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

El Calafate · Argentina

La Casa del Viajero 2

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 324 reviews
324 reviews $18 dorm · $60 priv View
Arequipa · Peru

La Casita de Lulu

Punk Score
39% SHIT
Medium confidence 234 reviews
Santiago · Chile

Terminal Pajarito

Punk Score
39% SHIT
Medium confidence 127 reviews
Buenos Aires · Argentina

Complejo de las Luces

Punk Score
39% SHIT
Medium confidence 91 reviews
Arequipa · Peru

Hostal La Posada Del Sol

Punk Score
39% SHIT
High confidence 651 reviews
Sao Paulo · Brazil

Jardim Secreto

Punk Score
39% SHIT
High confidence 676 reviews
676 reviews $11 dorm · $23 priv View
Puerto Misahualli · Ecuador 2nd best in Puerto Misahualli

Banana Lodge

Punk Score
38% SHIT
Medium confidence 213 reviews
Cafayate · Argentina

Hostal Andino

Punk Score
38% SHIT
High confidence 1,328 reviews
Puno · Peru

Marlon's House in Puno

Punk Score
38% SHIT
High confidence 304 reviews
304 reviews $10 dorm · $28 priv View
San Miguel de Tucuman · Argentina

Urban Jungle

Punk Score
38% SHIT
High confidence 627 reviews
627 reviews $8 dorm · $17 priv View
Tintipán Island · Colombia 3rd best in Tintipán Island

El Arca

Punk Score
38% SHIT
Medium confidence 235 reviews
235 reviews $25 dorm · $103 priv View
La Tebaida · Colombia 5th best in La Tebaida

Rancho Eden

Punk Score
37% SHIT
Medium confidence 270 reviews
Humahuaca · Argentina

Hostal La Soñada

Punk Score
38% SHIT
Medium confidence 143 reviews
Medellin · Colombia

Laureles Garden Hostel

Punk Score
37% SHIT
Medium confidence 286 reviews
286 reviews $15 dorm · $43 priv View
Banos · Ecuador

Hostal Palmar

Punk Score
38% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 37 reviews

All countries in South America