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

Mar del Plata · Argentina

Hotel Pergamino

Punk Score
35% SHIT
Medium confidence 240 reviews
240 reviews $18 dorm · $34 priv View
Tacna · Peru

Huara Hs

Punk Score
36% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 26 reviews
Ollantaytambo · Peru

Inka King

Punk Score
36% SHIT
Medium confidence 285 reviews
285 reviews $18 dorm · $48 priv View
Cartagena · Colombia

Centro Cultural La Provincia

Punk Score
34% SHIT
Medium confidence 131 reviews
Uyuni · Bolivia

Hostal La Magia de Uyuni

Punk Score
34% SHIT
High confidence 588 reviews
Copacabana · Bolivia

HOTEL WENDY MAR

Punk Score
34% SHIT
Medium confidence 281 reviews
La Serena · Chile

Valle Mistral

Punk Score
33% SHIT
Medium confidence 150 reviews
Caracas · Venezuela 5th best in Caracas

Hotel Grand Galaxie

Punk Score
33% SHIT
Medium confidence 186 reviews
Bariloche · Argentina

Refugio Aku

Punk Score
33% SHIT
Medium confidence 265 reviews
265 reviews $21 dorm · $53 priv View
Pasto · Colombia

Otro Mundo

Punk Score
33% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 48 reviews
48 reviews $12 dorm · $26 priv View
Mindo · Ecuador

La Casa de Cecilia

Punk Score
33% SHIT
High confidence 962 reviews
962 reviews $11 dorm · $18 priv View
Medellin · Colombia

Hotel El Deportista

Punk Score
32% SHIT
Medium confidence 99 reviews
Buenos Aires · Argentina

First Palermo Hotel

Punk Score
32% SHIT
High confidence 914 reviews
Salta · Argentina

La Salteñita Alojamiento

Punk Score
32% SHIT
Medium confidence 68 reviews
68 reviews $15 dorm · $34 priv View
Filandia · Colombia

Bidea Hostel

Punk Score
32% SHIT
High confidence 1,308 reviews
1308 reviews $11 dorm · $28 priv View
Cuenca · Ecuador

Mochiliers Bed & Breakfast

Punk Score
33% SHIT
Medium confidence 229 reviews
229 reviews $8 dorm · $22 priv View
Buenos Aires · Argentina

MONS hostel

Punk Score
33% SHIT
High confidence 1,455 reviews
1455 reviews $21 dorm · $95 priv View

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