🇰🇭 Cambodia or 🇵🇪 Peru
Which one, honestly
Cambodia leads on value for money and the sea. Peru leads on food, nature and cities.
A normal day costs about $70 in Cambodia and $85 in Peru.
Side by side
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia🇵🇪 Peru
- Jan, Feb, Nov, DecBest monthsMay, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $70A normal day$85
- 1h 10m from BangkokClosest hub5h from Mexico City
- GoodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- GoodCities and cultureVery good
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Tuk tuks in town, buses and cheap flights between citiesGetting aroundLong distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole days
- March to May, when Angkor is punishing by nine in the morningWhen to avoidFebruary, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenance
Pick by what you want
🇰🇭 Choose Cambodia if
you want the most impressive ruin in Asia, and a country that is still cheap and still quiet once you leave it.
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
Full Cambodia 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.