Entertainment in Northern Highlands
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Stonewasi Taberna
This is the place to see and be seen in Tarapoto. The whole intersection of Lamas and La Cruz transforms each evening into a cruising scene, with several good people-watching restaurants and bars. Stonewasi is the pick of the bunch and lays out streetside tables where punters and mototaxi drivers throng nightly to the sound of international rock and house music. Check out the path leading to one of the entryways – it’s made entirely of conch-shell fossils.
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aKaesH
Currently the most popular watering hole in town, aKaesH, roughly translated to 'here it is,' gets busy most nights with wall-to-wall gringos and well-to-do Peruvians. They have a well-stocked bar and flashy retro styling with changing nightly events, including Tuesday night movies, as well as the occasional live band. Look out for flyers around town.
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La Alternativa
This ‘alternative’ hole-in-the-wall bar is more like a medieval pharmacy than a bar – shelves are stacked with dusty bottles containing uvachado and various homemade natural concoctions based on soaking roots, lianas etc in cane liquor. All the potent Amazonian tonics and brews are for the tasting – but not for the faint-hearted.
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Usha-Usha
For something a little more intimate, this place is a graffiti-covered, hole-in-the-wall bar run by an eccentric local musician. It serves strong mixed drinks and hosts live jazz music most nights of the week. It’s definitely worth searching out.
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Papillón
This nightclub has live salsa bands or DJ-fuelled dancing. Popular with young locals and travelers, it’s in the Morales district, by the Río Cumbaza about 3km west of the center. Mototaxis go there for under S3.
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Barroco Lounge
Although they also serve good sushi, the all-white, ultra-hip Barroco is all about martinis, boat-sized couches and mile-high bar stools. For all this gloss, the staff is surprisingly down to earth.
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Los Troncos
The top spot to get your boogie on at the moment is this place, which fills up by 10pm on weekends and blasts international music to a gyrating crowd.
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Hechizos Karaoke
Come here if you feel like belting out your own unique rendition of Céline Dion.
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