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

Valparaiso · Chile

Casa Baron

Punk Score
57% SHIT
Medium confidence 160 reviews
El Calafate · Argentina

Hostería Los Gnomos

Punk Score
57% SHIT
High confidence 881 reviews
Vina del Mar · Chile

Hostal Recreo

Punk Score
58% SHIT
Medium confidence 134 reviews
Machu Picchu · Peru

Ruta Amazonica Machupicchu

Punk Score
60% MEH
High confidence 423 reviews
423 reviews $18 dorm · $50 priv View
Recife · Brazil

Sun Smart Hotel

Punk Score
60% MEH
High confidence 859 reviews
Curitiba · Brazil

Assel Pousada Botanico

Punk Score
60% SHIT
Medium confidence 135 reviews
Arica · Chile 3rd best in Arica

Hotel Diego De Almagro Arica

Punk Score
61% MEH
High confidence 601 reviews
Cusco · Peru

Lucios Hostal

Punk Score
60% MEH
Medium confidence 199 reviews
Quito · Ecuador

Artplaza

Punk Score
60% MEH
High confidence 384 reviews
384 reviews $1136980 dorm · $1136980 priv View
Villa de Leyva · Colombia

Hospedaje LAURELES de la villa

Punk Score
60% MEH
High confidence 603 reviews
Tiradentes · Brazil

Pousada Vovó Teresa

Punk Score
60% MEH
High confidence 604 reviews
Balneario Camboriu · Brazil

Pousada Balneário Camboriú

Punk Score
60% MEH
High confidence 605 reviews
Armenia · Colombia

Hotel Castillo Real

Punk Score
60% MEH
High confidence 357 reviews
Jardin · Colombia

HOTEL EMBRUJO CAMPESTRE

Punk Score
59% SHIT
Medium confidence 164 reviews
Recife · Brazil

Flat Suites Boa vista

Punk Score
59% SHIT
High confidence 610 reviews
San Pedro de Atacama · Chile

Ittai Hotel

Punk Score
59% SHIT
High confidence 360 reviews
Cusco · Peru

Hidden Garden

Punk Score
59% SHIT
High confidence 646 reviews

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