Top 10 Golf Courses in Peru
Peru's golf is a Lima story. The capital sits in a coastal desert on the Pacific shore, where the Humboldt Current and the persistent Andean inversion layer keep temperatures mild year-round — rarely above 25 degrees Celsius in summer, rarely below 12 in winter — and where rain is so rare that most Limeños have never seen it fall properly. This peculiar climate makes Lima an unusual golf destination: the courses play in summer sunshine from December through April and in the grey garúa (coastal mist) that gives the city its winter character from May through November. Both conditions are golfable; neither is particularly extreme. The concentration of courses in Lima's districts of Surco, La Molina, and the coast at Miraflores means that serious Peruvian golf is almost entirely an urban phenomenon.
1. Los Inkas Golf Club, Santiago de Surco
Los Inkas is Peru's most celebrated golf course and one of the finest parkland layouts in South America. The club dates to 1945 and the course was redesigned by Robert von Hagge, creating the demanding, tree-lined layout that stands today. The parkland character is well-defined — fairways corridor through mature trees with significant rough, and the greens are firm and well-contoured. The closing holes along the ravine that cuts through the property are the course's most dramatic, with the par-4 17th and par-5 18th requiring precise approach play over varying terrain. Los Inkas has hosted the South American Amateur and various national championship events. It is a private club; access requires a member introduction.
2. Lima Golf Club, San Isidro
The Lima Golf Club is the oldest golf club in Peru and one of the oldest in South America, established in 1924 in the heart of San Isidro — Lima's leafy financial and diplomatic district. Over the course of a century, Lima has urbanised entirely around the club, making it a remarkable green island in one of South America's densest cities. The course has been updated over the decades but retains a compact character dictated by the urban land constraints. The prestige of the club within Peruvian society is considerable — membership is socially significant as well as athletic. Private; access is through member or diplomatic connection.
3. La Planicie Golf Club, La Molina
Set in the residential district of La Molina in eastern Lima, La Planicie is a modern private club with a course that plays through the flat agricultural landscape at the base of the Andes foothills. The layout is less dramatic than Los Inkas or Lima Golf Club but is well-maintained and challenging by its design complexity. The surrounding residential community values the green space and the social infrastructure of the club. La Planicie is private; access through member invitation.
4. Club El Bosque, Lima
A recreational and sporting club with golf among its several activities, Club El Bosque provides a nine-hole facility that caters to Lima's lighter golfing market. The course is modest and playability-focused, serving members who want the option of an evening nine rather than a full championship round. The wider club facilities — tennis, swimming, dining — attract a family-orientated membership. Green fees for visitors are available on application.
5. Playa Golf, La Punta
On the Callao peninsula at La Punta, this seaside course offers a genuinely unique Lima golfing experience — a layout at sea level with Pacific Ocean proximity and the cooling maritime wind that characterises Peru's coastal climate. The course is modest in length and design ambition, but the seaside setting and the community character of La Punta's sporting clubs make it an appealing option for the casual round. Open to visitors at a modest green fee.
6. Country Club Lima Hotel, Miraflores
The Country Club Lima Hotel in the Miraflores district operates a small golf facility within its extensive grounds. The hotel is a historic Lima institution dating to 1927 and its facilities reflect the gracious Pacific-colonial architecture of that era. The golf is limited to practice and short-course play rather than full 18-hole rounds, but for hotel guests wanting to maintain their game in central Lima it provides a convenient option.
7. San Antonio Country Club, Cieneguilla
In the Lurín Valley east of Lima, San Antonio operates a nine-hole facility in the agricultural oasis of Cieneguilla — one of several small valleys where the coastal desert gives way to fruit orchards and vineyards irrigated by Andean snowmelt. The course is relaxed and recreational in character, catering to Lima families who use Cieneguilla as a weekend escape from the city. The warmer, sunnier microclimate (the garúa rarely penetrates this far inland) makes it particularly pleasant in Lima's grey winter months.
8. Huampani Golf Club, Chosica
Further up the Rímac Valley toward the Andes, Huampani is a remote and atmospheric facility in the dry subtropical zone where the coast's marine layer gives way to true Andean sunshine. The course is basic but the setting — narrow valley, steep rocky walls, and the mountain light — is compelling. Chosica is a traditional Lima weekend destination for those escaping the coastal mist; the golf club serves this excursion market. Very modest green fees; open to visitors.
9. Trujillo Golf Club, Trujillo
North of Lima, Trujillo is Peru's third-largest city and the cultural capital of the northern coast. Its golf club is a small but long-established facility that serves the local professional and business community. The course plays across flat desert terrain — irrigated and maintained by the Trujillo sporting community — and the surrounding archaeological landscape (Chan Chan, the largest pre-Columbian city in South America, is nearby) gives the area a remarkable historical context. Visitors are welcome.
10. Arequipa Golf Club, Arequipa
Peru's second-largest city sits at 2,335 metres above sea level in a valley between Andean volcanoes, and its golf club plays at altitude with the characteristic conditions that implies — reduced air resistance adds distance to every shot, and the thinner air requires careful pacing. Arequipa's dry, sunny climate makes the course playable year-round. The visual backdrop — the Misti volcano rising to 5,822 metres above the city — is extraordinary. The club serves Arequipa's professional class and is open to visitors.
Peru's golf is concentrated in Lima, where the major clubs maintain the country's strongest courses and the most active competitive programmes. Los Inkas is the international standard-bearer; Lima Golf Club is the historical foundation. Visits to either require advance planning and member connections. Beyond Lima, the altitude courses at Arequipa and the valley clubs east of the capital provide interesting supplementary experiences in a country where golf has always been a pursuit of the urban professional class. Open the map to locate Peru's courses across Lima's districts and beyond.