Best places: Youth hostels in Budanaapitiya, Sri Lanka

Casual quarters in a quirky hostel featuring a cafe & an alcohol-free bar, plus complimentary Wi-Fi.

Simple rooms & dorms in a unassuming hostel offering a restaurant, a coffee bar & a lounge.

👍👍 They have a very nice cafe with a great cook. Take the curry - it is one of the best, and cheapest, on the island! And they can really make it not spicy (but still incredibly flavourful) if you ask. I've been eating their curry every day for almost a month, and still can't stop loving it. Fried rice...

👍 Perfectly located within the Jaffna town very close to the Jaffna Bus station and the railway station. We stayed in a 6-bed hostel. Rooms are okay, and beds are comfy. Plenty of wall sockets for everyone. Bathrooms are not that clean and I recommend buying drinking water from a supermarket.

Bright dorms & private rooms in a down-to-earth hostel offering a communal kitchen & a guest lounge.

😠 The host, Lucien, was horrible, trying to grab every dime out of every possible situation without mentioning it previously. He charged us 350rupees for just one 200ml coffee without mentioning that it cost beforehand which i think is terrible behaviour consifering that i drank around 3 coffees a day...