Máncora Lighthouse

This concrete lighthouse, built in 1978, stands 12 meters tall on a bluff above the port of Máncora. It is painted with red and white horizontal bands and features a square cylindrical tower with a lantern and gallery, rising from a square pyramidal base. The focal height reaches 34 meters, providing a geographic range of 16 nautical miles. Its light emits three white flashes every 20 seconds. Originally operating without a lantern for its first decades, its daymark was updated to its current red and white bands in 2014. The site is open to the public, although the tower itself remains closed.

Why it matters: The Máncora Lighthouse is important for safe navigation into the port and is a recognizable landmark due to its distinctive design common to other lighthouses in Peru.