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Jambiani Backpackers Hostel

Jambiani

Located in Jambiani, a few steps from Paje Beach, Jambiani Backpackers Hostel provides accommodation with an outdoor swimming pool, free private parking, a garden and a shared lounge. Among the various facilities are a terrace, a bar, as well as a private beach area. The accommodation offers evening entertainment and a shared kitchen. Great facilities (pool, badminton area, bar), a very nice and chill place to relax and socialise if you want to. Great music playing most of the day. Rooms are very nice and comfortable, love the mattress.

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9.4
Superb
114 reviews
Price from
€ 12
per night

New Teddy's on the Beach

Jambiani Beach, Jambiani

Located in Jambiani, New Teddy's on the Beach features an outdoor swimming pool, garden and free WiFi. The property has a terrace, as well as a bar. The accommodation offers a tour desk, luggage storage space and currency exchange for guests.

All units at the hostel come with a seating area. New Teddy's on the Beach provides some rooms with sea views, and all rooms come with a balcony. Absolutely loved my whole time at New Teddy’s. The location, space and facilities are a dream: right in front of a gorgeous beach, beautiful layout with the swimming pool in the middle, the different lounge options, the sunshine and the breeze, the bar and open living/dinning area. The whole environment really makes it easy to meet people, hangout and overall feel really happy while being there. The food and drinks were incredible, highly reccomend the salads and cocktails (specially during happy hour, when everybody gathers around the bar) and the prices are really reasonable. Finally, the staff team is amazing, super warm and friendly, hardworking, trustworthy, they give the best reccomendations because they genuinely want to share their knowledge and love for this place. Asante Selina, Nuru, Enock, Juma, Amos, Raphael and the whole team, your good vibes make this place really special :)

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9.1
Superb
721 reviews

Villa Upendo Paje

Paje Beach, Paje

Located in Paje and within 100 metres of Paje Beach, Villa Upendo Paje features a terrace, non-smoking rooms, and free WiFi throughout the property. The accommodation provides a shared kitchen, and luggage storage for guests.

At the hostel, each room has a wardrobe. Guest rooms at Villa Upendo Paje are equipped with a private bathroom and bed linen. Nina was really friendly and helpful! The location is nice, close to the beach! The place was really clean and safe! I felt very welcome and like home! Definitely will go back! Thanks for everything!

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9.1
Superb
17 reviews
Price from
€ 36
per night

Mambo Leo Hostel

Paje Beach, Paje

Situated in Paje, within 400 metres of Paje Beach and 19 km of Jozani Forest, Mambo Leo Hostel features accommodation with a garden and a shared lounge, and free WiFi.

At the hostel rooms have bed linen and towels. Very good location in the center of Paje. Close to beautifull beach,main road with dala dala buses,shops,banks,restaurants etc. Fantastic garden ! Kitchen,refrigerator,toilet,shower. The most important-Totu,very nice young woman is your fantastic host .

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9
Superb
48 reviews
Price from
€ 11
per night

Your Zanzibar Place

Paje Beach, Paje

Situated in Paje, a few steps from Paje Beach, Your Zanzibar Place features accommodation with a garden, free private parking, a terrace and a restaurant. Featuring a bar, the property is located within 20 km of Jozani Forest. The hostel also offers free WiFi as well as a paid airport shuttle service. I stayed here for almost 2 weeks, i’m not really sure that i can write these guys what they deserve but i will do my best; This is the place to be in zanzibar specially if you are solo traveler, everyone here are so welcoming and trying to serve you whatever you want and even sometimes before you ask! The hostel is approximately 30 second from the beach and close to most of the restaurants and to the main road, i got the 4 beds dorm which was super clean and they clean the room everyday and change the bedsheets too!!, the breakfast from 8 till 10😨 there are 2 options available for free which are, pancakes or eggs. Plus coffee and juice. The facilities are super clean, there are more than 5 toilets and showers so you will nearly never wait for a shower, they have safe box where you can put your passport and valuables in and they really take care of it and even not everyone of the workers can enter the safety box room, there are cctv in the place, from midnight there are security guard which feels safe and a good thing, there are so much space in the hostel to just chill and enjoy, you can buy drinks and food from the bar from 7am till 12am and you can pay the bell last day which is really convenient and they have specials everyday, they can arrange everything for you from airport pick up till kite surfing!, the workers from the owners till the cleaners are always smiling and give the place a really good vibe. Thanks to josep, soliman, dr ali and the comedian alex and all the others to make this stay unforgettable, for sure will come again.

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8.9
Fabulous
1,103 reviews
Price from
€ 26
per night

Shoki Shoki Hostel

Zanzibar City

Situated in Zanzibar City and within 400 metres of Stone Town Beach, Shoki Shoki Hostel has a shared lounge, non-smoking rooms, and free WiFi. The property is around 800 metres from Old Dispensary, 200 metres from St Joseph's Roman Catholic Cathedral and 100 metres from Old Fort of Zanzibar. The accommodation features a shared kitchen and a tour desk for guests. Very good stay experience. Our flight arrived in the morning, but they could check us in if there were rooms available. At the same time, the hotel provides reliable laundry service, which can be completed 24 hours a day. The location of the accommodation is also very good, very close to the beach and pier. The two receptionists at the accommodation are very friendly and will answer any questions patiently. The air conditioning in the room was good enough which is important in the hot summer. The sanitary conditions of the room are also very good, the bathroom and toilet are clean, and the bedding is also very clean.

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8.4
Very good
595 reviews
Price from
€ 64
per night

Green's Nungwi

Nungwi Beach, Nungwi

A calm, cozy oasis with a relaxing garden, a perfect place for backpackers and solo travelers, conveniently located in the Nungwi Beach district of Nungwi, Green's Nungwi is situated 200 meters from Supermarket, 400 meters from East Africa Divers and 500 metres from World Wide Supermarket. The property is located 300 meters from Nungwi Beach. The accommodation offers a 24-hour security, a shared kitchen. A pool under the palms in the Green garden. After traveling around in Zanzibar for a while I could honestly say that this is the best place i have stayed. It’s super clean, big breakfast, the service is at top and for accommodation a very good price. Zanzibar In general is not cheap and it’s not easy to find budget accommodation, so to find a place that is this cheap and also a much higher standard than most places is amazing. Even the more expensive places I’ve stayed can’t keep up on the service level that Greens provide. The respect between everyone who is working inside Greens is very nice to see, I bet Greens is a very lovely place to work. That’s probably why it’s such a family atmosphere inside Greens. Was reading other reviews about greens and the people who complain about small details are just ridiculous, some people always have to find something to complain about. You have to come here to experience it yourself. I’m definitely coming back here

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8.6
Fabulous
656 reviews
Price from
€ 25
per night

Stone Town House

Zanzibar City

Situated in Zanzibar City, 300 metres from Stone Town Beach, Stone Town House features air-conditioned rooms with free WiFi and concierge services. Popular points of interest nearby include Sultan's Palace, Zanzibar, Hamamni Persian Baths and Old Dispensary. The property is non-smoking and is set 800 metres from Peace Memorial Museum.

At the hostel the rooms have bed linen and towels. The house itself is beautiful, everything is done up very nicely and even the beds in The “dorms” are very spacious single beds. The staff were exceptional! We arrived at 6am the morning of check in after travelling through the night, and one of the members of our group was sick. They had no problem letting us up to a room that early and did not charge us any extra. The same thing happened on the last day with a sick member who couldn’t leave the bed and again they were so accommodating and kind. Would definitely recommend this place to anyone looking for a nice spot in stone town!

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8.6
Fabulous
354 reviews
Price from
€ 16
per night

Drifters Zanzibar

Paje Beach, Paje

Situated in Paje, a few steps from Paje Beach, Drifters Zanzibar features accommodation with a garden, free private parking and a bar. The hostel has an outdoor swimming pool and luggage storage space and free WiFi throughout the property. I have been living in Tanzania for over 6 years, and I come to Zanzibar a few times a year. My favorite place in the whole island, especially in Paje, is Drifters. Super fun vibes, great beach, great food, close to everything, and best place to be! If you're traveling alone or with friends, I highly recommend Drifters!

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8
Very good
516 reviews

Aquarium Beach House

Nungwi Beach, Nungwi

Aquarium Beach House features a garden, shared lounge, a terrace and restaurant in Nungwi. A few steps from Nungwi Beach and 2.5 km from Royal Beach, the property offers a bar and a private beach area. The accommodation provides room service, a tour desk and currency exchange for guests.

The hostel features certain units with garden views, and every room is fitted with a balcony. All units include bed linen. Exceptional place located directly on the beach, the owners very very helpful and friendly! Great value for money, clean rooms and good food in the restaurant, definitely coming back!

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8.4
Very good
53 reviews

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