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

Tacna · Peru

Takora Inn

Punk Score
38% SHIT
High confidence 1,063 reviews
Merida · Venezuela Best in Merida

Casa Tramontana

Punk Score
42% SHIT
Medium confidence 52 reviews
Sucre · Bolivia

Hostel Buen descanso

Punk Score
42% SHIT
Medium confidence 181 reviews
Ica · Peru

Icaadventures 2

Punk Score
42% SHIT
High confidence 2,148 reviews
2148 reviews $6 dorm · $45 priv View
Mendoza · Argentina

Bari

Punk Score
42% SHIT
Medium confidence 298 reviews
Arequipa · Peru

Villa Sillar

Punk Score
38% SHIT
High confidence 480 reviews
El Chalten · Argentina

Hospederia Thiamalu

Punk Score
38% SHIT
Medium confidence 77 reviews
Buenaventura · Colombia 3rd best in Buenaventura

Pacifico Hostel

Punk Score
38% SHIT
High confidence 574 reviews
574 reviews $21 dorm · $86 priv View
Puerto Montt · Chile

El Capitán

Punk Score
37% SHIT
Medium confidence 225 reviews
El Chalten · Argentina

Lo de Trivi

Punk Score
37% SHIT
Medium confidence 235 reviews
Mancora · Peru

Ecolodge Mancora

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 484 reviews
El Calafate · Argentina

Lago Argentino Hostel

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 1,212 reviews
1212 reviews $28 dorm · $96 priv View
Bariloche · Argentina

Alaska Patagonia Hostel

Punk Score
37% SHIT
Medium confidence 280 reviews
280 reviews $15 dorm · $83 priv View
Palomino · Colombia

Dreamer Palomino

Punk Score
36% SHIT
High confidence 2,852 reviews
2852 reviews $15 dorm · $58 priv View
Copacabana · Bolivia

Hostal La Casa del Sol

Punk Score
36% SHIT
High confidence 434 reviews
Ushuaia · Argentina

YAGHAN Hostel

Punk Score
36% SHIT
High confidence 1,276 reviews
1276 reviews $34 dorm · $144 priv View

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