How safe is it to travel in Peru or in the Peruvian Amazon? Are there problems with terrorism?
The short answer is that it is no more dangerous than traveling most places in the USA or Europe. As with travel anywhere, keeping your eyes open, your wits about you, and taking elementary precautions will enable you to avoid most potentially dangerous situations. Although there was a domestic terrorism problem in the 1980’s and early 1990’s, that is no longer the case. For an in-depth discussion of safety, crime and terrorism issues, please see our “safety” page.
