🇹🇭 Thailand or 🇵🇪 Peru
Which one, honestly
Thailand leads on the sea, value for money and getting around. Peru leads on nature.
A normal day costs about the same in both, around $85.
Side by side
- 🇹🇭 Thailand🇵🇪 Peru
- Jan, Feb, Nov, DecBest monthsMay, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $85A normal day$85
- 2h 25m from SingaporeClosest hub5h from Mexico City
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights, sleeper trains and boats, all easyGetting aroundLong distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole days
- April, the hottest month, and the burning season in the northWhen to avoidFebruary, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenance
Pick by what you want
🇹🇭 Choose Thailand if
you want your money to go a very long way, with beaches and food, and you do not mind heat.
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
Full Thailand guide →Full Peru 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.