It's Easter season, and it's time to plan how to take a trip through the Peruvian jungle. Tarapoto is a city where you can find a wide variety of food, lodging and tourist landscapes attractive to any citizen. It has the main airport in the San Martín region, and therefore it is an important entrance to the northeastern tourist circuit. Do you dare to pay him a visit for these holidays?
If you are looking to spend the long holiday from Holy Thursday, this is the best way to give you a visit to Tarapoto. Therefore, know the prices of tours, tickets, stay, what to do and tourist places to visit in the Peruvian jungle city.
HOW TO GET THERE?
The distance from Lima to Tarapoto is approximately 985 km, traveling by road, which can take about 28 hours. The city of the jungle communicates with the Fernando Belaúnde Terry highway. You can start from Lima to Chiclayo, then to Olmos, you pass through Bagua, Rioja, Moyobamba and arrive in Tarapoto. It's almost 22 hours by bus.
For flights, it is 1 hour with 28 minutes on average, with a price of $47 the cheapest. The best way to get from Lima to Tarapoto is to fly which takes 1h 29m and costs $55 - $180. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $13 - $40 and takes 26h 13m.
See also: Easter in the Peruvian jungle: the best typical dishes offered by this region
PROMOTIONS
According to Y Tú Qué Planes, there are promotions to enjoy Tarapoto. These are the following:
Quick Plan in Tarapoto (long weekend):
For 3 days and 2 nights. With a price of S/484 and with the international seal of “Safe Travels”. The first day will be the reception at the hotel and free afternoon for tourists, the second will be a visit to the waterfalls of Ahuashiyacu (maximum 4 hours), a place with magic of colors, an impressive walk that they will never forget and end the day in the Plaza de Armas with a relaxing 40-minute massage, the third day is free and the last one can decide to go to Quiquiriqui Tours or do personal activities around the city.
The promotion is valid for holidays and are exonerated from IGV. Children up to 3 years old do not make any payment and a minimum of 4 adults are required to apply the offer.
Tarapoto and Sauce Resort Plan:
Price from S/ 550. They are 3 nights accommodation, 2 nights at the San Juan de Tarapoto hotel, and 1 night at the Sauce Resort. If it includes food with 2 breakfasts and 1 lunch on the Blue Lagoon tour, they are taken to the airport and the tour is to the Blue Lagoon and the Ahuashiyacu Waterfall.
The promotion begins with a free day to then have breakfast at the hotel to go out to the Ahuashiyacu Falls, then it is the stop at the viewpoint of the Cerro Escalera, with a 10-minute walk to get to the waterfall. They bathe in the pool about 12 meters long that has varying depths, 30cm in the overflow part and 3 meters in the central part.
The third day is the Blue Lagoon ride, which will be after a visit to a restaurant on the shores of the lagoon. Then follow the boat ride on the Blue Lagoon, with the opportunity to have a tourist break for adventure sports or to swim in the lagoon. After lunch they transfer to the Sauce Resort hotel to have the fourth day off and return to the airport.
OTHER PLACES TO VISIT
Huacamaillo Waterfall: Located 20 minutes from Tarapoto and an hour's walk from the town of San Antonio de Cumbaza, this is a waterfall of approximately 20 meters, surrounded by dense vegetation, ideal for watching birds and butterflies.
Chazuta: Chazuta is known for its cultural wealth and natural beauty. Here we find the Wasichay Cultural Center (which has an Ethnographic Ceramic Room and Traditional Pottery Workshop, the Funeral Urns of Chazuta, the Chazutayacu Thermal Baths and the Tununtunumba Falls.
Lamas: Located on the top of a hill at an altitude of 814 meters, it has steep streets and arranged in terraces, it was named “City of the Three Floors” by Antonio Raimondi. The story goes that the first floor belonged to the indigenous descendants of the Chancas who came from southern Peru, the second to the mestizos and the third was used as a fort.
In addition, there are 11 tourist attractions in Tarapoto that obtained the “Safe Travels” seal. It means that destinations are guaranteed to follow all the biosecurity protocols against the coronavirus, and therefore are safe attractions to receive tourists. These are:
- The Ahuashiyacu Falls
- El Mono y la Gata viewpoint
- Carpishuyacu Falls, Lamas Castle
- ACONABIKH Private Reserve
- Lago Sauce (laguna azul)
- Taytayacu Ecotourism Circuit
- Artisan Cigar Making Circuit
- Chanka Museum and
- Lamist Diversity.
- Plaza Mayor de Lamas
- Plaza de la Cultura Viva in Wayku neighborhood.
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