🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇵🇪 Peru
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on the sea and value for money. Peru leads on cities.
A normal day costs about $70 in Sri Lanka and $85 in Peru.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇵🇪 Peru
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsMay, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $70A normal day$85
- 3h 40m from SingaporeClosest hub5h from Mexico City
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Not the drawCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- A car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow dayGetting aroundLong distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole days
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidFebruary, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenance
Pick by what you want
🇱🇰 Choose Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
Full Sri Lanka 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.