6 Day Just Surf - Surf Camp with Professionals in Huanchaco, La Libertad
Surf Camp Peru
Learn and experience surfing with Peru's professional surfers in Huanchaco, Peru! During this camp, Urcia Surf School will guide and teach you how to ride the waves in the extraordinary surrounding surf breaks in Huanchaco. When you are not surfing, you can relax in the hostel and enjoy the view of the ocean. This surf camp is the ideal opportunity for you to take your surf to the next level.
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Highlights
- 5 group surf lessons each 1 hour 30 minutes
- Free surfing - equipment rental during the whole stay
- Wi-Fi in communal areas and bedrooms
- Time to explore the surroundings
- 5 nights’ accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Styles
FAP Captain Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (US$ 8 per person)
Accommodation
Facilities
- Kitchen
- Terrace
- Free Wi-Fi
Indigan Surf Hostel is a small family-run surf hostel. If you wish to self-cater, the hostel has a fully equipped shared kitchen with gas stove and oven. You also have access to two shared bathrooms with hot showers. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the hostel including on the sun terrace with sea view. The surf hostel also has a space to hang your wetsuit to dry in the shade and your towel in the sun.
Program
Each day, except of one rest day, you will have a one and a half hour surf lesson. The Urcia Surf School offers surf lessons for all ages and all levels. Each surf lesson includes warm-ups, safety briefing, and coaching on the beach. The three surfers to one instructor ratio ensures that you have a great time, personal feedback and a safe surf.
Besides the surf lessons you can train and go for some free surfing whenever you want. The Indigan Surf Hostal is not even a five-minute walk to the surf spot!
Besides surfing you can hang out in town. Huanchaco is a nice, relaxed town where you can chill at the beach, enjoy the delicious Peruvian food in one of the plenty restaurants around or have a drink at night. If you are interested in Peru´s culture, some famous archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian cultures of the Chimus and Moches are very close.
The Indigan Surf Hostal is a small hostal with eight rooms. If you wish to self-cater, the hostel has a fully equipped shared kitchen with gas stove and oven. In the market two blocks away from the hostel, you can get any fresh fruit you can imagine, all different kinds of fresh vegetables and of course fresh fish! In the shared kitchen and terrace you always meet other guests and there is always place for a short or longer chat. But if you prefer to have some time alone, you just retire to your room.
Once you arrive in Huanchaco, together with the team, you will figure out what time is best to start with the surf lessons, depending on the tides and your condition. The team adapts the schedules on the sea and your preferences, so you will for sure have a great time!
Instructors
John Urcia
John is the main surf trainer and surf coach of Urcia Surf School. Practicing surf from 20 years ago, he was competing in his early years and became Peru's vice-champion in 2007. He has been working for surf competitions for 10 years and organizing surf competitions for two years. What makes him so special is that he has a lot of experience with beginners (also at daily work, he still holds most of the classes) as well as with professionals. He is training Peru's best riders, who are competing worldwide! For him, surfing is a vocation.
Location
The surf hostal is located two blocks away from the beach "La Curvita" in Huanchaco, where you can always count on good surfing conditions, especially for beginners and intermediate surfers. Huanchaco is an extraordinary surf destination in Peru. Huanchaco has consistent waves, thousands of years of surf history, excellent hospitality, and competitions for all ages. There are five separate breaks in Huanchaco, stretching across over a kilometer of beaches, for all different surf levels.
Most breaks here work at all tides. Currents in Huanchaco can be strong. Although the currents are usually not dangerous, they can certainly give you a workout! In September, along with the start of the Peruvian spring, sand movements begin. The rocky beaches can be covered with sand until the summer. These sand movements can cause some small variation in the breaks and their position.
Things to do (optional)
Surf trips to Chicama, Puemape, and Pacasmayo (from 70 soles per person)
Experience Chicama – the world’s longest left hand breaking wave- Puemape or Pacasmayo - the best breaks the La Libertad area of Peru has to offer. Get together with a group for a day trip from Huanchaco to Chicama, Puemape, or Pacasmayo. Each day trip sets off from the surf school at 7 a.m. and aims to return to Huanchaco by around 7 p.m.
Sandboarding at Conache (80 soles per person for 4 person group or more)
Travel into the desert to sample sandboarding at Conache, outside Trujillo, and then cool off afterwards at the lagoon in the oasis of Conache. You’ll get a great workout too – climbing back up to the top of the dunes for your next ride! The sandboarding trip Includes transport from Huanchaco, sandboard rental, entrance fee, drinking water, and some snacks (fruit and cookies). The trip lasts around five hours in total. Urcia Surf School can arrange morning or afternoon sessions. This trip can be offered for less than four people at a slightly higher price.
Other activities
Aditional one-hour video analysis session is also offered for 70 soles.
What's included
- 5 surf lessons
- 1.5 hour per surf lesson
- Freesurfing - equipment rental during your whole stay
- 5 nights’ accommodation
- Access to a fully equipped kitchen
- Use of hot showers with wetsuit rack
- Wi-Fi in communal areas and bedrooms
What's not included
- Air tickets
- Transportation from and to Huanchaco
- Tips
How to get there
Recommended Airports
FAP Captain José Abelardo Quiñones González International Airport
163 km
Transfer not provided
FAP Captain Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport
1 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 8 per person
Arrival by airplane
% Please book your flight to arrive at FAP Captain Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU). Transfer from and to the airport is available for an additional cost of 25 soles.
Arrival by bus
There are very comfortable buses (also night buses) from different companies in Peru. Once arrived in Trujillo, take a taxi (around 20 soles, depends where you arrive) to Huanchaco. Tell the driver to go to the "Estadio and bomberos en Huanchaco". Just there you see the Indigan Surf Hostal with a banner outside.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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