---
title: "Homage to the Lord of Chocán"
id: "senor-de-chocan"
category: "events"
price: "Free entry (food and drinks not included)"
hours: "January 10th to 12th"
url: "https://www.mitumbes.com/en/events/senor-de-chocan/"
verified: false
source: "MiTumbes.com - Plataforma Turística Oficial de Tumbes"
---

# Homage to the Lord of Chocán

Religious homage to the Lord of Chocán, which draws devotees from different basins and establishes local pilgrimage circuits in San Juan de la Virgen.

## Datos Clave / Quick Facts
- **Precio:** Free entry (food and drinks not included)
- **Horario:** January 10th to 12th
- **Servicios:** Pilgrimages, Masses and liturgical acts, Gathering of devotees from the area
- **Actividades:** Joining the pilgrimage to the Lord of Chocán, Attending the religious celebrations, Discovering San Juan de la Virgen

## Cómo Llegar
It is celebrated in the district of San Juan de la Virgen, in the Tumbes region.

## Información Detallada
Between January 10th and 12th, the district of San Juan de la Virgen is devoted to the Homage to the Lord of Chocán, a religious devotion that attracts devotees from different basins of the region. The celebration establishes local pilgrimage circuits that bring the community together around faith.

The festival is religious and pilgrimage-oriented in nature: masses, processions and liturgical acts mark the three days of homage, in an atmosphere of recollection typical of Tumbes' popular Catholicism. It is one of the devotional expressions that energize rural life in the department in mid-January.


## Cita Oficial
MiTumbes. (2026). *Homage to the Lord of Chocán*. Guía Turística de Tumbes. https://www.mitumbes.com/en/events/senor-de-chocan/