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

Salvador · Brazil

Hostel do Rasta

Punk Score
19% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 116 reviews
116 reviews $17 dorm · $30 priv View
Machu Picchu · Peru

Picos House MachuPicchu

Punk Score
19% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 112 reviews
Florianopolis · Brazil

Way Up Hostel

Punk Score
18% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 52 reviews
52 reviews $16 dorm · $35 priv View
Baru Island · Colombia

La Cabaña Mágica

Punk Score
18% GODAWFUL
High confidence 340 reviews
Cusco · Peru

Natural Hostal Cusco

Punk Score
18% GODAWFUL
High confidence 963 reviews
Medellin · Colombia

Hotel Prince Plaza

Punk Score
18% GODAWFUL
High confidence 354 reviews
Bogota · Colombia

Kuyay Ayllu Hostel

Punk Score
20% SHIT
High confidence 536 reviews
536 reviews $10 dorm · $20 priv View
Medellin · Colombia

Lady Mom

Punk Score
20% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 22 reviews
Rio de Janeiro · Brazil

Hospedaria da Glória

Punk Score
18% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 44 reviews
44 reviews $20 dorm · $26 priv View
El Calafate · Argentina

Apartamentos Matices

Punk Score
17% GODAWFUL
High confidence 427 reviews
Cusco · Peru

Andes House Cusco

Punk Score
18% GODAWFUL
High confidence 390 reviews
Lima · Peru

Hostel Rivendell Lima

Punk Score
18% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 270 reviews

All countries in South America