How Much Does It Cost to Visit Peru in 2025?

Peru is among the greatest locations I’ve ever visited (and that’s saying one thing). I beloved each second (this blog post goes into more detail why). Moreover being unimaginable, it’s additionally a particularly inexpensive vacation spot (offered you restrict your high quality eating in Lima and guided hikes).

Should you’re heading to Peru and questioning how a lot you’ll have to spend, look no additional. On this put up, I’ll break down how a lot I spent, the place I went fallacious, typical costs, and how one can get monetary savings.

How A lot I Spent

Throughout my sixteen days in Peru, I went to Lima, Arequipa, Cusco, and hiked across the Sacred Valley. I spent $4,992.63 USD or $312 per day. That broke down as follows (in USD):

• Lodging: $1,246.51
• Meals: $795.96
• Guides ideas: $45.90
• Excursions / Actions: $162
• Transportation: $80.96
• Non-public excursions (see beneath): $1,770
• Inner flights: $480.06
• Journey insurance coverage: $73.92
• Gear: $337.32

Now, I spent rather a lot greater than you’ll in an equal period of time. That’s for a couple of causes:

First, Lima is among the gastronomic hub with a number of the greatest eating places on the planet. I ended up consuming at greater than few of those spots and that drove up my meals prices.

Second, I did personal excursions for my guided hikes in Cusco for work-related causes and that basically drove up my prices (you’re unlikely to pay for personal guides if you journey). With out these excursions, my prices would have come all the way down to $200 USD a day!

Third, given the restricted time I had within the nation and the bottom I wanted to cowl, I additionally flew between most locations somewhat than taking lengthy in a single day buses. Furthermore, as a result of, once more for work, I needed to swap some flights final minute, I needed to pay change charges.

Lastly, I splurged on a very fancy lodge in Cusco for a few nights, which truly accounts for 50% of my lodging prices. YOLO!

So how a lot would you, the common traveler, have to price range if you happen to wished to go to Peru? Properly, not as a lot as me that’s for positive! Listed below are some extra cheap urged budgets for Peru:

Backpacker Price range
If you wish to backpack Peru, I’d plan for $50–80 USD per day (185–300 PEN). On this price range, you’d be staying in hostel dorms, consuming at typical hole-in-the-wall eating places and cafés, limiting your consuming, taking public transportation and in a single day buses, and doing a couple of paid actions and excursions. Should you’re going to get together rather a lot, you’ll be on the upper finish of this vary.

Midrange Price range
If you wish to principally comply with what I did (minus the personal excursions), you’d want $150–200 USD per day (560–750 PEN). This might get you personal rooms in hostels or two- or three-star lodges, a couple of high-end meals the nation is legendary for, all of the drinks you need, intra-country flights, and any excursions and actions your coronary heart needs.

From there, you could possibly add or subtract $30–50 USD per day relying on if you happen to’re staying in identify model lodges (or not), taking intra-country flights (or not), or partying rather a lot (or not).

You should use the value listing beneath to assist make your individual price range.

Typical Costs

How a lot do issues price in Peru? Beneath are some typical costs (listed in Peruvian soles, abbreviated PEN). The upper-end numbers are what you’ll pay on the fancier, top-rated eating places (and typically greater than that). Most different locations in Peru are towards the decrease finish.

• Hostel dorms: 40–100 PEN per evening
• Hostel personal room: 100–250 PEN per evening
• Price range lodge: 110–300 PEN per evening
• World chain lodge: +375 PEN per evening
• Appetizers: 20–30 PEN
• Ceviche: 40–60 PEN
• Predominant course dishes: 40–60 PEN
• Cuy (guinea pig, a delicacy): 55 PEN
• Burgers: 20–28 PEN
• Sandwiches: 12–15 PEN
• Quick meals combos: 15-20 PEN
• Pizza: 25–60 PEN
• Dessert: 20–40 PEN
• Water (at a restaurant): 4-10 PEN
• Soda: 4–7 PEN
• Espresso: 5–10 PEN
• Iced espresso: 13–15 PEN
• Tea: 5–12 PEN
• Beer: 15 PEN
• Wine: 29–45 PEN
• Cocktails: 25 PEN
• Museum entry: 10–20 PEN
• Ubers: 10–20 PEN
• Taxis: 15–30 PEN
• Intra-country flights: 150–300 PEN
• Guided Machu Picchu hike/tour: 3,000–6,000 PEN

Price range-Saving Ideas

It’s fairly simple to keep away from spending some huge cash in Peru. Your greatest bills are going to be lodging, home flights, multi-day guided excursions, and high quality eating. Should you restrict any little bit of that, you’ll be high quality as public transportation is cheap, Ubers are loopy low cost, and Peruvian eating places are actually inexpensive.

Right here’s what you are able to do to chop your prices and get monetary savings in Peru with out limiting your experiences:

Convey a water bottle – The faucet water right here isn’t secure to drink, so carry a reusable water bottle with a filter to economize and scale back your plastic use. LifeStraw is my go-to model, as its bottles have built-in filters to make sure that your water is at all times clear and secure.

Journey offseason – The most cost effective occasions to go to Peru are the shoulder months of January by way of April or November and December, as costs are normally decrease throughout these months.

Take the colectivos – These are cheap shared minivans that price round 10 PEN for a journey. They go away when they’re full and are a low-cost solution to get from metropolis to close by metropolis (suppose inside a two-hour vary).

Use Uber – Uber is in all the main cities within the nation and is admittedly low cost. You by no means pay various {dollars} per journey and they’re typically cheaper than taxis.

Ebook excursions on the final minute – If you’re seeking to do the Inca Trail and have a bit of additional time to attend for a deal, displaying up in Cusco and reserving a last-minute tour can prevent a number of cash. (However I wouldn’t advocate this if you happen to don’t have time as you will have to attend days for a spot to open up.)

Go on a free strolling tour – This can be a nice solution to study the historical past behind the locations you’re seeing and keep away from lacking any must-see stops. Free Walking Tour Peru has excursions actually good choices in all the main cities.

Get scholar reductions – Should you’re a scholar, you’ll want to carry your scholar card with you for main reductions (as much as 50% off) at archaeological websites and museums in Cusco and the encompassing space.

Restrict your high quality eating – Peru is among the gastronomic facilities of the world, with a number of the greatest eating places on the planet right here (in actual fact, the primary restaurant on the planet, Central, is right here). Eating at one is normally on folks’s must-do listing. However meals normally price $100 USD or extra (375 PEN), so keep away from this if you happen to’re trying to economize.

Ebook LATAM flights utilizing the New Zealand web site – LATAM has cheaper costs if you happen to use the NZ model of its web site (as an alternative of the US web site). It’s a fluke of the system. Even if you happen to aren’t a NZ resident, you may guide by way of the positioning with no issues.

Take Peru Hop – Peru Hop is a backpacker hop-on/hop-off bus that travels set routes across the nation. These additionally embrace loads of actions and the guides are nice. Plus, not like most common buses, they run on time and have free Wi-Fi. A variety of locals take them too, since they’re a very good worth.

Hit the joyful hours – In all main locations, you will discover two-for-one joyful hours in addition to meals specials and different reductions. Examine along with your hostel or lodge or Google for the newest info on what locations are presently providing specials.

Peru can cater to any price range. It has a number of the nicest eating places on the planet, fancy resorts, personal guided hikes, and upscale jungle lodges that may zap your price range. However there’s additionally unimaginable native transportation, inexpensive lodges and eating places, and cheap group excursions. Hopefully this put up will provide help to benefit from your go to, wherever your price range falls on that spectrum.

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