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

1- Reserve a driver to meet you at the airport and take you to your hotel. We use a safe and reliable chauffeur - 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, [Note: If you are not a Bruce Peru volunteer Leonardo will still serve you on the same basis - but if you mislead him by saying you are a volunteer when you are not it will cause confusion, phone calls between Lima and Chiclayo, and waste busy people's time] - give him your arrival date, time and flight number. He will charge S/40 to S/50 (roughly US$12-$15, depending on how long he has to wait for your flight to arrive - this driver only goes to the airport to collect our volunteers) to meet you and take you to your hotel. 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 S/45 - 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. NOTE 2 - If you reserve Leonardo and then you do not turn up, you will be billed for $14 -because it means he has come to the airport and spent 2 hours for nothing..

2 - (A)(assuming you will spend the first night in Lima - most international flights arrive too late to catch a bus to Chiclayo 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.
.....(B) If you arrive early in the morning, then we recommend that you let Leonardo get you on the 1:PM bus to Chiclayo.

3 - .Reserve a seat on the bus from Lima to Chiclayo.
Either do this with the help of Leonardo (the trusted taxi driver), or when checking in at your hotel be certain (immediately after checking in) to ask the hotel staff to reserve your seat on the Chiclayo 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 - Either the morning, or 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 bus terminal in Chiclayo.

Hotel Hostal Pasada Santa Clara, La Victoria, Lima 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

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

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.