Peru - Hitchhiking

Hitchhiking in Peru

Hitchhiking to Peru

Recent reviews in Peru

-5.1781, -80.56297

December 2024, 9:30 a.m., Some people are nice but Peru is no good country for hitchhiking and many people want to have money

rating: 4/5, wait: 40 min 👍, ride: 240 km ↘

―Worldhitchhiker, Sun 01 Dec 2024, 09:30

-4.95611, -80.35328

December 2024, 7:30 a.m., Some people are nice but Peru is no good country for hitchhiking and many people want to have money

rating: 4/5, wait: 45 min 👍, ride: 49 km ↙

―Worldhitchhiker, Sun 01 Dec 2024, 07:30

-4.40845, -79.96867

November 2024, 21:00, nice helpful people, but Peru is not really good for hitchhiking and many people want to have money :(

rating: 4/5, wait: 25 min 👍, ride: 86 km ↙

―Worldhitchhiker, Sun 06 Jul 2025, 21:00

-16.2946, -71.63077

Took the bus to Cono Norte from the centre of town and then walked a few minutes. Barely had time to drop our bags and lift our thumbs that an Italian tourist with a rented car stopped to give us a lift. The road between Arequipa and Puno is absolutely gorgeous!

rating: 5/5, wait: 1 min, ride: 224 km →

―Circusonfoot, April 2025

-15.86438, -69.99322

Looked like a good stop but we had such a hard time hitchhiking to the border with Bolivia (there were two of us, a guy and a girl). A beautiful green Volvo truck ended up stopping and taking us to the next town where we were stranded for three hours.

rating: 3/5, wait: 60 min, ride: 86 km ↘

―Circusonfoot, April 2025

-11.91105, -76.58208

Peaje. Sunny, there is a place to stop. It costed me 10 soles to get here.
I gave up after 2 hours, but I heard that trucks are going in afternoon.

rating: 3/5

―Bursztyn, Mon 23 Dec 2024, 10:00

-14.80833, -74.99359

Peaje. I tried for 2 hours closer to the city, with no luck. (close to petrol station)
No shade, but got picked up quite quickly. There is a space before and after peaje.
A bit of Venezuelanos are trying to hitchhike, which can make drivers a bit more scared.

rating: 4/5, wait: 5 min 👍, ride: 141 km ↖

―Bursztyn, Sat 14 Dec 2024, 09:30

-14.29267, -71.2191

Went with @crazyrik. (4 people)
I'd say we were really lucky to get a truck here, but pretty sure if you wait long enough a big truck is gonna take you pretty far.

rating: 3/5, ride: 418 km ↘

―simmelx, October 2024

-14.28709, -73.26093

Many trucks passing by. Rather go early

rating: 5/5, ride: 104 km ↗

―simmelx, October 2024

-14.68387, -74.11997

Waited a long time. A few trucks passing by. (3 people)

rating: 2/5, ride: 128 km ↗

―simmelx, October 2024

-14.09826, -75.71663

On the panamerican highway its super easy to find a hitch. Loads of trucks. (3 people)

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 👍, ride: 145 km ↘

―simmelx, October 2024

-14.83217, -74.89894

We (3 People) waited for ages and went down the road. At that spot was a police controlpoint - they helped us by convincing a truck driver.

rating: 3/5, ride: 105 km →

―simmelx, October 2024

-14.29267, -71.2191

ok place, most people drive to Arequipa but if zpu get a truck it will quite possibly go to the Bolivian border

rating: 4/5, wait: 60 min 👍, ride: 417 km ↘

―crazyrik, September 2024

-16.42496, -71.67477

Don't wait at the bottom where the shops end. Stand as close as possible to the toll gate and use a sign with destination. We got a lot more reactions that way.

―Anonymous, June 2019

-3.48218, -80.24633

So get off the bus/car earlier, so that you don't end in Aguas Verdes

―ManuelW, June 2016

-3.48218, -80.24633

AS FOREIGNERS: DON'T GO TO AGUAS VERDES! You have to cross the border more in the south, the street is caled 'frontera', I think. We had to take some motos to get there and they were dropping us in the wrong place - so if you take motos: make sure that they drop you at the entrance to Ecuador/exit of Peru and not at the entrance to Peru!!

―Anonymous, June 2016

-5.1711, -80.68702

We waited here to get to Suillana

―Anonymous, June 2016

-6.75418, -79.86516

This was a good spot for getting north: Behind the 'grifo - nor oriente' - it's in the direction of Lambayeque, you can easily take a bus. There are some 'peatonales' here, so the trucks have to go slowly and you can just take them ;-)

―Anonymous, June 2016

-4.88236, -80.7048

It's nice waiting here, because you can enjoy a cold coconut and drink it :p

―ManuelW, June 2016

-4.88236, -80.7048

A nice spot to wait for getting north here. You can from Piura get a ride here (or to Suillana) and then continue from here - for instance to Mancora. The Panamericana does not have a lot of traffic from here to the north at the coast, because there's another Panamericana more in the east - which is shorter if you directly want to get to ecuador.

―Anonymous, June 2016

Recent reviews mentioning Peru

-5.1781, -80.56297

-4.95611, -80.35328

-4.40845, -79.96867

-3.48218, -80.24633

-15.48083, -70.13581

I'm From Brazil, got a ride from here in 10 minutes with a trucker to cuzco.
The only thing that i think is good to point is that, while i was there, an old man was by my side. He was desperated because i was hitchhiking, saying that it wasn't safe.
On the other hand, trucker said that that it was common for him to take hitchhickers there.
Take your on conclusions.
Mine is, i would do that again

To get in this place i asked a man on the street where was the road to cuzco and he indicated me a mini van that would take me here. it costs 0,60 cents.
Transportantion in Peru is extremely cheap.

―Anonymous, March 2016

-4.26868, -79.2265

Heading to the border with Peru. Although the road is friendly to stop cars and people around are really pleasant, the traffic is extremely(!) low.

It's possible to rely only on good luck to get a ride to Peru, when taking local rides is not recommended except you are ok walking few days and camp.
After 50-60 km south from Vilcabamba, there is no paved road up to the border and dirt road is usually in a bad condition due to rains, sometimes even closed.

―Anonymous, July 2015

-2.55634, -79.5539

Desde aqui se puede ir tanto como para Guayaquil , Cuenca , o la frontera con Peru

―Anonymous, May 2015