Peru Travel Advice: Avoid All But Essential Travel to Parts
The UK FCDO updated its travel advice for Peru, maintaining advice against all but essential travel to areas within 20km south of the Peru-Colombia border (Loreto region) and the VRAEM region. The update removed information about Colombia's temporary border closures. Travel insurance may be invalidated if traveling against FCDO advice.
Impact and considerations
The advice highlights safety risks in specific areas of Peru, impacting business travelers to those regions, with potential insurance invalidation.
Key points
- FCDO advises against all but essential travel to areas within 20km south of the Peru-Colombia border.
- FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the VRAEM region.
- Travel insurance may be invalidated if traveling against FCDO advice.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
- Other sources
- 0
- First source publication
- 23 Jun 2026, 06:35
- Page published
- 12 Aug 2026, 14:24
- Last updated
- 23 Jun 2026, 06:35
- Original links
- FCDO Travel Advice：Peru travel advice (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 7 Mar 2013, 08:00