The national Peruvian postal service 'Serpost' is much better than its reputation. Sending mail within Lima and from Lima to the rest of the world is quite reliable, even if exceptions confirm the rule. Outside Lima the postal service is unfortunately less reliable. Prices for sending postcards, letters and parcel are acceptable.

If you want to make sure your mail really arrives, better send it as registered mail ('registrado' or 'certificado'). Airmail to Europe or North America takes up to two weeks, packages and parcels will take around four to six weeks; at least they normally reach their destination.

The Lima Main Post Office is on Jr. Conde de Superunda 170 (main entrance).

Over the Pasaje Piura you can get to the rear of the building. The Pasaje Piura is just opposite the side entrance of the 'Palacio de Goberniero' (Government Palace) and lined right and left with vendors of postcards, souvenirs...

Mail sent to 'General Delivery' (Spanish: 'Poste Restante'), can be picked up at the Main Post Office (You need to show a valid ID). Make sure the letter is addressed to: Poste Restante, Name of the receiver and Correos Central, Jr. Conde de Superunda, Lima 1 / Peru.
(!) Unfortunately this service isn’t 100% reliable.

• Breña, Jr. Recuay 565
• Callao, Av. Dos de Mayo 437
• Jesús María, Av. Cuba 904
• La Victoria, Av. Las Américas 1250
• Lince, Jr. Teodoro Cárdenas 265
• Miraflores, Av. Petit Thouars 5201

You can find a listing of all post offices in Lima on the web page www.serpost.com.pe, 'red de oficinas'. The page is only available in Spanish. For 'tariffs' and 'sending options' have a look under 'tarifas'.

The big courier services also have offices in Lima. The shipment of letters and parcel from Lima to any other country in the world is easy and trouble free, but rather expensive. A document to Europe or the US takes around four working days. We heard from different sources of problems with custom and high, unjustified fees from the various courier services when receiving mail. We actually never had any trouble when getting a delivery and therefore just want to point out that there might be the possibility of additional fees and delays especially when receiving parcels. The following international courier services are represented in Lima:

Customer Service 5172500, 6142500

Because there is no directory of all offices in Lima on their web page, here a list of some bigger agencies:

• Barranco, Av. Frau 424-B
• Callao, Av. Saenz Peña 776 and Av. Argentina Cuadra 32 PTA. 2-10, Mercado Minka
• La Molina, Av. La Fontana 440
• La Victoria, Prol. Humboldt 1608 office 202
• Lima, Av. Nicolas Piérola 810
• Miraflores, Larcomar Modulo MG-12 and Av. Pardo 620 office 1
• San Borja, Av. Aviancion2952
• San Isidro, Las Begonias 514 and Av. Javier Prado Este 307
• Sucro, Av. Benavides 5187

Fedex / Scharff International Courier

Customer Service 5171600, 5171645

Agencies:

• Miraflores, Psje. Mártir José Olaya 260
Business hours Monday - Friday 9.00am to 7.00pm, Saturday 10.00am to 3.00pm
Phone 2422280, 2421618

• Callao, Av. Elmer J. Faucett 3350
Business hours Monday - Friday 9.00am to 6.00pm, Saturday 9.00am to 2.00pm

Customer Service 4331717

Lima, Natalio Sánchez 125, 2do Piso

Customer Service 4211402

• Miraflores, Av. Benavides, Phone 4444509
• San Isidro, Av. Libertadores 199, Phone 4218520

UPS / Union Pak del Peru

Customer Service 2640105

San Isidro, Av. del Ejercito 2107

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