🇮🇸 Iceland or 🇵🇪 Peru
Which one, honestly
Iceland leads on getting around. Peru leads on food, value for money and cities.
A normal day costs about $190 in Iceland and $85 in Peru.
Side by side
- 🇮🇸 Iceland🇵🇪 Peru
- Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsMay, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $190A normal day$85
- 5h 40m to ReykjavikNonstop from New York7h 45m to Lima
- Not the drawBeaches and seaNot the draw
- GoodCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- Not the drawValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- A hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interiorGetting aroundLong distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole days
- Nothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to JuneWhen to avoidFebruary, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenance
Pick by what you want
🇮🇸 Choose Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
Full Iceland 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.