Tarapoto Travel Blogs

Tarapoto is known as the City of the Palm Trees. It's located in the Rainforest and rises in the middle of the jungle.  The people are very friendly and are always smiling. Just be prepared for hot weather and enjoy the nature. I went to Tarapoto just for fun, but I didn't have time to know …

I left for Yurimaguas today, at first waiting for a collectivo van but with only 5 passengers waiting around for the 13-person conveyance to leave, it could have taken hours, so the few of us there decided to go to the other terminal and see if there were a pickup truck or car going to Yurimagu…

We arrived to Tarapoto around 630am. Tarapoto is a nice little sweaty hot town where everyone rides scooters or motorcycles and there are a ton of mototaxis. There are very few cars out and about which is cool. We went into the center to grab some breakfast and take care of some travel business. Un…

Hello all, Fresh from my 18-1/4 hour bus trip from Piura, I had tuk-tuk driver drop me off at the LAN Airlines office.  It didn't open for another couple of hours, so I started to look for a hotel.  I found one down near the square that had A/C and free breakfast.  I got a few hours…

My second trip to Peru, September - October 2006. This time I went to the north, along the coast, then over the mountains and into the Amazon region. Lima - Trujillo - Chiclayo - Chachapoyas - Moyabamba - Yurimaugas - Iquitos.