Peru · Chiclayo · #4 of Peru's ten by fame
Fishermen still go out on reed boats, south of the pier.
How we rated it: up one for a sourced find, the reed boats still in use. Photo: Inti Runa Viajero · CC BY 2.0
Pimentel is 11 km from Chiclayo: 2,571 metres of sand with a boardwalk, food stalls and a 695-metre pier refurbished for walking and line fishing. North of the pier is the modern part. South of it are the restaurants, the boats and the caballitos de totora: residents go out to fish riding or kneeling on reed boats.
Warmest sea in February. Fewest wet days in June, July, August and September. Pick your fight.
One year of data, 2025, from Open-Meteo at this beach's coordinates. A rain day is 1 mm or more. The red bar is the month to aim for in each row.
1 beach within 6 km, as the gull flies.
Straight-line distances from the mapped beach shapes (OpenStreetMap). Roads are longer, and in Bali they are much longer.
Popular with wealthy people from the region, mainly in summer, and still described as quiet and peaceful.
Reed boats. At Pimentel, residents still go out to fish riding or kneeling on them, from the beach south of the pier.
11 km. A taxi costs S/.15 to 20 and public transport S/.1.50.
