Chaski eSIM
Land, switch on, and you're already WhatsApp-ing home. Calls and texts over WhatsApp, FaceTime, iMessage and Zoom, plus unlimited plans or full-speed data packs on Claro's 4G network in Peru. No airport SIM queue, no Wi-Fi hunting.
See Peru plans 🚀📅 Install it at home, days ahead. Your plan's clock only starts when you connect in Peru.
Data-only eSIM: no Peruvian phone number. Your apps do the calling and texting.
Pick your days, and your eSIM arrives in about a minute. One tap on your order page installs it (or scan the QR). Do it at home on Wi-Fi, even a week early.
Installed doesn't mean ticking. Your plan's clock only starts when the eSIM first connects to a network in Peru.
Switch the eSIM on and enable data roaming. Online before the seatbelt sign goes off.
🛬 Already in Peru? No problem: scan, install on Wi-Fi, online in minutes. Use the free airport Wi-Fi at Lima's Jorge Chávez, your hotel's Wi-Fi or a café's. Your plan starts when it connects in Peru either way.
Unlimited · 1 GB/day at full speed, then 512 kbps (fine for WhatsApp & maps). Your full-speed gigabyte refills daily.
Data packs: every gigabyte at full speed, valid 30 days.
Network: Claro 4G in Peru.
Data only, no phone number. Your plan starts when the eSIM first connects in Peru.
Pick a country and the plans above switch to it. Same prices, same daily-refill unlimited, local networks.
Add the countries you're visiting and your days in each. We compare one plan per country with the South America regional plan and pick the cheapest.
Five centuries ago, chaskis, the Inca relay runners, carried messages hand to hand along the Qhapaq Ñan, the great Inca road, covering about 240 km a day. We named Chaski eSIM after them. Your messages still travel across the Andes; they just go over unlimited data now, and your eSIM arrives in about 60 seconds. We'd like to think they'd approve.
Great in cities and tourist hotspots. On remote treks and deep jungle, every carrier gets patchy — download offline maps.
Most iPhones from XR/XS onward, Google Pixel 3 and newer, and Samsung Galaxy S20 and newer support eSIM. Use the checker above, or dial *#06#: if you see an EID, you're good. Your phone must be carrier-unlocked.
Not anymore, for most visitors. Since Peru's anti-fraud rules (Nov 2025), foreigners can only buy a SIM in person at a carrier store, with a fingerprint check against immigration records and a Peruvian residency card (Carné de Extranjería or CPP). A tourist passport isn't enough, so airport and kiosk SIMs are out. An eSIM you buy before you fly is the simple fix. Sources (Spanish): OSIPTEL, Infobae, Jan 2026.
Yes, through apps over your data: WhatsApp, FaceTime, iMessage, Zoom, Google Meet, Telegram and friends. It's a data-only eSIM, so regular phone calls and SMS to Peruvian numbers aren't included.
No, there's no phone number. Your WhatsApp and iMessage keep working on your usual number. Keep your home SIM switched on (with its roaming off) if you need bank SMS codes.
Claro's 4G network in Peru, with strong coverage in cities and tourist areas. Remote treks and deep jungle get patchy on every carrier, so download offline maps.
Unlimited plans give you 1 GB per day at full 4G speed, then keep you online at 512 kbps until your allowance resets the next day. 512 kbps is fine for WhatsApp messages and voice notes, maps, email and Uber; video calls and HD streaming will be slow until the reset. No surprise bills, ever. Heavy user? A data pack gives you every gigabyte at full speed.
Short trip, lots of maps and messaging: Unlimited. Lots of video calls, uploads or working online: a data pack (all full speed, valid 30 days). Not sure? The 10 GB Condor Flight covers most two-week trips.
Hotspot usually works, but it shares the same allowance: on Unlimited, tethering eats into your 1 GB/day at full speed. Fair-use rules from the network apply.
Only when your eSIM first connects to a network in Peru. So buy it and install it at home, days or even weeks before your trip. Buying or installing early doesn't use up a single day. The clock starts when you land and connect, like a chaski starting his leg of the relay.
Yes! Buy it right here, then scan and install on any Wi-Fi: Lima's Jorge Chávez airport has free Wi-Fi, or use your hotel's or a café's. You'll be online in minutes, and your plan starts when the eSIM connects in Peru, same as always. Installing before you fly is still the easiest route, because you land already online.
Take an official taxi from the counters inside the arrivals hall (level 1) of Jorge Chávez's new terminal: Taxi Green, Taxi Directo or Taxi 365, with executive cars from CMV and Mitsoo. Finding your Uber driver at the airport can be very hard, so we don't recommend it there. Skip offers from people in the arrivals hall.
So sorry! If your eSIM never connected to a network in Peru, write to us within 30 days of purchase and we'll give you a full refund, even if you already installed it. Once your plan has started in Peru, it's non-refundable unless the service is faulty. Details are in our Refund Policy.