Mancora Beach and El Nuro, Swimming with Turtles, in Peru.

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May 26

Written By Leelush

El Nuro, amazing fishing village on the Northern Pacific Coast of Peru.

Visiting Mancora, a town and beach resorts in northern western Peru included visiting the nearby village of El Nuro on the Pacific coast of Peru.

Early morning horseback riding on the beach in Mancora, Pacific Coast of Peru.

Coming from Ecuador to Peru from the northwest of Peru, you hit the beach resort town of Mancora. Mancora is home to 30 beautiful different beach resorts welcoming tourists from all over South America.

Enjoying coffee at a typical ‘tienda’ in the town of Mancora on the side of the beach in Peru.

Beachfront surfing in Mancora, Pacific Ocean coast of Peru.

On the beach, you can see attractions such as surfing, kite surfing and horseback riding. The food dishes in that town are mainly based on fish coming from the villages around. Mancora has a main street with their markets, and artesanal of jewelry, typically to that area.

Horseback riding in Mancora, Pacific Ocean coast of Peru.

During our stay in Mancora, we enjoyed an early morning walk on the beach, watching the surfing and the early hours of wake up sport clubs of the beach. At the end of the day, we enjoyed a beautiful evening, watching the sunset.

Enjoying the sunset in Mancora, Pacific Ocean coast of Peru.

During the days in Mancora, after enjoying the early mornings walking on the beach, we went to the market, enjoying a fresh lunch of Trucha fish and fish ceviche. We bought jewelry, all hand-made, a combination of shells and stones. We met tourists from Colombia as this is an attractive destination for vacation.

Local market in Mancora, Pacific Ocean coast of Peru.

Sunset views in Mancora, Pacific Ocean coast of Peru.

El Nuro, amazing combination of desert and Pacific Ocean, green sea turtles on the coast of Peru.

We stayed in that area and we decided to take a day trip to El Nuro to swim with the turtles. El Nuro, a fishing village located on the Pacific Ocean of Peru, had amazing views of the desert from one side and the ocean from the other.

In El Nuro, we enjoyed watching the big fish which were brought by the fisherman that day on their fishing boats. On the pier of El Nuro, we were able to witness a lot of the fish that were brought that day. Additionally, the village offers to the tourists other attractions including purchase of artisanal jewelry, a nice lunch on the beach, having grilled fish and watching or swimming with the turtles. The turtles are huge. The green sea turtles are coming to the shore from the Pacific Ocean.

You can watch the turtles also from the pier, if you don’t want to swim with them. The green sea turtles that can be watched live up to 80 years. They are listed as endangered and as such they are protected from exploitation in most countries. It is also illegal to collect or harm them.

Observing the green sea turtles from the Pier at El Nuro, the Pacific Coast of Peru.

Typical ceviche and Trucha fish lunch on the beach at the fishing village of El Nuro, Pacific Coast of Peru.

The local fishermen were very welcoming. They prefer that the tourists watch the turtles from the pier and not swim inside the water with them in order to protect the turtles. It is paramount to understand that you cannot get to this area of the village by yourself. It is necessary to have a guide take you since the road to the village is through dunes of sand and in the middle of the desert.