayo has an airport with daily connections to Lima. The TANS office is at Balta 601. Aerocontinente has an office at San Jose 867.

Bus connections

Chiclayo has good bus connections up and down the coast, as well as inland. Most bus companies have offices on Av. Bolognesi.

Lima

Lima is 12 hours from Chiclayo, and there are plenty of bus services at all levels of comfort, mostly at night. Civa (Bolognesi 714) has good services at 8pm and 8.30pm for USD 15. Flores (Bolognesi 757) has a semi-cama bus at 8.15pm for USD 13. Ittsa (Bolognesi 779) has a bus-cama service to Lima at 9pm for USD 17. Cruz del Sur (Bolognesi 888) has a bus-cama service at 9pm for USD 27, a semi-cama service at 9pm for USD 20, a comfortable service at 8pm for USD 15 and a basic service at 8.15pm for USD 8. Oltursa has different levels of service, including bus-cama at 8pm for USD 17. Ormeno (Av. Victor Haya de la Torre 245) has a basic service at 7.30pm for USD 8 and a bus-cama service at 10pm for USD 22.

Trujillo

Buses to Lima pass through Trujillo, 3 hours away. Alternatively, Linea (Bolognesi 638) has buses every hour for USD 3. These stop in Pacasmayo.

Piura

Buses to Piura, 3 hours from Chiclayo, cost USD 3. Linea (Bolognesi 638) has hourly buses.

Tumbes

Tumbes is 8 hours from Chiclayo, and buses cost USD 6. Tepsa (Bolognesi 536) has a service at 6am and another at 10pm.

Cajamarca

Cajamarca is 6 hours from Chiclayo, and buses cost about USD 5. Linea has services at 10pm and 10.45pm. Transportes Mendoza (Bolognesi 536) has a service at 12.30pm on Mondays to Fridays, 10am on Saturdays and 9.30pm on Sundays. Turismo Dias (Bolognesi 536) has services at 1.45pm and 10.30pm. Transportes El Cumbe has services at 7am, 2pm and 10pm.

Jaen

Jaen is 6 hours from Chiclayo, and buses cost USD 4. Civa has buses at 11am and 9pm. Linea has buses at 1pm and 11pm. Transportes Huamantanga has services at 12.30pm and 10.30pm.

Chachapoyas

Chachapoyas is 12 hours from Chiclayo, and buses cost USD 7. Most travel at night, which is a shame as you miss the spectacular scenery on the journey. Alternatively, you can catch a bus to Pedro Ruiz and from there carry on in colectivos. Civa has direct buses to Chachapoyas leaving at 5pm. Trans Service Kuelap (Bolognesi 536) has a bus at 6pm.

Tarapoto (Pedro Ruiz, Rioja, Moyobamba)

There are a few direct buses into the jungle from Chiclayo. The journey to Tarapoto takes about 18 to 20 hours and costs USD 12. Sol Peruano (Bolognesi 757) has buses at 8am and 2pm. Huamanga (Bolognesi 757) has buses at 9am, 9.30am and 2pm.