Tarapoto Entertainment

  1. 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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  2. Papillón

    This nightclub has either 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 out there.

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  3. 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 up of conch-shell fossils.

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