🇵🇪 Peru or 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Which one, honestly
Vietnam leads on the sea and value for money.
A normal day costs about $85 in Peru and $70 in Vietnam.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇻🇳 Vietnam
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsMar, Apr, Oct, Nov
- $85A normal day$70
- 5h from Mexico CityClosest hub3h 15m from Singapore
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Long distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole daysGetting aroundCheap domestic flights and sleeper trains, because the country is long
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidThe north in January, cold and grey, and the centre during the autumn typhoons
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 Vietnam if
you want the best street food in Asia on the smallest budget, and you do not mind a long thin country that takes time to cross.
Full Peru guide →Full Vietnam 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.