🇻🇳 Vietnam or 🇵🇪 Peru
Which one, honestly
Vietnam leads on the sea and value for money.
A normal day costs about $70 in Vietnam and $85 in Peru.
Side by side
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam🇵🇪 Peru
- Mar, Apr, Oct, NovBest monthsMay, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $70A normal day$85
- 3h 15m from SingaporeClosest hub5h from Mexico City
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights and sleeper trains, because the country is longGetting aroundLong distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole days
- The north in January, cold and grey, and the centre during the autumn typhoonsWhen to avoidFebruary, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenance
Pick by what you want
🇻🇳 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.
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
Full Vietnam 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.