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

Salta · Argentina

Hostal El Cerrito

Punk Score
50% SHIT
Medium confidence 250 reviews
Fortaleza · Brazil

Hotel Belem Fortaleza

Punk Score
50% SHIT
Medium confidence 250 reviews
Ribeirao Preto · Brazil

Hotel Apiacas

Punk Score
50% SHIT
High confidence 655 reviews
Cusco · Peru

Hostal Cusco de mis Sueños

Punk Score
50% SHIT
High confidence 765 reviews
Curanipe · Chile 5th best in Curanipe

Lodge Casa Vieja

Punk Score
55% SHIT
Medium confidence 252 reviews
Otavalo · Ecuador

Santa Fe

Punk Score
55% SHIT
High confidence 435 reviews
Villa de Leyva · Colombia

Selina Villa de Leyva

Punk Score
56% SHIT
High confidence 559 reviews
Arraial do Cabo · Brazil

Nativo Hostel

Punk Score
55% SHIT
Medium confidence 253 reviews
Filandia · Colombia

HC Helena

Punk Score
56% SHIT
Medium confidence 253 reviews
Jericoacoara · Brazil

Raiz Kite Cabana

Punk Score
55% SHIT
Medium confidence 181 reviews
181 reviews $18 dorm · $84 priv View
Arica · Chile 5th best in Arica

Hotel Plaza Colon

Punk Score
50% SHIT
High confidence 1,691 reviews
Cartagena Province · Colombia 3rd best in Cartagena Province

Casa San Benito Abad

Punk Score
51% SHIT
High confidence 416 reviews
Manizales · Colombia

Hotel Granada Plaza

Punk Score
50% SHIT
High confidence 303 reviews
Salta · Argentina

La San Francisco II

Punk Score
50% SHIT
Medium confidence 255 reviews
Villa La Angostura · Argentina

Departamentos de El Mercado

Punk Score
51% SHIT
High confidence 447 reviews
San Pedro de Atacama · Chile

Hostal Atacama Ancestral

Punk Score
52% SHIT
Medium confidence 257 reviews
Puno · Peru

Totorani Inn

Punk Score
52% SHIT
Medium confidence 71 reviews
Neuquen · Argentina

Bernardino Hostel Boutique

Punk Score
52% SHIT
High confidence 802 reviews
802 reviews $41 dorm · $116 priv View

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