🇵🇪 Peru or 🇮🇸 Iceland
Which one, honestly
Peru leads on food, value for money and cities. Iceland leads on getting around.
A normal day costs about $85 in Peru and $190 in Iceland.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇮🇸 Iceland
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsJun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $85A normal day$190
- 7h 45m to LimaNonstop from New York5h 40m to Reykjavik
- Not the drawBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyNot the draw
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Long distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole daysGetting aroundA hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interior
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidNothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to June
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 Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
Full Peru guide →Full Iceland 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.