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

San Rafael · Argentina

Abraham Complejo Turístico

Punk Score
44% SHIT
Medium confidence 141 reviews
San Rafael · Argentina

Talu Apart Hotel

Punk Score
44% SHIT
Medium confidence 133 reviews
Punta del Diablo · Uruguay 5th best in Punta del Diablo

Arenas del Mar

Punk Score
44% SHIT
Medium confidence 139 reviews
Huanchaco · Peru

GoodWaves Hostel

Punk Score
44% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 30 reviews
30 reviews $7 dorm · $4 priv View
Medellin · Colombia

La Casona Hotel Boutique

Punk Score
45% SHIT
High confidence 347 reviews
Caldera · Chile

Hotel Montecarlo

Punk Score
45% SHIT
High confidence 408 reviews
Resistencia · Argentina 4th best in Resistencia

El Gran Gomero Hostel & Motoposada

Punk Score
44% SHIT
Medium confidence 110 reviews
110 reviews $15 dorm · $35 priv View
Riohacha · Colombia

Bona Vida Apartments

Punk Score
46% SHIT
Medium confidence 178 reviews
Bariloche · Argentina

Hosteria El Korú

Punk Score
46% SHIT
Medium confidence 120 reviews
Salvador · Brazil

A Meson Pousada

Punk Score
44% SHIT
Medium confidence 206 reviews
206 reviews $9 dorm · $18 priv View
El Calafate · Argentina

Aonikenk

Punk Score
39% SHIT
Medium confidence 126 reviews
126 reviews $16 dorm · $45 priv View
Humahuaca · Argentina

HOSTAL LUCERO

Punk Score
40% SHIT
Medium confidence 244 reviews
Castro · Chile

Hostal Plaza Chiloe

Punk Score
43% SHIT
Medium confidence 252 reviews
Sao Paulo · Brazil

Hotel Florêncio

Punk Score
44% SHIT
High confidence 414 reviews
Recife · Brazil

Hotel Enseada Boa Viagem

Punk Score
44% SHIT
Medium confidence 275 reviews
Salta · Argentina

Darwin Apart Hotel

Punk Score
44% SHIT
Medium confidence 288 reviews
Salta · Argentina

Dickens Apart

Punk Score
44% SHIT
High confidence 564 reviews

All countries in South America