🇵🇪 Peru or 🇵🇭 Philippines
Which one, honestly
Peru leads on food, cities and getting around. Philippines leads on the sea and value for money.
A normal day costs about the same in both, around $85.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇵🇭 Philippines
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Dec
- $85A normal day$85
- 5h from Mexico CityClosest hub3h 50m from Singapore
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundNot the draw
- Long distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole daysGetting aroundDomestic flights and ferries, cheap but often delayed, leave slack
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidThe typhoon months, roughly August to October
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 Philippines if
you want water and islands above everything else, on a small budget, and you can handle slow travel days.
Full Peru guide →Full Philippines guide →
And what the world thinks
🇵🇭 Philippines leads by 5 votes.
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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.