The best youth hostels Zanzibar Archipelago

Deja Blue is a nice little address in the heart of Paje village, ideal for young people with micro-budgets who want to stay in the island's most festive village, while enjoying the comforts of home in a private room with bathroom (shared or individual). The Zanzibar beds are pleasant, with their mosquito netting canopies, the rooms are well ventilated, and the cleanliness is impeccable. The house is pretty, with its garden furnished with tables, armchairs and hammocks where cats sleep. Breakfast is varied. For the price, nothing to say.

Opened in 2021, this budget address is an excellent option behind Forodhani. Thehostel has 16 beds in mixed dormitories and three private rooms, one shared bathroom per floor and a communal kitchen. The "house" section offers 14 more comfortable rooms with private bathrooms. All are air-conditioned (even the dormitories). The wooden furniture is beautifully crafted, and cleanliness and comfort are beyond reproach.

This youth hostel, set on the sand under coconut palms, offers only bandas, traditional buildings with woven straw walls and makuti roofs: 100% natural, ventilated by the sea breeze. There's a choice of dormitory beds (non-overlapping, with mosquito netting and fairly widely spaced), double rooms with shared bathrooms, or triples and quadruples with private bathrooms. Quality breakfast. We love the earthly paradise atmosphere here, with hammocks suspended between coconut palms facing the sea.