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Best hostels in Sri Lanka

Fun/social-ranked hostels across Sri Lanka. Punk Score is the best available evidence that guests actually have a good time together, calibrated onto the 0-100 UI.

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SigiriyaHiriketiyaEllaAhangamaKandyColomboWeligamaMirissaArugam BayNuwara EliyaNegomboGalleTrincomaleeHikkaduwaUnawatunaMataraAnuradhapuraYala National ParkTangalleDambulla

Through the filter

We read reviews on Hostelworld, Booking.com, and Google Maps and flag two things right on the cards: bed-bug reports, and reviews that read bought or incentivized. The bed-bug detector is the Punk AI Language Model, a small in-house classifier.

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Top hostel cities in Sri Lanka

Cities ranked by recent hostel demand plus the strongest Good-or-better Punk Score signals.

Sigiriya

  1. Roy's Villa Roy's Villa Amazing 1030 reviews
  2. Tree House Hostel Sigiriya Tree House Hostel Sigiriya Amazing 1386 reviews
  3. Jungle Host Hostel Jungle Host Hostel Amazing 214 reviews
All hostels in Sigiriya

Hiriketiya

  1. Strand Hostel, Hiriketiya Beach Strand Hostel, Hiriketiya Beach Amazing 154 reviews
  2. Barefoot Backpackers Hostel, Hiriketiya Beach Barefoot Backpackers Hostel, Hiriketiya Beach Amazing 967 reviews
  3. Happy Hammocks, Hiriketiya Beach - Sri Lanka Happy Hammocks, Hiriketiya Beach - Sri Lanka Amazing 586 reviews
All hostels in Hiriketiya

Ella

  1. Hive Ella Hostel Hive Ella Hostel Amazing 540 reviews
  2. Avocado Hostel Avocado Hostel Amazing 471 reviews
  3. Wild Bee Hostel Wild Bee Hostel Very Good 832 reviews
All hostels in Ella

Top hostels overall in Sri Lanka

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