Getting To & Away From Trujillo

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By Lorraine Caputo

Three areas serve as the central points for bus offices. On Avenida del Ejército, just past Avenida España, are the offices for Ormeño, Cial, Civa, Oltursa, Flores and Vía. The office for Cruz del Sur is around the corner on Amazonas and Entrafesa, two blocks away Túpac Amaru 185 and across from the cemetery.

The second grouping of bus agency offices is on Avenida Mansiche, between Avenida Juan Pablo II and Ovalo Cassines. There are Ittsa (two stations: one for Lima bus, another for north-bound buses), Chinchay Suyo, El Sol and Ethmopesa.

The third major area for interdepartmental buses is on Avenida América. Móvil Tours is near Ovalo Larco and Línea is midways between Ovalos Larco and Grau. Línea has in-town ticket offices at Carrión 140, a half-block from Avenida Mansiche, and at Orbegoso 300. (Monday-Saturday 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m.-noon, 4-8 p.m.)

To Lima: Most buses leave between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and from 10 p.m. to midnight, the ride takes eight to nine hours. Many companies have different levels of service that are sold for differents prices: Cial, $14-24; Cruz del Sur in addition leaves at 8:30 a.m. ($12-32); Ittsa, $19-37; Línea additionally has five buses running from 8 a.m.-noon ($12-40); and Móvil has special tickets for $27. Other companies that also take the route to Lima are: Oltursa, Flores, Vía, Civa and Emtrafesa.

To Huaraz-Línea: 9 p.m., 9:15 p.m., 9 hours ($14-24)), Móvil: 9 p.m., 8:30 p.m., also to Caraz, 8-9 hours ($14).

To Cajamarca-Emtrafesa: 9:45 p.m., 6 hours, Línea: 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., every 15 minutes from 10-11:30 p.m., 8 hours ($7-14)

To Jaén-Línea: 1:30 p.m., 11 p.m., 7 hours, transfer in Chiclayo ($6-8)

To Chachapoyas-Móvil: 4 p.m., 16 hours ($22)

To Tarapoto-Móvil: 3 p.m., 18 hours ($29-35)

To Chiclayo-Emtrafesa: half-hourly, 4:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m., 3 hours ($5), Línea: hourly, 3.5 hours ($4)

To Piura-Emtrafesa: 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m. for 6 hours ($3), Ittsa: 1:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m., 11:45 p.m., 6 hours ($9-15), Línea: hourly 6 a.m.-4 p.m. with transfer in Chiclayo, 2:15 and 11 p.m. direct, 6-7 hours ($10-12). There are also buses to Piura with Chinchay Suyo (on to Sullana) and Ethmopesa.

To Paita-Ittsa: 11:40 p.m., 7 hours ($9)

To Máncora / Tumbes-Emtrafesa: 7 p.m., 8-10 hours ($7-9), El Sol: (8:30 p.m., 7 hours ($8)

Ormeño’s north-bound international buses pass through Trujillo on  their way to Guayaquil, Ecuador daily at 11:45 p.m. ($75), to Quito, Ecuador ($80), to Cali, Colombia ($145) and to Bogotá, Colombia on Monday and Fridays at 10:30 p.m.($170). More buses pass through Trujillo headed north to Cúcuta, Colombia ($180) and Caracas, Venezuela on Mondays at 10:30 p.m. ($180). For southern destinations (La Paz, Bolivia; Santiago de Chile; Mendoza and Buenos Aires, Argentina), buses leave from Lima.

Aeropuerto Carlos Martínez de Pinillos is off the highway toward Huanchaco (Tel: 46-4013). A taxi to the airport costs $3.35-5. Huanchaco combis drop you off about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the airport. LanPeru has three daily flights to Lima (starting at $129, 1 hour) (Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Amaru 490, Tel: 20-1859).