Peru · Lima · #3 of Peru's ten by fame
The biggest of the ten, an hour and a half from Lima, with birds next door.
No photo yet. We don’t lie with pictures.
How we rated it: up one for third place on the fame list. No hazard on record.
By our measurement this is the largest of Peru's ten: 2,352 metres long, 126 metres wide on average, 296,625 square metres of sand. It is an hour and a half from Lima. Wetlands beside the beach host a variety of migratory birds. Some come for the surf; Lonely Planet sells it as the weekend getaway.
Warmest sea in February. Fewest wet days in September, October, November and December. 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.
6 beaches 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.
Families and friends from Lima, at the weekend.
About an hour and a half from Lima, according to Lonely Planet.
Yes. Wetlands beside the beach host a variety of migratory birds.
