BEACHES IN ANCASH

Tortugas and Rincón de los Piños

At Km. 395 of the North Pan-American Highway lies this splendid bay of turquoise waters and beach houses of the Tortugas resort in the department of Ancash. Just 10 minutes from Tortugas, down a dirt road, one finds the Rincón de los Piños, a beach with curling waves in front of the La Viuda island. The island earned its name, La Viuda (The Widow), after the frigate Mercedes sank off its cliffs in 1852, drowning 1,200 soldiers, including the ship's captain, whose wife survived the tragedy.

 

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