Best hostels in South America — vibe rankings

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Best hostels in South America

Fun/social-ranked hostels across South America, merged city by city into one ranked list using the best available social evidence.

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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.

No bed bug reports found in South America

Top hostel cities in South America

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

Top hostels overall in South America

Cusco · Peru

Hotel Casa de Campo

Punk Score
60% MEH
High confidence 1,027 reviews
Mompos · Colombia 4th best in Mompos

Bioma Boutique Hotel

Punk Score
60% MEH
High confidence 426 reviews
Panguipulli · Chile 4th best in Panguipulli

Apart hotel Puchaley Lafquen

Punk Score
60% MEH
High confidence 426 reviews
Lima · Peru

Hostal Sueños Breña

Punk Score
61% MEH
Medium confidence 96 reviews
Alto Paraiso · Brazil 5th best in Alto Paraiso

Jungla Hostel

Punk Score
60% MEH
Medium confidence 96 reviews
96 reviews $21 dorm · $64 priv View
Valdivia · Chile 3rd best in Valdivia

Pyramidal Park Valdivia

Punk Score
60% MEH
Medium confidence 96 reviews
Mancora · Peru

HOTEL BOUTIQUE PUERTO

Punk Score
60% MEH
Medium confidence 96 reviews
San Pedro de Atacama · Chile

Lodge Altitud

Punk Score
61% MEH
High confidence 742 reviews
Ayacucho · Peru 2nd best in Ayacucho

Casa Sucre

Punk Score
61% MEH
High confidence 385 reviews
385 reviews $7 dorm · $16 priv View
Vina del Mar · Chile

Hotel Chalet Suizo

Punk Score
61% MEH
High confidence 614 reviews
Recife · Brazil

Hostel e Pousada Boa Vista

Punk Score
63% MEH
High confidence 417 reviews
417 reviews $15 dorm · $34 priv View
Santa Marta · Colombia

Hostel Viña del Mar

Punk Score
63% MEH
High confidence 613 reviews
Rio de Janeiro · Brazil

Itajubá Hotel

Punk Score
63% MEH
High confidence 429 reviews
Manta · Ecuador 3rd best in Manta

Hotel Hamilton

Punk Score
63% MEH
Medium confidence 97 reviews
Cali · Colombia

Casa Feliz

Punk Score
63% MEH
Medium confidence 97 reviews
Valparaiso · Chile

El Mirador De Valparaiso

Punk Score
63% MEH
Medium confidence 97 reviews
Villarrica · Chile

Casa Rukalma Estación

Punk Score
64% MEH
Medium confidence 97 reviews
San Rafael · Colombia 5th best in San Rafael

Lagom Apartamentos San Rafael

Punk Score
64% MEH
Medium confidence 97 reviews
Pichilemu · Chile

Curi Lodge Pichilemu

Punk Score
64% MEH
Medium confidence 97 reviews
San Andres Island · Colombia

Casa Hostel San Andres

Punk Score
60% SHIT
High confidence 620 reviews

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