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My daughter is traveling to Peru for a school trip in a couple months, from the U.S.
I’ve done a little Googling around, but I figured I would ask the savvy travelers here.
What kind of adapter(s) might come in handy for a trip to Peru? I’m sure there will be iPhones, hair straighteners, and hair curlers.
Thanks in advance!
Should be the Europe adapter…that’s what we use here in bolivia…but normal US prongs work too….In Argentina you will have problems
Make sure the voltage matches !
Stuff like the iPhone chargers (the apple ones anyway) are auto switching, plug them in and they work.
Stuff like hair dryers, curlers and straighteners will probaly only work on either 120v or 240vUsing 120v stuff on 240v will let the magic smoke out, the other way round isn’t good either.
In South America everything should be at least 220. So make sure all your chargers SAY “220”. If not, you’re fried.
Peru is a bit weird since they use two types of plugs; Type A (North America flat blades plug) and Type C (european style round prongs). Also, electricity in Peru is normally 220V, yet some hotels will have 110V sockets and they are normally labelled as such. Where it gets complicated, is that many peruvian sockets will accept both the round and flat plugs.
As a rule of thumb, if the socket is not labelled 110V, it is assumed to be 220V and you will need a power converter/adapter. You will also need a socket adapter. Get one that has a multitude of adapters in one block.
Ha ha ha. I’m a little late. It’s pretty much all been covered.:D
If it’s a school trip I’ll assume your daughter is staying in hotels and not hostels. That being said, all the places we stayed at in Peru had N. American style flat plugs or the dual flat/round plugs. The ONLY place we spent a night that didn’t have plugs was in an oasis village hut in the bottom of Culca Canyon. Just make sure her devices are dual voltage, like hair dryers/curlers etc., or have auto switching plugs, like the iPhone, and she should be fine. I brought two bulky adapters for my trip, I visited Bolivia, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, and I never used them once!
BTW, most of the travelers we ran across had only their laptops plugged into the wall and their other devices plugged into the USB ports. On that note, if your daughter doesn’t bring a laptop but has a lot of gadgets and is travelling with a group she may want to bring a small power strip so she doesn’t hog all the outlets. I also recommend getting two batteries for the camera. A rechargeable external battery pack won’t hurt either.:)
I recommend having all this stuff before she goes but worse case is all these things can be purchased there. Not sure where your daughter is going but Lima for example is super modern and lovely! Also… This may help on other stuff… http://edcforums.com/threads/south-america.105214/:D I hope I helped!!
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