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

Vitoria · Brazil

Itaparica Praia Hotel

Punk Score
52% SHIT
High confidence 582 reviews
Santiago · Chile

Hotel Di Maurier

Punk Score
52% SHIT
Medium confidence 223 reviews
Pucon · Chile

Alpes Hotel

Punk Score
50% SHIT
High confidence 329 reviews
Itacare · Brazil

Rede Andrade Barravento

Punk Score
50% SHIT
Medium confidence 225 reviews
Machu Picchu · Peru

Samananchis Machupicchu

Punk Score
50% SHIT
Medium confidence 225 reviews
Punta Arenas · Chile

Hotel José Nogueira

Punk Score
50% SHIT
High confidence 635 reviews
Villa de Leyva · Colombia

Aparta Hotel Refugio de Maria

Punk Score
54% SHIT
Medium confidence 269 reviews
Sucre · Bolivia

Cittadella Hostal

Punk Score
54% SHIT
High confidence 331 reviews
Vina del Mar · Chile

Hostal Terraza Recreo

Punk Score
54% SHIT
High confidence 592 reviews
Puno · Peru

Olimpo Inn

Punk Score
51% SHIT
High confidence 1,040 reviews
Concordia · Argentina Best in Concordia

Sarmiento Monoambiente

Punk Score
51% SHIT
High confidence 595 reviews
Villarrica · Chile

Hostal Mesa del Mar

Punk Score
51% SHIT
Medium confidence 228 reviews
Cusco · Peru

Hotel Joram

Punk Score
51% SHIT
Medium confidence 272 reviews
Chachapoyas · Peru 4th best in Chachapoyas

Kuelap Guest House

Punk Score
54% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 28 reviews
Villavicencio · Colombia 5th best in Villavicencio

Capybara Hostel

Punk Score
54% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 28 reviews
28 reviews $25 dorm · $59 priv View

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