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

La Paz · Bolivia

Wake Up Hostel

Punk Score
26% SHIT
High confidence 877 reviews
877 reviews $7 dorm · $14 priv View
Mindo · Ecuador

Cinnamon house

Punk Score
26% SHIT
High confidence 702 reviews
702 reviews $12 dorm · $30 priv View
La Paz · Bolivia

No Fear Adventure Hostel

Punk Score
26% SHIT
High confidence 429 reviews
429 reviews $8 dorm · $13 priv View
Uyuni · Bolivia

Chostel B&B

Punk Score
26% SHIT
Medium confidence 120 reviews
Tilcara · Argentina

Tierra Andina Hostel

Punk Score
26% SHIT
High confidence 590 reviews
Santiago · Chile

VIP Apartments Chile

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 876 reviews
Arequipa · Peru

La Posada del Misti

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 466 reviews
466 reviews $7 dorm · $13 priv View
Potosi · Bolivia

Hostal La Casona Potosi

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 436 reviews
436 reviews $8 dorm · $17 priv View
Valdivia · Chile

Kapai Hostel

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 528 reviews
528 reviews $23 dorm · $27 priv View
El Calafate · Argentina

Folk Suites

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 370 reviews
370 reviews $500 dorm · $2000 priv View
Lima · Peru

Tupac Hostel - Lima Airport

Punk Score
26% SHIT
High confidence 1,092 reviews
1092 reviews $10 dorm · $19 priv View
Quito · Ecuador

La Guayunga Hostel Quito

Punk Score
26% SHIT
Medium confidence 156 reviews
156 reviews $9 dorm · $22 priv View
Buzios · Brazil

Che Lagarto Hostel Buzios

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 1,832 reviews
Rio de Janeiro · Brazil

Hotel Paraguai (Adult Only)

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 1,301 reviews

All countries in South America