Hotel Caballito de Totora

North Coast


Bright modern rooms surrounding an inviting pool area make this professionally run place a top choice. The suites are the best single rooms in Huanchaco, decked in modern motifs that wouldn’t be out of place in Miami. They offer perfect sea views, Jacuzzis, 100cm TVs and private patios to boot.

A cozy bar adds to the ambience. It’s the one hotel in Huanchaco that feels truly boutique.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby North Coast attractions

1. Santuario de la Virgen del Socorro

0.48 MILES

This church above town is worth a visit. Built between 1535 and 1540, it is said to be the second-oldest church in Peru. There are sweeping views from the…

2. Chan Chan

3.78 MILES

Built around AD 1300 and covering 20 sq km, Chan Chan is the largest pre-Columbian city in the Americas and the largest adobe city in the world. Although…

3. Museo de Sitio Chan Chan

4 MILES

The Chan Chan site museum near the Palacio Nik An contains exhibits explaining Chan Chan and the Chimú culture. It is on the main road, about 500m before…

4. Huaca Esmeralda

5.23 MILES

Halfway between Trujillo and Chan Chan, this Chimú temple is south of the main road, four blocks behind the Mansiche Church. Huaca Esmeralda was buried by…

5. Huaca Arco Iris

5.62 MILES

Also known locally as Huaca del Dragón, Huaca Arco Iris is in the suburb of La Esperanza, about 4km northwest of Trujillo. Dating from the 12th century,…

6. Iglesia de Santa Ana

6.61 MILES

Iglesia de Santa Ana is made of adobe and was one of the first iglesia for indigenous worshippers within a Spanish colonial city.

7. Museo de Zoología

6.62 MILES

This museum is mainly a taxidermic collection of Peruvian animals (many so artificially stuffed they look like nightmarish caricatures of their former…

8. Iglesia de la Compañía

6.67 MILES

The Iglesia de la Compañia and surrounding monastery were constructed by Jesuits in the 1630s and originally took up the entire block just off the Plaza…