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Feb 21, 2010 | 9:21 pm

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I think the Base fare is already sold out because when I check my dates in May all I see is Base Plus, Flexible, Full Flexible. The Base Plus is much lower than when I was on the non-Peruvian site. I can't believe the Base price being even lower.

The Base fare is not necessarily sold out for those dates, it may not be showing up because there's a minimum stay or Saturday night requirement or something like that. Try checking out the departure date with a new return date a couple of weeks away and viceversa for the return date and you should be able to see if the Base fare is sold out or not (if it is, it should say "Agotado").

Feb 22, 2010 | 8:21 am

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I guess it doesn't really matter because I can't book the Base fare anyway. As long as I am safe to do so and not required to pay additional fees/fines then I will book the "Base Plus" fare.

Feb 22, 2010 | 1:09 pm

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I guess it doesn't really matter because I can't book the Base fare anyway. As long as I am safe to do so and not required to pay additional fees/fines then I will book the "Base Plus" fare.

I meant that you could check if there's still availability for tickets in Base fare because Base Plus fare is very unlikely to sell out if there is still availability in Base, but if Base sells out far in advance, then you should be more careful.

Feb 22, 2010 | 7:36 pm

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Looks like changing the dates does reveal the Base fare availability on my travel dates. I guess I don't have to worry so much about it selling out just yet. But wow is Base fare cheap!

Also, does splitting my time in Peru 65/35 between Cusco (and MP) / Mancora seem reasonable?

Feb 23, 2010 | 8:38 am

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That would depend on how long you're staying... I think that you can see Cusco in 4 days or so and have enough time but it all depends on what you are planning to see... In Mancora you can just relax and maybe try some water sports for as long as you want.
Are you traveling on the same day from Cusco to Máncora or are you staying for a day or so in Lima?

Feb 23, 2010 | 1:04 pm

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We are probably going to spend 4 days Cusco and 2-3 days in Mancora. The plan was to fly Cusco-Lima in the morning arriving at 9am and then depart for Piura at noon before catching a taxi to Mancora.

Mar 1, 2010 | 5:43 am

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I just remembered that there's a discussion about buying LAN tickets from other country sites in this thread. I think the suggestion to reserve online and then buy the ticket over the phone with that country's call center might work.

Apr 17, 2010 | 11:46 pm

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I wanted to book that tent place in Vichayito but it's closed for renovations from May until June.

DCO also looks really nice but they can't accommodate 3 people.

And now the Las Pocitas de Mancora site isn't working. I'm running out of options!

Apr 18, 2010 | 12:08 pm

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I wanted to book that tent place in Vichayito but it's closed for renovations from May until June.
DCO also looks really nice but they can't accommodate 3 people.
And now the Las Pocitas de Mancora site isn't working. I'm running out of options!

I was able to get the contact information from Google's cache of the Las Pocitas site...

Informes y Reservas Lima:
+ 51 1 998139711 (9am to 6pm)
[email protected]

I guess you could also try Hotelier, Las Arenas or some of the other hotels from that list that I found... I hope you have luck on your search!

Apr 20, 2010 | 6:27 pm

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Thanks! I will try contacting them.

Did you happen to check out Hotelier or Las Arenas when you were there? How would you compare the 3?

Apr 20, 2010 | 11:52 pm

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Thanks! I will try contacting them.

Did you happen to check out Hotelier or Las Arenas when you were there? How would you compare the 3?

I didn't visit Hotelier, we were walking on the beach and saw Las Arenas from there... it looked nice. Someone recommended it to my dad so that was why we wanted to stay there but it was full. I see on their site that they only have double rooms so I'm not sure if they're able to accomodate 3 people.
We stayed at Las Pocitas and it was nice... The food was good, the rooms were nice, clean and had a rustic-beach feel. Like most hotels, it had a pool.

It might be a good idea to check out hotel Punta Sal (http://www.puntasal.com.pe/index_en.html) as well (not in Máncora, it's a bit further north, in Tumbes). It has bungalows/suites that can accomodate 3, all rates include meals (but not drinks). We stayed there a few years ago and it was a nice vacation...

Apr 24, 2010 | 3:28 am

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We had decided on Las Pocitas but they wanted me to pay 60% up front when I asked for a reservation. They said it could be by credit card but when I ask for the information they just give me an ABA/SWIFT code to wire the money. I don't want to prepay let alone having to wire the money to them.

I think I'll go with Las Arenas.