Place in Ancash, Peru

Chimbote

Chimbote ; Quechua: Chimputi) is a city in northwestern Peru.

Every way there

Trujillo → Chimbote
117 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · S/23–31
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Chiclayo → Chimbote
292 km · quickest by road, 6h 57m · S/55–75
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Lima → Chimbote
372 km · quickest by road, 8h 46m · S/70–95
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Chimbote, 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 Chimbote has

YScheduled flightsTrujillo (TRU), 124 km
FTrains and coaches2 feeds listed in the Mobility Database, not compiled yet (Aeroexpreso, TMT Trujillo - Gerencia de Transporte)
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: Trujillo, 117 km.

-9.075°, -78.594°

It is the largest city in the Ancash Region and the tenth most populous in Peru. With a population of 425,367 in 2017, it is the capital of both Santa Province and Chimbote District. The city has an altitude of 4 meters.

Get in

Getting to Chimbote

Chimbote has a modern bus 'Terminal Terrestre' 5 km south of the city. The best lines from Lima are Linea, Cruz del Sur and CIVA, with reclining seats and clean services. A cheaper option is Tres Estrellas.

See

Worth seeing

There's a fish cannery in the town, and unfortunately, the whole place smells like it.

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