🇵🇪 Peru or 🇨🇴 Colombia
Which one, honestly
Peru leads on food. Colombia leads on the sea and value for money.
A normal day costs about $85 in Peru and $75 in Colombia.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇨🇴 Colombia
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsJan, Feb, Jul, Aug, Dec
- $85A normal day$75
- 7h 45m to LimaNonstop from New York5h 40m to Bogota
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Long distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole daysGetting aroundCheap domestic flights, because the Andes make every bus ride long
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidApril, May, October and November, the two rainy stretches
Pick by what you want
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
🇨🇴 Choose Colombia if
you want coffee mountains, Caribbean coast and one of the great party cities, on a budget that goes a long way.
Full Peru guide →Full Colombia 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.