🇵🇪 Peru or 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Which one, honestly
Peru leads on cities and food. Indonesia leads on the sea and value for money.
A normal day costs about $85 in Peru and $75 in Indonesia.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇮🇩 Indonesia
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $85A normal day$75
- 5h from Mexico CityClosest hub2h 50m from Singapore
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Long distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole daysGetting aroundScooters and private drivers on Bali, short flights and ferries between islands
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidJuly and August in south Bali, when the traffic becomes the trip
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 Indonesia if
you want volcanoes, reefs and rice terraces for very little money, and you are willing to leave the busy south to find them.
Full Peru guide →Full Indonesia 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.