🇵🇪 Peru or 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Which one, honestly
Peru leads on cities. Sri Lanka leads on the sea and value for money.
A normal day costs about $85 in Peru and $70 in Sri Lanka.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Dec
- $85A normal day$70
- 5h from Mexico CityClosest hub3h 40m from Singapore
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Long distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole daysGetting aroundA car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow day
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidThe southwest in May and June, and the east from October to December
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 Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
Full Peru guide →Full Sri Lanka 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.