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Lima is interconnected by the Pan-American Highway to different cities along the coast of Peru, Ecuador, and Chile. To the west, the Carretera Central is the main highway to different highland and central jungle cities. Regular flights to major world cities are from the Jorge Chavez International Airport, located in the Callao Region, approximately 30 minute from Lima.

By Bus

Lima has no central bus terminal. Each company runs its own office and station, many of which cluster in and around Javier Prado Este in La Victoria. Others are found in central Lima several blocks east of Plaza Grau, north of Av Grau and just south of 28 de Julio. Ensure you verify which station your bus departs from when buying tickets. There are countless companies to choose from, so look carefully at the quality of the bus before deciding.

Here are two bus companies:

Cruz del Sur (www.cruzdelsur.com.pe); central Lima (431-5125; Quilca 531); La Victoria (225-6163/5748; Javier Prado Este 1109) Reliable, but doesn’t have as frequent services or extensive routes as some other companies.

Ormeño (www.grupo-ormeno.com) central Lima (427-5679; Carlos Zavala Loayza 177); La Victoria (472-1710; Javier Prado Este 1059) Quality of service varies wildly. Has the most international services, including to Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Caracas, La Paz, Quito and Santiago.

By train

The passenger train from Huancayo, in the Andes, arrives right in Lima Centro at Desamparados Railway Station , Jirón Ancash 201, behind the Palacio de Gobierno. Services currently arrive only on the last Monday of every month at 5.15pm (plus Tues in Oct and Dec), but with the recent privatisation of the line it may well operate more frequently in the near future; check with the Fertur Peru tour company for the latest information.