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

Cartagena · Colombia

Cartagena Kings Hostel

Punk Score
35% SHIT
Medium confidence 101 reviews
Bariloche · Argentina

Los Coihues Camping & Hostel

Punk Score
35% SHIT
Medium confidence 127 reviews
127 reviews $18 dorm · $108 priv View
Bogota · Colombia

Casa Dreamer Bogota

Punk Score
33% SHIT
Medium confidence 160 reviews
160 reviews $15 dorm · $41 priv View
El Calafate · Argentina

El Puente

Punk Score
33% SHIT
Medium confidence 146 reviews
Popayan · Colombia 2nd best in Popayan

Lienzo Hostel & Museum

Punk Score
33% SHIT
High confidence 476 reviews
476 reviews $12 dorm · $39 priv View
Leticia · Colombia

Reserva Natural Tucuchira

Punk Score
33% SHIT
Medium confidence 70 reviews
70 reviews $19 dorm · $44 priv View
Itacare · Brazil

Bananas Hostel

Punk Score
35% SHIT
High confidence 859 reviews
859 reviews $14 dorm · $31 priv View
Buenaventura · Colombia

Wira Pora

Punk Score
35% SHIT
Medium confidence 77 reviews
Cusco · Peru

Hostal Wasichay

Punk Score
35% SHIT
Medium confidence 178 reviews
Otavalo · Ecuador

Hosteria Rose Cottage

Punk Score
35% SHIT
Medium confidence 85 reviews
85 reviews $17 dorm · $30 priv View
El Calafate · Argentina

Hostel Elal

Punk Score
32% SHIT
High confidence 817 reviews
Montanita · Ecuador

Montañita Cabañas Hostel

Punk Score
34% SHIT
Medium confidence 281 reviews
281 reviews $13 dorm · $24 priv View
La Quiaca · Argentina 2nd best in La Quiaca

Hostel Copacabana

Punk Score
34% SHIT
High confidence 443 reviews
Santiago · Chile

Happy House Hostel

Punk Score
34% SHIT
High confidence 1,248 reviews
1248 reviews $21 dorm · $50 priv View
Asuncion · Paraguay

Hostal Paradiso

Punk Score
31% SHIT
High confidence 483 reviews
483 reviews $5 dorm · $22 priv View
Buritaca · Colombia

Hostal Baruch

Punk Score
31% SHIT
Medium confidence 272 reviews
272 reviews $13 dorm · $37 priv View
Machu Picchu · Peru

Don Andre

Punk Score
31% SHIT
Medium confidence 104 reviews
104 reviews $15 dorm · $25 priv View

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