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Playa de Tipishca

Playa de Tipishca, River beach at Rio Nanay, Peru.

Playa de Tipishca is a river beach on the Rio Nanay near Iquitos with wide sandy banks and calm river waters. The shoreline extends along open areas where visitors can swim or rest in the shallow waters.

The sources record no pre-colonial or indigenous history for this beach; it appears as a river beach of Iquitos on the left bank of the Nanay, in the lower stretch near the river's mouth by the Amazon. Its documented standing is as the second most visited beach of the city, after Pampachica, a role tied to boat access of about 15 minutes from Iquitos.

Tipishca is the second most visited beach in Iquitos, after Pampachica, and bathers share the white sand with motorboats practising on the calm branch of the Nanay. A police surveillance post stands on the shore, and bathers are officially allowed only until five in the afternoon, a limit that in practice is not enforced.

The beach is reachable by boat in about 15 minutes from Iquitos, with regular water taxi services during daylight. It is best to arrive in the morning when conditions are calmer and the beach is less crowded.

The beach sits on a branch of the Nanay, so its waters stay still enough for motorboat sport; the source notes motonáutica is practised here. It is the second busiest beach in Iquitos after Pampachica, and a National Police watch post stands on the sand. Bathers are officially allowed only until 5 pm, a limit the source says is not enforced in practice.

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