Chiclayo - Getting To and Away

Transportation

By John Howison

There are multiple flights per day from Lima to Chiclayo and from Chiclayo to Lima. Lan Peru flies offers four flights daily between Lima and Chiclayo. The flights into Chiclayo depart Lima at 6:30 a.m. and 7:55 p.m. and take 1 hour and 25 minutes. Flights leave Chiclayo at 10:40 a.m. and 9:50 p.m., and arrive in Lima in 1 hour and 10 minutes. Each one-way ticket is $125.

There are buses departing Chiclayo at least once per day from the major bus terminals near the corner of Balta and Bolegnesi. Lima (12 hours) costs about $15 and leaves hourly from Transportes Linea. They also offer hourly service to Trujillo (3 hours) for $5. Chachapoyas (12 hours) costs $8. It's worth it to try and arrange a day bus for this trip, as the scenery is beautiful. Tombes (9 hours) costs $7 and there are two buses daily through Tepsa. Cajamarca (6 hours) is $5 with multiple departures daily with a variety of carriers. Jaén (6 hours) costs about $5, with two companies offering twice daily departures.