Pichanaki - district in Junín, Peru

Pichanaki is in the Southern Sierra (Peru).

Understand

Pichanaki (Pichanaqui) is 525 meters above sea level on the Perene river (Rio Perené) between the towns of La Merced and Satipo.

Get in

Get around

See

• Caverna la Olada.
• Cascada Tsomonnael.
• Catarata de Bayoz. Waterfalls, a nice place for a swim and a shower. Adults S/.1.50, Child S/.1.00
• Catarata El Nino. Waterfall.
• Catarata Zotorari. Waterfall.
• Velo de la Novia. Just 600 meters down stream from Catarata de Bayoz. There is an abundance of butterflies here. Adults S/.1.50, Child S/.1.00

Do

Buy

• Creme de Cacao.
• Creme de Coco.
• Creme de Cafe.

Eat

Drink

Sleep

• Hospedaje Hower Ilich, 430 Av. Micaela Bastidas, Pichanaki. (On the plaza.). Large, clean rooms. Big TV's, private bathrooms, no hot water. Some rooms overlook the plaza, the 3rd floor has a better view as the second floors view is obscured by telephone wires, it can be noisy when there's fiestas in the plaza. Doble S/.50.00 (that's a room with two single beds), you'll probably get it for S/.40 if you haggle

Connect

Go next

• Atalaya The Emerald of Ucayali. Boats travelling downstream to Pucallpa.
• La Merced
• Oxapampa
• San Ramon (Peru)
• Satipo
• Tarma The Pearl of the Andes.
• Villa Rica