Tourist Information of Tacna, Peru
-A border city to Arica, Chile
-Tacna-
Tacna is a settlement in southern Peru and the regional capital city of the Tacna Region. It is located 35km north of the border with Arica, Chile. This city belonged to Chile as recently as 1929, but now proudly and unequivocally part of Peru.
Nowadays this very commercially active city is Peru's tenth most populous city.
Patriotism puts up a steely rearguard action in Tacna. You can see an earnest flag-raising ceremony every Sunday morning in Paseo Civio, the main plaza. If you visit this plaza and some museums, you can see their exhibitations which all dedicated to Peru's glorious past.
Optional Tours
-Tour Companies
You can find them in streets, Av. Bolognesi and Av. San Martin. Small travel agencies don't have their web sites, but have pages in facebook.
・ SAMA TOURS : www.samatoursperu.com Adress: Av. San Martín 824 Tel: 52-426325
・ SURI TRAVELS (S.R.L) : www.suritravels.com
・ TACNA TRAVEL : www.tacnatravel.com Adress:Av. San Martín 744
・ Albatroz Travel : www.albatroztravel.com
・ Costa Azul: www.costaazulagencias.com
Central zone of Tacna for tourists is located around the plaza, Paseo Civico and Av. Bolognesi. It's a small area to walk around and it takes just 1 hour. It's small city but you can have access to banks, shops, restaurants, cafes, souvenir shops and etc. Tourist police works on the street from the morning to the night, thanks to their works, the safety in the center of city isn't bad.
If you have a car, in 30 mins from the center of Tacna, you can visit to 2 museums and a hot spring of Pachia. On the way you can enjoy great views of farms of olives and historical terraced farms. Also you can visit some wineries.
If you visit to Tarata, you can see beautiful terraces farms. It’s known as a great spot for easy trekking. In the summer local people love to visit a beach of Boca de Rio, which takes 40 mins by car.
S170- (Costa Azul)
08:00-17:30
City Tour + Pachia - 1Day
City Tour - 1/2 Day
S40- (Tacna Travel)
Mon-Sat 09:00-13:00, 14:00-18:00
Sun 09:00-13:00
Depends on the number of participants
Mon-Sat 09:00-13:00, 13:00-17:00
Sun 09:00-13:00
City Tour + Miculla + Winery
Things to Bring: Sun Protection, Water Bottle, Camera, Jackets, Hat, Walking Shoes, Backpacks and Swimsuit.
No include (It depends on tour): Lunch, Entrance fee of the hot spring (Pachia - Hot Spring S8, Swimming pool S3/ Ticaco - Entrance Fee S2.5, Hot Spring S5).
To prevent mountain altitude sickness: You can buy medicine in drugstore without a medical prescription. Take candies of Coca or Limon. Drink water.
Others: You can find guide who can speak English with same price with Spanish guide but their English level is low.
S150- (Sama Tour)
07:00-20:30
Locumba Tour
Altitude 2,600m
S150- (Sama Tour) /S189- (Costa Azul)
07:30-17:00
Tarata + Ticaco
Altitude 3,500m
S150- (Sama Tour)
08:00-15:00
Ite + Boca de Rio
S150- (Sama Tour)
07:30-17:30
Ilo
S190- (Sama Tour)
06:00-20:30
Moquegua + Torata
Altitude 1,800m
S110- (Sama Tour)
07:00-18:30
Candarave
Altitude 1,800m
Min 8 pax
13:30-18:30 (+1)
Candarave 1N2D
Altitude 3,415-4,100m
S160- (Sama Tour)
08:00-17:00
Arica, Chile - 1 Day