Is it safe to travel by bus in Peru at night?
Do you think it is safe to travel in Peru by bus in the night?
Or should I only travel during the day? Actually a few trips are quite long—around 20 hours—so I guess I'm going to travel by night anyway.
In any case I've been told to buy tickets with the best companies only, since the accident frequency is quite high there...
Best Answer
By Western standards - no.
It's not safe.
Will you arrive at your destination? Probably; you will get there just fine.
But the general driving style (outrageous speed for the conditions, passing on completely blind corners, etc) means that it isn't safe as most of the world likes to think.
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