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Máncora:
The
picturesque town of Mancora was born and grew as a fishermen village.
Its population is about 8,000 people. With the ever growing number
of visitors, many restaurants, cafés and discotheques have
opened in the center of the town. You will find a catholic church,
a market, small super-markets, handicraft and souvenir stores
and internet cafés. Mancora has also a health center, several
drugstores and some private medical doctors.
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area has a semi-tropical dry climate, with a yearly average temperature
of 28.7 oC. August registers the lower temperatures with an average
of 19.2 oC, while February (summer) has the highest temperatures,
with an average of 29.8 oC. Rain is scarce throughout the year,
but the rainy period is between January and June. There is virtually
no rain during winter (July to October) and in the afternoon there
is a breeze from the south, fluctuating between 6 and 1.3/m.seg).
Mancora
has kilometers of beautiful sandy beaches, with warm water. The
coastal area has a great diversity of birds such as Band-tailed
Gulls, Pelicans, Peruvian Bobbies and Diving-petrels. The sea also
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Water
sports:
The
North of Peru has excellent conditions for swimming, fishing, and
in particular for practicing water sports requiring perfect waves
and smooth winds. Mancora has a well-known Surf Point and there
are facilities to rent surf equipment or to take lessons. Kite surf
is a new sport in Mancora, but the combination of perfect waves
and stable winds make this zone an ideal one to practice this discipline,
mainly from April to November.
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Currency/banking:
The
“Banco de la Nación” has an agency in Mancora,
where you can exchange American dollars into soles. There are
also ATM machines where you can use credit cards such as Diners,
American Express, VISA, VISA plus, MasterCard and Cirrus.
Private
banks have their agencies in Talara, 90 km. south of Mancora.
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