Skip to main content
  1. Hotel reviews homepage
  2. Colombia hotel reviews
  3. Santander hotel reviews
  4. Bucaramanga hotel reviews
  5. Reviews of Zamia Hostel

Reviews of Zamia Hostel

Carrera 35 # 54 - 109, 680003 Bucaramanga, Colombia

#14 of 70 hotels in Bucaramanga

Guests' Choice

Review Score

Based on 115 hostel reviews

8.7

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.7

  • Comfort

    8.7

  • Location

    9.5

  • Facilities

    8.7

  • Staff

    9.0

  • Value for money

    8.9

  • Free Wifi

    8.6

Verified guest reviews from real Bookers

Real Bookers. Real stays. Real opinions.

Read more– opens a dialog box
Write a Review

Showing 1 - 25

  • Reviewed: April 15, 2025

    10
    I will never forget you.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 30 nights

    Hostel is cozy, location is great and staff is the best! Thank you for making me feel so welcome and comfortable!

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: March 14, 2025

    8.0
    A good hostel to spend a few nights in Bucaramanga
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Unfortunately, the room with 6 beds I was had very poor ventilation, making it hot during the night. While each bed had its own ventilator, they make a terrible sounds. Maybe other don’t have a problem, but I could not sleep because of the noise. The kitchen could be also improved.

    It a nice hostel in a good neighborhood. I found the bed comfortable, the toilets and showers clean.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: January 24, 2025

    9.0
    Good value in a great location.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 4 nights

    Great atmosphere. Small and quaint. Staff helpful. Excellent coffee shop adjacent with delicious beautiful drinks and excellent service.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: January 23, 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Great hostel located in downtown. Huge multistorey facility with rooftop, large, cool common areas - and a full functioning bar. Perfect Wi-Fi, lockers, comfy beds. Nice atmosphere, good staff, very clean and social, a wonderful place for a long stay. Highly recommended

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: January 10, 2025

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    No air conditioner in the dormitory

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: January 2, 2025

    10
    Great hostel in Bucaramanga
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Easy going, flexible hostel in nice neighbourhood. Quickly feels like a laid back home. Simple, clean rooms and bathrooms, nice coffee next to the hostel. Cute rooftop.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: December 7, 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Check-in took quite awhile.

    Nice people. The new cleaning lady was really sweet, and very helpful with me in the kitchen. Lots of different common spaces, including a roof terrace, and a ping pong table. Comfortable bunkbeds and lots of locker space. Each bunkbed had it's own electrical outlet, fan, reading light, and little shelf, which was really nice. Felt like a very safe neighborhood.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: October 19, 2024

    8.0
    Good location, nice kitchen
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The staff was not terribly friendly and didn't seem to speak English. My room was probably the furthest from the common areas and wi-fi was not too great in the room. It seemed to be better near the kitchen. The hostel seemed to be intertwined with the coffee shop next to it, which played music all day. I could hear the music in my room throughout the day. Fortunately, it closed early evening, so sleeping wasn't an issue.

    I had a private room and bathroom, which was comfortable and good air con. The room was spacious and included a "closet" area outside the bathroom with shelves to hang clothes and store other items. The shared kitchen was well stocked with plenty of plates, bowls and coffee cups, both large and small. It even had 3 blenders.

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: October 10, 2024

    10
    Cool Place
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    -as seems to be the norm, no sound-proofing so there was noise coming into the room but nothing some ear plugs couldn't fix!

    - friendly staff member - smooth check in. - comfortable room - ceiling fan, place to hang clothes, wall lamp, plugs, comfy bedding, towels. - everywhere was clean. - nice shower with hot water. - the hostel and the surrounding area was trendy and lively - cool vibes. Supermarket a few doors down. Lots of bars, restaurants, cafes, shops. - taxi at 5am took 20 minutes to get to the airport which was really convenient to catch my flight.

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: October 2, 2024

    8.0
    Decent stay for the price
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    A restaurant shares and open wall. If you want to go to bed early you must endure the noise. No kitchen facilties

    Great location and small dorm rooms

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: August 22, 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Business trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The location

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: August 16, 2024

    8.0
    I liked my stayed a lot, hostel was super located, close to good restaurants, bar, many activities to do.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    In that time when I came there were no people, probably because I came after vacations, many people were working, studying. I choose hostel to meet new people, socialize, but there was no one

    Was clean, also empty, a lot of space for myself

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: April 12, 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Everything is amazing, if you go on a budget, this is an exceptional choice.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: March 10, 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 6 nights

    The view from the rooftop its really good. Also the art on the hostel walls is wonderful and shows the beauty of Colombia. For the ones who don't like cooking, the hostel has coffee shop whith delicious cakes, diverse bake goods options and really good coffee drinks.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: March 4, 2024

    9.0
    Worth it
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Hot in Room

    Top Hostel

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: February 24, 2024

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Lovely place to spend the night, in a great area of Bucaramanga with restaurants and a huge park around. Rooms have lockers, facilities are kepped clean.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: January 4, 2024

    10
    BEST HOSTEL IN BUCARAMANGA
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    N/A

    The hostel is close to good restaurants and malls. The receptionist was always helpful and always willing to share the best information of the area. Nice clean place.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: December 13, 2023

    9.0
    Nice location
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Could be noisy at times - open plan design incorporating cafe and tv area, wifi mostly good (falls out a bit on rooftop)

    Clean, nice bathrooms (hot showers), good kitchen (griller available), bed comfortable.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: November 22, 2023

    9.0
    Almost 10
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The only minus is that there is a very popular cafe next door and they play music really loud from morning till evening.

    The private room with bathroom was spacious, clean and fresh. AC worked well. The common areas were nice. Thea area is really nice and safe and there were lots of differents restaurants and botique shops.

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: October 24, 2023

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The dorms are small and the noise of the common area comes inside. Also the window of the dorm is looking towards the common space so all light comes in the room in the night. Which can be a problem if you don’t have an eye mask to sleep.

    1. Because Bucaramanga is not really a touristy destination there are not many hostel options, but yet the hostel is very nice located and bring other travelers together. 2. The staff was really nice and friendly. 3. They have a kitchen to use and they have free coffee in the morning :)

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: September 8, 2023

    8.0
    Nice location close to lovely restaurants
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Normally we try to avoid writing negative comments, but we paid for a private bathroom and the shower was not fit for purpose. The hot tap and the showerhead were both missing and the hot tap on the sink didn't work. We ended up using the shared showers, which worked perfectly and always had hot water. The kitchen area and fridges were filthy. We had intended to cook while there and this put us off. We were glad there were so many great food options around (the cafe nextdoor, BACCA, Mia Nonna & Chicken Box Rotisserie were our favourites). The roof terrace is not in keeping with the rest of the hostel, but we got the impression that refurbishment may have been in progress, so maybe it was next as there were lots of building materials and equipment around.

    This hostel had a very modern vibe, especially in the common areas, and the cafe next door was amazing! The room was comfortable and had good storage. They stored our luggage for us after we checked out until we departed in the evening. José was particularly warm, welcoming and helpful.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: July 23, 2023

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    A bit of renovations going on

    In a good area. The staff was great.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: July 19, 2023

    10
    The exceptional staff make this property
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Lovely property with staff who go above and beyond. I had an issue on my first night and the staff went the extra mile to correct the situation. Lovely courtyard, great coffee shop next door, reliable wifi, hot water showers, free tours available with the staff. Safe location with plenty of bars and restaurants within walking distance. Highly recommend.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: July 3, 2023

    9.0
    Great for short or long stay, whether you're looking to discover a new amazing city, or to getaway
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 8 nights

    an amazing location, with great working staff and all at a good price

    Stayed in June 2023

Showing 1 - 25

We Price Match
We Price Match
Low rates • No booking fees • Find something cheaper? We'll refund the difference!