Accommodation in Peru's Northern Beaches

The most popular spots along Peru's northern beaches are Máncora and Punta Sal, next one to each other on opposite sides of the Tumbes-Piura border (Máncora being in Piura and Punta Sal in Tumbes). Accordingly to tourist popularity, many accommodation facilities have opened in both beaches, with Punta Sal having a more upscale profile, and Máncora being more popular with youngsters (even if many families spend their holidays here).

Punta Sal's flag hotel (probably the oldest in the area) is the Punta Sal Club Hotel, a luxurious hotel with the choice of regular rooms, suites, de luxe bungalows, and even a 4-bedroom independent house right on the beach. The Punta Sal Club Hotel features a nice restaurant with an ocean view, a bar, and a private dinning room.

It's entertainment offer is quite rich, and features deep sea fishing, yatch trips, horseback riding and the usual nautical games. Other services include a conference room for 150 people and a boutique selling local handicrafts and beach clothes and accessories. Rates (during high season) range from US$ 63 per person per day for a standard bungalow double room to US$ 119 for the presidential suite.

More economic alternatives can be fount at Sunset Punta Sal hotel and Hotel Caballito de Mar, both right on the beach. Sunset Punta Sal has 20 bungalows with private terraces and bathrooms, and specializes in a varied and professional sports fishing offering. The Caballito de Mar hotel counts 10 bungalows that accommodate up to 60 guests. They're all on the ocean-front, with private terraces and bathrooms. It includes a fish restaurant and a bar.

Further north, in Zorritos (always in the Tumbes department), there is a new hotel and Spa, Costa Azul. It combines the classic beach offer with the Spa amenities: sauna, jacuzzi, massages, and different beauty treatments.

The offer in Máncora (Piura department) is quite large, and includes from large upscale hotels small hostels and bungalows-for-rent.

Las Arenas de Máncora is a 19-room hotel, part of the Libertador hotel chain (with facilities also in Cusco and Arequipa). Half the rooms are on the sea-front, and all are equipped with a private bathroom and a terrace with hammocks, as well as air conditioner, frigobar, and cable-TV. The hotel features a restaurant, bar, and a palm-lined swimming pool. Rates from US$ 105 per room (double) per night.

Máncora Beach Bungalows, managed by the same owners as Hotel Antigua in Lima, offers nice 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom bungalows for US$ 102 (for 2 guests) and US$ 162 (4 guests).

Sausalito Beach offers 17 ocean-view rooms with private terrace with hammocks. It features a restaurant, bar, and swimming pool. Doubles in high season for US$ 110.

Las Pocitas hotel is located on Las Pocitas beach, a nice spot on the same Máncora beach strip. All of its rooms have sea views, terrace with hammocks and are a few steps away from the sand.

Puerto Palos is a further alternative, also including a restaurant, bar, and swimming pool.