🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇵🇪 Peru
Which one, honestly
Egypt leads on the sea and value for money. Peru leads on food and nature.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $85 in Peru.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇵🇪 Peru
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsMay, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $75A normal day$85
- 11h 30m to CairoNonstop from New York7h 45m to Lima
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodExceptional
- GoodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundLong distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole days
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidFebruary, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenance
Pick by what you want
🇪🇬 Choose Egypt if
you want the oldest thing on this list, a river trip through it, and Red Sea diving, at prices nowhere in Europe matches.
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
Full Egypt guide →Full Peru guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.