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

Montevideo · Uruguay

Circus Hostel Montevideo

Punk Score
25% SHIT
High confidence 3,173 reviews
3173 reviews $26 dorm · $59 priv View
Jericoacoara · Brazil

Hostel Jericoacoara

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 519 reviews
Bariloche · Argentina

Berkana Hostel y Bar De Playa

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 353 reviews
353 reviews $20 dorm · $57 priv View
Huacachina · Peru

La Casa de Bamboo

Punk Score
25% SHIT
High confidence 690 reviews
Bogota · Colombia

Onde Pepe Hostel Candelos BogotÃ

Punk Score
25% SHIT
Medium confidence 215 reviews
215 reviews $16 dorm · $19 priv View
Copacabana · Bolivia

Lodge & Camping Suma Samawi

Punk Score
25% SHIT
Medium confidence 86 reviews
86 reviews $8 dorm · $12 priv View
Latacunga · Ecuador

Hotel Central

Punk Score
25% SHIT
Medium confidence 158 reviews
Recife · Brazil

Hotel Uzi Mar

Punk Score
25% SHIT
High confidence 2,201 reviews
Bariloche · Argentina

Hostel Punto Patagonico Bariloche

Punk Score
25% SHIT
Medium confidence 122 reviews
122 reviews $20 dorm · $66 priv View
Machu Picchu · Peru

Nativus Hostel Machu Picchu

Punk Score
25% SHIT
High confidence 1,607 reviews
1607 reviews $21 dorm · $47 priv View
Guatape · Colombia

La Casona Hostel

Punk Score
25% SHIT
Medium confidence 56 reviews
Salento · Colombia

Hostal las Guaduas Salento

Punk Score
23% SHIT
High confidence 1,973 reviews
1973 reviews $11 dorm · $21 priv View
Ollantaytambo · Peru

Tambo de Ollantay Hotel

Punk Score
23% SHIT
High confidence 717 reviews
Arequipa · Peru

Mango Hostel

Punk Score
24% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 46 reviews
46 reviews $7 dorm · $27 priv View
Rurrenabaque · Bolivia 3rd best in Rurrenabaque

Hostal El Lobo

Punk Score
24% SHIT
High confidence 589 reviews
589 reviews $7 dorm · $33 priv View

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