---
title: "Tumbes Carnival Festivities"
id: "carnavales-tumbes"
category: "events"
zone: "Tumbes"
price: "Free entry (food and drinks not included)"
hours: "February 1st to 20th"
url: "https://www.mitumbes.com/en/events/carnavales-tumbes/"
verified: false
source: "MiTumbes.com - Plataforma Turística Oficial de Tumbes"
---

# Tumbes Carnival Festivities

Carnival festivities that fill the streets with comparsas, parades, dances and water and paint games, in an atmosphere of binational integration with Ecuador.

## Datos Clave / Quick Facts
- **Zona:** Tumbes
- **Precio:** Free entry (food and drinks not included)
- **Horario:** February 1st to 20th
- **Servicios:** Comparsas and parades, Dances, Water and paint games
- **Actividades:** Joining the comparsas and parades, Enjoying the carnival dances, Taking part in the water and paint games

## Cómo Llegar
They are celebrated in streets and squares throughout the Tumbes region.

## Información Detallada
The month of February completely transforms the social geography of Tumbes with the arrival of the Carnival festivities, which usually extend over the first three weeks of the month. The streets of the entire region fill with comparsas, parades (corsos), dances and the traditional water and paint games.

In Tumbes, carnival goes beyond the mere temporary inversion of social norms: it works as a powerful catalyst for binational integration. Peruvian and Ecuadorian citizens share a common playful space that dissolves geopolitical borders, in one of the most anticipated folk celebrations in northern Peru.


## Cita Oficial
MiTumbes. (2026). *Tumbes Carnival Festivities*. Guía Turística de Tumbes. https://www.mitumbes.com/en/events/carnavales-tumbes/