Fishing village in Peru

Cabo Blanco

Cabo Blanco is a fishing village in northwestern Peru, 3 km northwest from El Alto, Talara, Piura.

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The field note

What is in and around Cabo Blanco, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Cabo Blanco has

NScheduled flightsnearest airport SNC is 229 km away
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
NFerriesno crossing within 25 km
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Talara, 36 km.

-4.251°, -81.235°

It was famous in the past among big-game fishermen and today is a noted surf break. The village takes its name from the light coloured nearby mountains. Cabo Blanco is one of the surfing spots in northern Peru with waves suitable for surfing all year round, along with other surf spots such as Chicama, Huanchaco, Pacasmayo, and Lobitos.

How locals move

Getting around Cabo Blanco the local way

Get aroundThe mototaxis (motorcycles adapted to carry from 1 to 3 passengers in the back) are the only public transportation available in Los Organos.

From Wikivoyage: Los Organos, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-07.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Ministerio de la Producción de Perú (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.