🇵🇪 Peru or 🇹🇭 Thailand
Which one, honestly
Peru leads on nature. Thailand leads on the sea, value for money and getting around.
A normal day costs about the same in both, around $85.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇹🇭 Thailand
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsJan, Feb, Nov, Dec
- $85A normal day$85
- 5h from Mexico CityClosest hub2h 25m from Singapore
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Long distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole daysGetting aroundCheap domestic flights, sleeper trains and boats, all easy
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidApril, the hottest month, and the burning season in the north
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 Thailand if
you want your money to go a very long way, with beaches and food, and you do not mind heat.
Full Peru guide →Full Thailand 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.