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.

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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

Calama · Chile 2nd best in Calama

Hotel Modular Express Calama

Punk Score
46% SHIT
High confidence 756 reviews
Sucre · Bolivia

Tango

Punk Score
46% SHIT
Medium confidence 122 reviews
Mompiche · Ecuador 5th best in Mompiche

Hostal SAMARY

Punk Score
46% SHIT
Medium confidence 122 reviews
Punta Arenas · Chile

Hotel Isla Rey Jorge

Punk Score
46% SHIT
High confidence 768 reviews
Otavalo · Ecuador

Tourist House Suites Otavalo

Punk Score
46% SHIT
Medium confidence 124 reviews
Salta · Argentina

ANDÉN by FMA Coliving

Punk Score
50% SHIT
High confidence 938 reviews
Vicuna · Chile

Organica Lodge Hotel

Punk Score
48% SHIT
Medium confidence 131 reviews
Medellin · Colombia

Hotel Colombia Avenida

Punk Score
48% SHIT
High confidence 821 reviews
Guatape · Colombia

Hotel Portal Guatape

Punk Score
48% SHIT
Medium confidence 132 reviews
Pelotas · Brazil

Curi Palace Hotel

Punk Score
48% SHIT
High confidence 828 reviews
Cartagena · Colombia

Hostal Torices

Punk Score
47% SHIT
Medium confidence 134 reviews
Bauru · Brazil 3rd best in Bauru

Bauru Office Hotel

Punk Score
47% SHIT
High confidence 846 reviews
Cruz · Brazil Best in Cruz

Maktub Hostel Prea

Punk Score
47% SHIT
Medium confidence 136 reviews
136 reviews $24 dorm · $54 priv View
Cartagena · Colombia

Hotel Virrey Cartagena

Punk Score
47% SHIT
High confidence 1,020 reviews
Cabanaconde · Peru 3rd best in Cabanaconde

Tropical Lodge

Punk Score
47% SHIT
Medium confidence 140 reviews
San Andres Island · Colombia

Alojamiento Santa Julia

Punk Score
47% SHIT
Medium confidence 140 reviews
Curitiba · Brazil

Garibaldi Hostel & Pub

Punk Score
45% SHIT
High confidence 886 reviews
Cusco · Peru

Cusco and Rock

Punk Score
46% SHIT
Medium confidence 184 reviews
184 reviews $26 dorm · $44 priv View

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