🇵🇪 Peru or 🇰🇭 Cambodia
Which one, honestly
Peru leads on food, nature and cities. Cambodia leads on value for money and the sea.
A normal day costs about $85 in Peru and $70 in Cambodia.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇰🇭 Cambodia
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsJan, Feb, Nov, Dec
- $85A normal day$70
- 5h from Mexico CityClosest hub1h 10m from Bangkok
- Not the drawBeaches and seaGood
- Very goodCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Long distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole daysGetting aroundTuk tuks in town, buses and cheap flights between cities
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidMarch to May, when Angkor is punishing by nine in the morning
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 Cambodia if
you want the most impressive ruin in Asia, and a country that is still cheap and still quiet once you leave it.
Full Peru guide →Full Cambodia 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.