Learn the phone codes to receive calls from your friends and family during your stay in Mancora:
The coin:
Try to exchange your money in the designed places and not with street cambist. Remember that not all the stores, restaurants and hotels accept payments in dollars.
If you want to learn a little more about the weather in Mancora and the influx of visitors all year round, this information will be useful for you:
January - March: High Season
Everybody wants to visit Mancora in January, and March. The little town becomes a concurred point due to its tropical weather, with temperatures that round a maximum of 113ºF in its highest peaks and no less than 77ºF in most days. Refreshing rains reduce the heat during these months, but there can also be heavier rainfalls. When tourism increases, the accommodation demands also increase and, therefore, the prices go higher as well.
April: Middle Season
The heat becomes moderate in comparison with the previous months, but the summer is still in force and the people go around the town, throughout the day, with light clothing. The season becomes middle because the summer vacations are done and many national visitors go back to their cities. However, the Easter holiday and the Holy Week make Mancora the host of a big audience during, approximately, a week. The Holy Week starts the first Sunday after the first full moon that follows the spring equinox.
May - June: Low Season
Tourism decreases and becomes light, but the tourist activity never stops in the town since it is very close to the Ecuador frontier and many buses and vehicles have to transit through the Panamerica North highway. Some businesses close earlier in the closest zone to the boulevard. The high temperatures remain.
July: High Season
Winter begins in Mancora and the temperatures go, at nights, down to 62.6ºF. The month of the peruanidad attracts hundreds of tourists to Mancora. To celebrate the independence holidays, the national authorities usually declare a long holiday. The rates go higher due to the strong demand for accommodations and tourist services.
August - October: Middle Season
Passages go higher because these months are an opportune time to appreciate the appearance of the humpback whales in the shore. The accessibility that the Mancora town has to the beaches makes it one of the best places to observe the arrival of the whales. More than one thousand humpback whales precipitate to the Peruvian north cost to reproduce and spawn in tropical waters. You can better appreciate this natural spectacle during the morning hours. The accommodations with sea views, located on the beach, are in high demand during this season.
November: Middle Season
The previous month of December is full of novelties. To begin with, it is when the migratory birds fly to the south, an event that many lovers of bird watching can enjoy. Besides, it is a festive month for Mancora since the 14th is its anniversary. The celebrations are comprised of the election and coronation of "Miss Mancora", sand sculpture contests and other activities. On the other side, November is the month where everybody does a reservation. Weather improves since the official summertime in Mancora comes closer.
December: High Season
The preparations to receive New Year and let behind the old year make December the month where Mancora reach its higher tourist influx peak. If you didn't buy your tickets and make reservations for accommodations in November, it is very probable that you will end up paying an overrun and camping in any of the official camping zones of Mancora for New Year's Eve.
The movement in the town is fast and the tourist services offer a wide range of packages to ensure you will have fun. You can rent watercraft at the beach, a trip on banana boats and take scuba diving classes, in a school recognized and approved by the PADI, to meet the life that habits under the waters of Mancora.
During this month, the beaches produce the best waves of the region. Surfing and kitesurfing become extra popular. You can count with an instructor or rent the necessary equipment, or even buy it at a good price in the specialized stores of the area.
Besides, you can also enjoy of full days to the Mangroves of Tumbes, swimm with turtles, fish, ride bike at the natural and protected zones that are near the town or enjoy the simple beauty of a walk throught the shore, of the sunset or of the starry sky.
Learn the phone codes to receive calls from your friends and family during your stay in Mancora:
The coin:
Try to exchange your money in the designed places and not with street cambist. Remember that not all the stores, restaurants and hotels accept payments in dollars.
If you want to learn a little more about the weather in Mancora and the influx of visitors all year round, this information will be useful for you:
January - March: High Season
Everybody wants to visit Mancora in January, and March. The little town becomes a concurred point due to its tropical weather, with temperatures that round a maximum of 113ºF in its highest peaks and no less than 77ºF in most days. Refreshing rains reduce the heat during these months, but there can also be heavier rainfalls. When tourism increases, the accommodation demands also increase and, therefore, the prices go higher as well.
April: Middle Season
The heat becomes moderate in comparison with the previous months, but the summer is still in force and the people go around the town, throughout the day, with light clothing. The season becomes middle because the summer vacations are done and many national visitors go back to their cities. However, the Easter holiday and the Holy Week make Mancora the host of a big audience during, approximately, a week. The Holy Week starts the first Sunday after the first full moon that follows the spring equinox.
May - June: Low Season
Tourism decreases and becomes light, but the tourist activity never stops in the town since it is very close to the Ecuador frontier and many buses and vehicles have to transit through the Panamerica North highway. Some businesses close earlier in the closest zone to the boulevard. The high temperatures remain.
July: High Season
Winter begins in Mancora and the temperatures go, at nights, down to 62.6ºF. The month of the peruanidad attracts hundreds of tourists to Mancora. To celebrate the independence holidays, the national authorities usually declare a long holiday. The rates go higher due to the strong demand for accommodations and tourist services.
August - October: Middle Season
Passages go higher because these months are an opportune time to appreciate the appearance of the humpback whales in the shore. The accessibility that the Mancora town has to the beaches makes it one of the best places to observe the arrival of the whales. More than one thousand humpback whales precipitate to the Peruvian north cost to reproduce and spawn in tropical waters. You can better appreciate this natural spectacle during the morning hours. The accommodations with sea views, located on the beach, are in high demand during this season.
November: Middle Season
The previous month of December is full of novelties. To begin with, it is when the migratory birds fly to the south, an event that many lovers of bird watching can enjoy. Besides, it is a festive month for Mancora since the 14th is its anniversary. The celebrations are comprised of the election and coronation of "Miss Mancora", sand sculpture contests and other activities. On the other side, November is the month where everybody does a reservation. Weather improves since the official summertime in Mancora comes closer.
December: High Season
The preparations to receive New Year and let behind the old year make December the month where Mancora reach its higher tourist influx peak. If you didn't buy your tickets and make reservations for accommodations in November, it is very probable that you will end up paying an overrun and camping in any of the official camping zones of Mancora for New Year's Eve.
The movement in the town is fast and the tourist services offer a wide range of packages to ensure you will have fun. You can rent watercraft at the beach, a trip on banana boats and take scuba diving classes, in a school recognized and approved by the PADI, to meet the life that habits under the waters of Mancora.
During this month, the beaches produce the best waves of the region. Surfing and kitesurfing become extra popular. You can count with an instructor or rent the necessary equipment, or even buy it at a good price in the specialized stores of the area.
Besides, you can also enjoy of full days to the Mangroves of Tumbes, swimm with turtles, fish, ride bike at the natural and protected zones that are near the town or enjoy the simple beauty of a walk throught the shore, of the sunset or of the starry sky.