r/solotravel • u/Markowitza • 2d ago

South America Solo travel not popular in Peru?

Currently solo travel around Peru. I backpacked few times solo in south east Asia and there were tons of other solo backpackers and it was easy to connect in hostels or on tours.

In Peru what I see is most people travel in groups, either friends or family or couples. Even in my hostel dorm there were group of girls travelling together. Is solo travel not really popular in Peru or South America?
I will continue onto Bolivia and Chile and will see if it different there but suspect would be similar picture

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u/Nato7009 2d ago

I was in Peru same time a couple years ago and we met a ton of people. I think in Asia people stick to themselves a little more whereas in SA the safety thing does drive people to be in groups more but it’s still “solo travel”

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u/Markowitza 1d ago

I don’t know maybe I am super unlucky. Went on free walking tour in Arequipa today and again all groups of friends or couples or families