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Caravella Backpackers

2.0 star property

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Outdoor pool
Balcony
Exterior
Lobby
Fridge

Reviews

8.2 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Parking included
  • Air conditioning
  • Kitchen
  • Laundry
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
149 The Esplanade, Cairns, QLD, 4870
  • Cairns Esplanade
    1 min walk
  • Muddy's Playground
    1 min walk
  • Cairns Private Hospital
    4 min walk
  • Cairns, QLD (CNS-Cairns Intl.)
    7 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Deluxe Apartment, Private Bathroom

Deluxe Apartment, Private Bathroom | In-room safe, WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Apartment, Private Bathroom

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Queen Sofa Bed

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Double Ensuite Room | In-room safe, WiFi, bed sheets

Double Ensuite Room

  • 215 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Superior Double or Twin Room, Private Bathroom | In-room safe, WiFi, bed sheets

Superior Double or Twin Room, Private Bathroom

  • 323 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

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The price is $87
per night
$96 total
includes taxes & fees
Jan 9 - Jan 10
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About the neighborhood

Cairns

With a stay at Caravella Backpackers in Cairns (Cairns Central Business District), you'll be steps from Cairns Esplanade and 15 minutes by foot from Cairns Marlin Marina. .This hostel is 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Cairns Private Hospital and 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Cairns Base Hospital.
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What's nearby

  • Cairns Esplanade - 1 min walk
  • Cairns Base Hospital - 6 min walk
  • Esplanade Lagoon - 13 min walk
  • Cairns Marlin Marina - 15 min walk
  • Cairns Central Shopping Centre - 15 min walk

Getting around

  • Cairns Station - 2 min drive
  • Cairns Intl. Airport (CNS) - 7 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Muddy's Cafe - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪La Pizza Trattoria - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Dundee’s at the Cairns Aquarium - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Atrium - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Gelocchio - ‬8 min walk

About this property

Caravella Backpackers

Hostel with free parking, steps from Cairns Esplanade
Caravella Backpackers offers 49 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and shared/communal kitchens. 20-inch flat-screen televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include showers. This Cairns hostel provides wireless Internet access for a surcharge. Housekeeping is provided on a limited basis.

Recreational amenities at the hostel include an outdoor pool.
Make yourself at home in one of the 49 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Prepare your meals in the shared/communal kitchen. Wireless internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms with showers are provided.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. This hostel also features complimentary wireless internet access, a television in a common area, and tour/ticket assistance.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the hostel's coffee shop/cafe.
Featured amenities include wired internet access (surcharge), luggage storage, and laundry facilities. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.
Caravella Backpackers has a restaurant on site.

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin), English, German, Italian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: WiFi (AUD 5 per day)
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi; wired internet (AUD 5 per day)

Parking and transportation

  • Free offsite parking
  • Roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Library
  • Outdoor pool
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • In-room refrigerator
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (limited availability)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Private or shared bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 20-inch flat-screen TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Refrigerator
  • Shared kitchen access

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 9:30 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7 AM - 8 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
All guests must show a valid passport.

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for in-room wireless internet: AUD 5 per day (rates may vary)
  • Fee for wired internet in public areas: AUD 5.00 per day (rates may vary)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

Property is also known as

Caravella Backpackers Hostel Cairns
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Caravella Backpackers Hotel Cairns
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Caravella Backpackers Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
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Caravella Backpackers Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 47 out of 137 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 63 out of 137 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 23 out of 137 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 137 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 137 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

John

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great Room options, from basic dorms to private rooms, a selection which are 4star.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Daniel

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Hi, Room was spacious and air-conditioned rooms. Location is so close to town and waterfront. Could use TLC in the grounds, been a tough few years. Pool was good. I would go back ,is heavily booked.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pleasing and nice. Don’t expect glamour sheets and luxury soap. Clean room and great staff. That’s all you need.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very helpful owner, walking distance to everything, the pool.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The people living there were all degenerates, bums, losers etc. If you are a winner don’t go there. Don’t do it to yourself.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
room is on ground floor, the windows cannot be locked, other thing is good
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Basic but tidy Backpackers with a good pool and bathrooms. Super impressed with the staff who were really helpful and friendly. Highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Purichaya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Chilling in Cairns
It's very nice hotel located in front of the beach. You can wake up in the morning and go for running every day.
Stayed 6 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Timothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful quiet clean well-equipped hostel.
Beautiful quiet clean hostel next to small park on the waters edge. Restaurant, pool, courtyard, 2 kitchen areas, sheltered picnic tables. Probably best hostel in Cairns.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Alexandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It was as clean and comfortable and all you would expect given the price. Central and easy to walk along the esplanade into the centre - it’s at the quieter end. Staff very helpful and polite. Added bonus of a pool.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Don’t like the PowerPoint placements and luggage storage is inconvenient and not safe as everyone has access to it.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My stay at Caravella hotel was lovely. Hotel is on great location, staff is friendly and helpful,,, I highly recommend.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Me, Sydney.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Location is good. Lack of PowerPoints is a problem. The elephant on the next floor the walked round all night was a piss off.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Helpful staff great location. Nice and quiet for a backpackers place. Could do with updating a little but overall great experience x
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A quiet retreat
The staff here are fantastic! The saline pool was cooly refreshing as it was hot during our stay. The grounds are filled with greenery. We stayed in Room 33, one of the single rooms with a shared bathroom. The afternoon sun made the room warm. The A/C unit was either high fan (cooling) or low fan (no cooling) making it difficult to efficiently use. As a first time hostel stay, it was better than we expected. We intentionally selected a site not geared for high entertainment and are thankful for the quiet hours starting at 11pm. P.S. The park across the street has a delicious restaurant. We brought back their cut fruit to store in the inroom fridge for breakfast.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Edward

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value with aircon
Good stay in the small double room. Great value for the area with much needed air con. Shared facilities basic but clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Tina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jaimie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Liked it just fine!
Quite surprised! First time to stay in a hostel. Was just as nice as one of the B&Bs and one hotel we had stayed in, for far less money! En suite bath, large kitchens, nice pool.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Simon

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

simon, ballarat

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
First time in a backers.
Its close to city and has clean rooms good coffee out front. Staff very helpful can answer all your questions.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

max, Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice and affordable accommodation
Friendly staff and nice facilities for an affordable price. Closely located to everything! Would highly recommend this accomodation.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Donna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
CLEAN, GREAT LOCATION & VALUE FOR $$
Fabulous location, very clean and friendly staff. Was a little noisy at night but for a backpackers this was very impressive. Would definitely stay again.. great value!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018