How to get from the airport in Lima to Bruce Peru in Trujillo:

1 - (assuming you will spend the first night in Lima - most international flights arrive too late to catch a bus to Trujillo until the next day) Reserve a hotel room for the night. Below are two hotels in the best and safest part of town, which give our volunteers a discount. Make your reservation via email.

2 - Reserve a taxi to meet you at the airport and take you to your hotel. We use a safe and reliable taxi - his name is Leonardo Moya. Leonardo will be waiting for you with your name on a sign when you come out of customs. Make your reservation directly with him via email: leitomovil@hotmail.com: Give him your name, say you are a Bruce Peru volunteer, give him your arrival date, time and flight number. He will charge S/35 (about $10) to meet you and take you to your hotel.(Note: Sanchez Hotel (below) also offers this reliable service, theirs costs $15 - but we hve found Leonardo to be the most reliable so far).. The next day the hotel staff will put you in a safe taxi and give him directions to your bus terminal. NOTE: If you take a taxi, just any taxi from the airport, DO NOT PAY THE TAXI UNTIL YOU ARE INSIDE YOUR HOTEL, AND DO IT IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL STAFF, MAKING CERTAIN THEY ARE PART OF YOUR CONVERSATION WITH THE TAXI DRIVER!! - the price for a tax waiting in line at the airport should be roughly $10 (35 Soles, local money) - a volunteer who came in August 2004 and did not understand the local money, got into a taxi waiting in the line at the airport, outside the hotel he made her pay the equivolent of $175 If she had paid the driver in the hotel the staff would never have let the driver get away with this.

3 - .Reserve a seat on the bus from Lima to Trujillo.
When checking in at your hotel be certain to (immediately after checking in) ask the hotel staff to reserve your seat on the ITTSA bus (presumably for the next day) - this can only be done once you are in Lima (because buses in Peru require payment within 24 hours).*

4 - The morning after you arrive in Lima and have your bus reservation, please call us at this number: (044) 9924445 so we can have someone meet you at the ITTSA terminal in Trujillo.
Note, if the hotel staff can't get you on an ITTSA bus, ask for a seat on the bus company 'Linea' it is a little more expensive, but also safe and punctual (we only pick you up if you travel with one of these two bus lines).*

Hotel La Casa de los Sanchez Av. Diagonal 348 Miraflores Lima LIMA18 (best part of Lima|)
($20 single occupancy - discounted from $35) Email for reservations: casadelossanchez@terra.com.pe
or casadelossanchez@hotmail.com ........Tel: (51-1) 446-4944 Fax: (51-1) 445-2738

Hostal Residencial El Patio Diez Canseco 341-A Miraflores LIMA 18 (Nicer hotel at safe but less scenic address) (singles $20 - discounted from:$30). E-Mail for reservation: hostalelpatio@qnet.com.pe
Tel: (511) 444-2107 444-4884 444-2665 Fax: (511) 444-1663

* Important - If you travel with any other of the dozen of so bus lines which serveTrujillo from Lima, you risk arriving up to 3 hours late, and you will need to take a taxi from their terminal to our center - 325 Independencia (a half block from Trujillo's main square).

NOTE: If you find the above arrangements too expensive, or if you are an experienced traveller in Peru, you can always take an ordinary taxi at the airport or even a bus (at your own risk), and here is a link to inexpensive hostals recommended by friends, but whose services may or may not include helping you with bus reservations etc.) economic hostals.