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Cheap hotels & rooms in South America

South America’s great voyages — Amazon river cruises and Galápagos expeditions — almost always begin with a night in a gateway city.

South America’s great voyages — Amazon river cruises and Galápagos expeditions — almost always begin with a night in a gateway city. Picking a hotel in the right neighborhood, or close to the airport for an early connecting flight, makes the start of your trip much smoother. Our guides show where to stay in each city, with live rates from Booking.com, Expedia, Hotels.com and Vrbo.

Finding cheap rooms in South America is easier when you know where to look. We compare live hotel rates across the top booking sites and point you to the neighborhoods where hotels are cheap but the location is still great.

Cheap hotels by city in South America

Puente de la Mujer footbridge and Puerto Madero glass towers under a blue sky, Buenos Aires
Argentina

Cheap hotels & rooms in Buenos Aires

Palermo · Recoleta · San Telmo

Christ the Redeemer atop Corcovado overlooking Guanabara Bay, Sugarloaf Mountain and Rio de Janeiro
Brazil

Cheap hotels & rooms in Rio de Janeiro

Copacabana · Ipanema · Leblon

Horse-drawn carriage beneath colorful colonial balconies on Plaza de los Coches, Cartagena, Colombia
Colombia

Cheap hotels & rooms in Cartagena

Walled City · Getsemaní · Bocagrande

Cusco Cathedral and flower beds on the Plaza de Armas under a blue sky, Peru
Peru

Cheap hotels & rooms in Cusco

Historic Center · San Blas · Sacred Valley

Santiago skyline at dusk with the lit Gran Torre Costanera and snow-capped Andes behind
Chile

Cheap hotels & rooms in Santiago

Providencia · Las Condes · Lastarria

Ushuaia harbor and town below the snow-capped Martial Mountains, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Argentina

Cheap hotels & rooms in Ushuaia

Downtown · Waterfront & Port · Hillside above town

Wide curtain of Iguazu Falls cascading through tropical rainforest
Argentina

Cheap hotels & rooms in Iguazu Falls

Puerto Iguazú (Argentina) · Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) · Rodovia das Cataratas (Brazil)

Row of fifteen moai statues on the Ahu Tongariki platform, Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
Chile

Cheap hotels & rooms in Easter Island

Hanga Roa Centre · Hanga Roa Waterfront · Tahai

Monserrate Sanctuary's white church and buildings atop a forested hill above Bogota under a cloudy sky
Colombia

Cheap hotels & rooms in Bogotá

La Candelaria · Chapinero · Zona Rosa / Zona T

Medellin skyline and hillside neighborhoods in the Aburra Valley beneath golden sunset clouds
Colombia

Cheap hotels & rooms in Medellín

El Poblado · Laureles · Envigado

Avenida Paulista in Sao Paulo lined with modern high-rise office towers and a broad traffic plaza
Brazil

Cheap hotels & rooms in São Paulo

Avenida Paulista · Jardins · Vila Madalena

Giant Montevideo letters sign on the Pocitos waterfront with the beachfront apartment skyline behind
Uruguay

Cheap hotels & rooms in Montevideo

Ciudad Vieja · Centro · Pocitos

Snow-capped Aconcagua peak reflected in a still Andean lagoon in Mendoza province under blue sky
Argentina

Cheap hotels & rooms in Mendoza

Centro · Chacras de Coria · Maipú

Forested peninsula on Lake Nahuel Huapi near Bariloche with snow-dusted Andes peaks beyond
Argentina

Cheap hotels & rooms in Bariloche

Centro · Avenida Bustillo (lake road) · Llao Llao area

Jagged blue ice wall of Perito Moreno Glacier flowing from snowy Andes peaks under a bright sky
Argentina

Cheap hotels & rooms in El Calafate & Patagonia

El Calafate town · Lakeside · Road to the glacier

Aerial view of Barra Lighthouse and fort on its rocky point with the Salvador skyline and beaches behind
Brazil

Cheap hotels & rooms in Salvador, Bahia

Pelourinho · Santo Antônio Além do Carmo · Barra

Hercilio Luz suspension bridge spanning the bay to Florianopolis island under an orange sunset sky
Brazil

Cheap hotels & rooms in Florianópolis

Centro · Lagoa da Conceição · Jurerê & Canasvieiras

Santa Marta bay with moored boats, waterfront high-rises and the Sierra Nevada foothills behind
Colombia

Cheap hotels & rooms in Santa Marta

Centro Histórico · El Rodadero · Taganga

Colorful hillside houses and a church spire on a Valparaiso hill above the sea
Chile

Cheap hotels & rooms in Valparaíso

Cerro Concepción · Cerro Alegre · Cerro Bellavista

The granite Cuernos del Paine peaks rising above green steppe under clear blue sky in Torres del Paine
Chile

Cheap hotels & rooms in Torres del Paine

Puerto Natales · Inside the park · Lago Sarmiento / eastern edge

Atacama Desert plain with a winding track leading to brown volcanic mountains under blue sky
Chile

Cheap hotels & rooms in Atacama Desert

San Pedro village center · Edge of the village · Calama

Historic white church and colonial houses facing a cobblestone square in Paraty, Brazil
Brazil

Cheap hotels & rooms in Paraty

Centro Histórico · Jabaquara · Pontal

Snow-covered Mount Illimani towering above the red-brick hillside neighborhoods of La Paz, Bolivia
Bolivia

Cheap hotels & rooms in La Paz

Centro / Sagárnaga · Sopocachi · Zona Sur

Mirror-like wet salt flat at Salar de Uyuni reflecting clouds and distant mountains with a lone figure
Bolivia

Cheap hotels & rooms in Uyuni Salt Flats

Uyuni town · Colchani · Edge of the Salar

The twin Morro Dois Irmaos rocks rising from turquoise water in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
Brazil

Cheap hotels & rooms in Fernando de Noronha

Vila dos Remédios · Floresta Nova & Floresta Velha · Vila do Trinta

Aerial view of the regional boat port and riverfront of Manaus on the Rio Negro, Brazil
Brazil

Cheap hotels & rooms in Manaus

Centro · Ponta Negra · Adrianópolis

Colorful fishing boats moored in front of old waterfront buildings at the port of Belém, Brazil
Brazil

Cheap hotels & rooms in Belém

Cidade Velha · Estação das Docas · Batista Campos

Cable-stayed Nanay River bridge seen from a wooden boat on the Amazon near Iquitos
Peru

Cheap hotels & rooms in Iquitos

Plaza de Armas · Malecón Tarapacá · Near the Airport

Paraglider over the Larcomar clifftop mall and Miraflores towers in Lima, Peru
Peru

Cheap hotels & rooms in Lima

Miraflores · Barranco · San Isidro

Aerial view of Quito’s historic center with El Panecillo hill and the Andes behind
Ecuador

Cheap hotels & rooms in Quito

Historic Center · La Mariscal · La Floresta

Brightly painted houses of Las Peñas climbing Santa Ana hill in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Ecuador

Cheap hotels & rooms in Guayaquil

Malecón 2000 · Las Peñas · Samborondón

Tourist yacht in turquoise water below Kicker Rock with prickly pear cactus, Galapagos
Ecuador

Cheap hotels & rooms in Galápagos Islands

Puerto Ayora (Santa Cruz) · Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (San Cristóbal) · Puerto Villamil (Isabela)

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