Budget hotels and guest houses in Zanzibar
Zanzibar does not have to be expensive. These guest houses, small hotels and village lodges keep nightly rates low while still putting you on or near the sand, mostly along the east coast at Paje and Jambiani and around Stone Town.
How this list is built: Filtered to the lowest published starting rates in our contracted portfolio, then ordered by guest rating so the cheapest weak properties do not float to the top.
Frequently asked
- How cheap can a Zanzibar hotel be?
- Simple village guest houses start from roughly 30 to 60 USD a night for a double room with fan or air conditioning and breakfast. Below that you are usually looking at hostel dorm beds.
- Is a cheap hotel in Zanzibar safe?
- The properties listed here are ones we book ourselves, all with recent guest reviews. We do not list anything we would not put a friend in.