How Much Does It Cost to Visit Peru in 2025?

Peru is without doubt one of the finest locations I’ve ever visited (and that’s saying one thing). I liked each second (this blog post goes into more detail why). Apart from being unimaginable, it’s additionally a particularly inexpensive vacation spot (supplied you restrict your fantastic eating in Lima and guided hikes).

In the event you’re heading to Peru and questioning how a lot you’ll have to spend, look no additional. On this submit, I’ll break down how a lot I spent, the place I went flawed, typical costs, and how one can lower your expenses.

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
• Personal excursions (see beneath): $1,770
• Inner flights: $480.06
• Journey insurance coverage: $73.92
• Gear: $337.32

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

First, Lima is without doubt one of the gastronomic hub with a number of the finest 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 right 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 fairly 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 extremely fancy resort in Cusco for a few nights, which really accounts for 50% of my lodging prices. YOLO!

So how a lot would you, the common traveler, have to funds in case you wished to go to Peru? Effectively, not as a lot as me that’s for positive! Listed here are some extra affordable steered budgets for Peru:

Backpacker Funds
If you wish to backpack Peru, I’d plan for $50–80 USD per day (185–300 PEN). On this funds, 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. In the event you’re going to celebration so much, you’ll be on the upper finish of this vary.

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

From there, you possibly can add or subtract $30–50 USD per day relying on in case you’re staying in title model motels (or not), taking intra-country flights (or not), or partying so much (or not).

You should use the value record beneath to assist make your personal funds.

Typical Costs

How a lot do issues price in Peru? Under 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 generally greater than that). Most different locations in Peru are towards the decrease finish.

• Hostel dorms: 40–100 PEN per night time
• Hostel personal room: 100–250 PEN per night time
• Funds resort: 110–300 PEN per night time
• International chain resort: +375 PEN per night time
• Appetizers: 20–30 PEN
• Ceviche: 40–60 PEN
• Essential 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

Funds-Saving Ideas

It’s fairly straightforward to keep away from spending some huge cash in Peru. Your largest bills are going to be lodging, home flights, multi-day guided excursions, and fantastic eating. In the event you restrict any little bit of that, you’ll be fantastic 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 lower your expenses in Peru with out limiting your experiences:

Deliver a water bottle – The faucet water right here isn’t protected to drink, so convey a reusable water bottle with a filter to save cash and cut back your plastic use. LifeStraw is my go-to model, as its bottles have built-in filters to make sure that your water is all the time clear and protected.

Journey offseason – The most affordable occasions to go to Peru are the shoulder months of January by means 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 experience. They depart when they’re full and are a low-cost method to get from metropolis to close by metropolis (assume 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 – In case you are trying to do the Inca Trail and have a bit of additional time to attend for a deal, exhibiting up in Cusco and reserving a last-minute tour can prevent plenty of cash. (However I wouldn’t suggest this in case you don’t have time as you could have to attend days for a spot to open up.)

Go on a free strolling tour – It is a nice method to study the historical past behind the locations you might be 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 – In the event you’re a scholar, make sure you carry your scholar card with you for main reductions (as much as 50% off) at archaeological websites and museums in Cusco and the encircling space.

Restrict your fantastic eating – Peru is without doubt one of the gastronomic facilities of the world, with a number of the finest eating places on the planet right here (actually, the primary restaurant on the planet, Central, is right here). Eating at one is normally on individuals’s must-do record. However meals normally price $100 USD or extra (375 PEN), so keep away from this in case you’re trying to save cash.

Ebook LATAM flights utilizing the New Zealand web site – LATAM has cheaper costs in case you use the NZ model of its web site (as a substitute of the US web site). It’s a fluke of the system. Even in case you aren’t a NZ resident, you’ll be able to guide by means 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 a number of actions and the guides are nice. Plus, not like most common buses, they run on time and have free Wi-Fi. Lots of locals take them too, since they’re a extremely good worth.

Hit the completely satisfied hours – In all main locations, yow will discover two-for-one completely satisfied hours in addition to meals specials and different reductions. Examine together with your hostel or resort or Google for the most recent data on what locations are presently providing specials.

Peru can cater to any funds. 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 funds. However there’s additionally unimaginable native transportation, inexpensive motels and eating places, and cheap group excursions. Hopefully this submit will assist you profit from your go to, wherever your funds falls on that spectrum.

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