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

Puerto Tranquilo · Chile Best in Puerto Tranquilo

Rimaya Hostel

Punk Score
23% SHIT
Medium confidence 228 reviews
Ayangue · Ecuador Best in Ayangue

Muyuyo Lodge

Punk Score
23% SHIT
Medium confidence 294 reviews
Porto Alegre · Brazil

Porto Alegre Eco Hostel

Punk Score
23% SHIT
High confidence 1,521 reviews
1521 reviews $14 dorm · $30 priv View
San Pedro de Atacama · Chile

Hostal San Pedro

Punk Score
21% SHIT
High confidence 1,082 reviews
1082 reviews $17 dorm · $22 priv View
El Chalten · Argentina

Hostel Los Viajeros

Punk Score
21% SHIT
High confidence 581 reviews
581 reviews $26 dorm · $92 priv View
San Pedro de Atacama · Chile

Hostal Possada Atacameña

Punk Score
21% SHIT
High confidence 502 reviews
502 reviews $16 dorm · $47 priv View
Recife · Brazil

APRAIANA HOSTEL

Punk Score
21% SHIT
Medium confidence 248 reviews
Salento · Colombia

Hilltop Salento

Punk Score
23% SHIT
High confidence 1,113 reviews
1113 reviews $12 dorm · $29 priv View
San Pedro de Atacama · Chile

La Casa Del Sol Naciente

Punk Score
23% SHIT
Medium confidence 81 reviews
Cusco · Peru

Pachamama Hostel

Punk Score
23% SHIT
High confidence 320 reviews
Otavalo · Ecuador

Hospedaje Los Ponchos

Punk Score
21% SHIT
Medium confidence 75 reviews
El Calafate · Argentina

Hostal LeoLei

Punk Score
21% SHIT
Medium confidence 123 reviews
123 reviews $13 dorm · $31 priv View
Bogota · Colombia

La Quinta

Punk Score
21% SHIT
High confidence 547 reviews
Puerto Natales · Chile

Hostal Don Guillermo

Punk Score
23% SHIT
High confidence 329 reviews
Galapagos Islands · Ecuador

Hostal Gosen

Punk Score
23% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 26 reviews

All countries in South America