Name: Caravella Backpackers
Address: 149 The Esplanade, Cairns, 4870, AU

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jul 2026

Jason

Lovely and fresh - recently renovated unit 209.

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jun 2026

Lori

Amazing sums up this whole place, the rooms were clean the staff was super helpful and very kind they went out of their way to make sure you had all you needed, or where to go get it. The kitchen was clean and organized, very spacious and every one using it was respectful of others. The grocery store was walking distance and had all you could want, along with the markets close by. The AC worked, but was not needed.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

26 Apr 2026

Jonathan

I really enjoyed my stay hear, it was very clean and quite. The Staff was very welcoming and helpful especially Zenon he was very helpful at recommending activities to do around the area and overall a great person to have a conversation with. The other staff were really helpful as well. I definitely would stay here again if ever find myself in Cairns.

Self

8/10

Excellent

23 Apr 2026

Elizabeth

Excellent quiet hostel that will make you feel at home!! The staff are all very friendly and the smaller size definitely makes it feel more homey. Would recommend if you are looking for a hostel to call \"home\" while you are away!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

16 Apr 2026

Elizabeth

If you are looking for a quiet environment that will make you feel very welcome it is a great hostel. Good kitchen, great staff. Good air conditioning

Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Mar 2026

Susan

Room and bathrooms (in dorm and the outer bathroom), clean and tidy. Kitchens well resourced with cooking gear and utensils, and kept tidy and clean. AC in room good, not too noisy. Bonus having frig in 4 bed dormitory. Staff were friendly and helpful.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Dec 2025

Barbra

The entire resort is spotless
Location is a short stroll to the Night Markets and centrally located to everything else with the Esplanade just across the
Staff are fabulous and the entire place makes you feel welcome

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

23 Jul 2025

Rani

So convenient, over the road from Muddies for play area and food, as well as walking. Cafe next door also excellent. Did not use shared kitchen but very well stocked with needs for future stays.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2025

Shelly

Friendly easy clean

10/10

Exceptional

11 May 2025

Deborah

Loved my stay at Caravellas. Really great location on the Esplanade. Very friendly. Staff were great. Highly recommend

8/10

Excellent

06 Dec 2024

Paul

Location excellent Indonesia restaurant next door

6/10

Pleasant

07 Oct 2024

Lyn

Just not really what we wanted. A TV at least would have been nice

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

22 Sep 2024

John

Great Room options, from basic dorms to private rooms, a selection which are 4star.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

03 Sep 2022

John

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.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

30 Apr 2021

Verified traveler

Pleasing and nice. Don’t expect glamour sheets and luxury soap. Clean room and great staff. That’s all you need.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Apr 2021

Verified traveler

Very helpful owner, walking distance to everything, the pool.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

09 Sep 2020

Verified traveler

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.

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

18 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

room is on ground floor, the windows cannot be locked, other thing is good

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Basic but tidy Backpackers with a good pool and bathrooms. Super impressed with the staff who were really helpful and friendly. Highly recommend.

Friends_and_family Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2019

Purichaya

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.

10/10

Exceptional

21 May 2019

Timothy

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.

8/10

Excellent

01 May 2019

Alexandra

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.

8/10

Excellent

25 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Don’t like the PowerPoint placements and luggage storage is inconvenient and not safe as everyone has access to it.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

20 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

My stay at Caravella hotel was lovely. Hotel is on great location, staff is friendly and helpful,,, I highly recommend.

8/10

Excellent

16 Feb 2019

Me

Location is good. Lack of PowerPoints is a problem. The elephant on the next floor the walked round all night was a piss off.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Helpful staff great location. Nice and quiet for a backpackers place. Could do with updating a little but overall great experience x

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jan 2019

Karen

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.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Nov 2018

Edward

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.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Oct 2018

Jaimie

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.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Aug 2018

simon

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.

10/10

Exceptional

03 Aug 2018

max

Very nice and affordable accommodation

Friendly staff and nice facilities for an affordable price. Closely located to everything! Would highly recommend this accomodation.

8/10

Excellent

31 Jul 2018

Donna

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!

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

25 Apr 2018

Donald

Great location, helpful staff, quiet

Great stay of 5 days. We booked a and stayed in a private room with private bathroom and fridge. Quiet and tranquil. Comfortable beds, effective fan and great air conditioning. We used the shared kitchen at breakfast and dinner. We found that the young backpackers were a bit careless with cleanliness- esp. re washing dishes and utensils. Perhaps a posted guide re how to properly wash dishes would help. Friendly, helpful staff. Very helpful late checkin. Wonderful location on the beachfront Esplanade. Used their very helpful and effective booking service - eg for airport shuttle.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jan 2018

Menelaos

Perfect

Great Stay there! Met with other people and had a lot of fun!

Family

8/10

Excellent

23 Nov 2017

keith

Close to beach swimming lagoon and close to downto

Easy place to stay at people friendly
I had a private room but there were no hooks to hang clothes from! No mirror in room!
I washed clothes and could not hang them on clothes line because there were so many clothes dry but not taken down.
My room was next to some other property with lights on all night but no problem as I hung the two towels from curtains to block the light

8/10

Excellent

22 Oct 2017

Verified traveler

Good

Good location - near Esplanade while not so noisy in night time. Very friendly staff - Catharine - during check in.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Oct 2017

Johannes

Nice Hostel next to OZSail

We stayed here for 1 night and booked a 2 bed room to be fit for starting a 2 night sailing tour with OZSail the next day which is located directly next to the hostel :-) The night was very silent we had to share our bathroom just with another double room. Late checkin was very comfortable!

8/10

Excellent

30 Sep 2017

Shirley

Functional

Basic and clean, air conditioner was noisy otherwise all ok

8/10

Excellent

27 Aug 2017

BeachVballChick

chilled backpackers

Quiet at night, easy to sleep, handy to have a fridge in the room and lots of space. The Indonesian food out the front was amazing. Downside was the hostel is opposite a huge kids playground so during the day it was constant sound of kids screaming when I wasn't out exploring. Could do with lockers in the rooms.

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2017

Karen

Best value

Excellent location

Family

6/10

Pleasant

04 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

Considering cost, quiet okay

Room condition was nice except there were many ants on shower room. Great walk to lagoon beside the coast. No staff at night, so no one could stop loud parties till midnight(rule was until 11pm).

8/10

Excellent

20 Mar 2017

Diana

Good place to stay shorter

Lovely receptionist, clean kitchen and not that far from the streets with restaurants. The room was not so pleasant to stay in (did have a fan in the roof but no AC) as it was almost moist, towels did not dry in the room. It was nice that the room was equipped with a fridge though.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jan 2017

Janet

Great

Great value very pleasant staff x

Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Jan 2017

Niko

Good value for money

Nice and clean facilities. Very good location. Staff was always busy so it was hard for them to help everyone.

8/10

Excellent

11 Dec 2016

Emily

This is a good hostel cheap and close to the bars and market. The desk aswell is really helpful and we were able to book our trips through them no hassle at all.

Family

2/10

Poor

04 Dec 2016

Katie

Good location but would not recommend

Room was really hot and took hours for it to cool down. Kitchen was disgusting, Ants everywhere. Distance from room to bathroom really far and only able to use wifi in a small area near the kitchen. Would not recommend this hostel.

Family

8/10

Excellent

26 Oct 2016

David

Get for a cheap stopover in Cairns.

It's a backpackers hostel geared up to cheap stays. Clean and acceptable with a comfy bed. Stayed in an en suite room so very upmarket. OK for a night unless you are a student on a tight budget which I am not!

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

23 Sep 2016

Alysa

Not good wifi

The location was a little outside of town, so it was nice and quiet even into the late afternoon. The wifi was not very good. I couldn't get my devices to connect to the free wifi. The air conditioner worked well. Shower and bathroom were clean enough.

Family

8/10

Excellent

19 Sep 2016

John

Nice hotel close to town

Clean and friendly. Room had aircon. There was a nice clean swimming pool. Free wifi but not in room. We were there only one night.

10/10

Exceptional

05 Sep 2016

Robert

Perfect budget accommodation

We only stayed a night but it was exceptional value for money. Clean and well maintained, very friendly staff and great location. Just down from all of the bars so it's nice and quiet at night. Perfect place to stay for budget accommodation.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jul 2016

courtney

Great backpackers!

Really good place to start if you're just looking to chill out and not party all night every night!
The staff were super friendly and helpful and just a short walk away from the city centre
Great value will be back!

8/10

Excellent

08 Jun 2016

Verified traveler

Good for backpacker

Kindly staff and good place for backpacker
Wifi is slow coz of too much ppls but for a night is fine
Good for there are kitchen you can cook for urself

Partner

8/10

Excellent

23 May 2016

Michael

Clean and quiet

Nice hostel with large clean rooms and it was really quiet when you were trying to sleep. The beds were comfy and the staff were very helpful and friendly. Only slight issue was the bathroom was a bit small and the aircon was a bit loud in the room.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 May 2016

Michael

Clean, quiet and convenient

Stayed in a double ensuite room for one night and found the room to be extremely spacious, clean with everything you need - fan and air con for those hot nights. Loved the quietness of the place at nice for a good nights sleep and being on the Esplanade, it is a short walk to the beach, restaurants, bars and shops. Would definitely stay here again.

8/10

Excellent

18 May 2016

Verified traveler

Good for backpacker, quiet , friendly staffs

Cs service was good. Maybe not many staffs to work in fornt desk, we wait for at lease 20 mins for a simple check in. But the staff was try her best to handlt all the questios or check in ppls. Good location. Quite at night, have a lovely night walk or swim around there.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 May 2016

Verified traveler

Great place to stay for little money

The whole place was clean and well looked after. The staff were helpful and friendly. It is well situated close to the centre of town with shops and restaurants close by. It is well recognised by the local tourist attractions with pick up and drop off for transport options. It has good cooking facilities but the pots could do with new handles. This also creates a good social environment.

8/10

Excellent

06 May 2016

Sarah

Good & Cheap

Customer services was very friendly and helpful; quality is what you would expect for a hostel; everything was very clean and in good shape; walking distance to the reef terminal

8/10

Excellent

02 May 2016

JIN

Great

Good

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

31 Jan 2016

Verified traveler

Place is OK a little expensive

Air Con only works while you are inside the room so when come back hot and tired it is super hot
no free WIFI and with the price you pay it should be include
Staff are super nice

8/10

Excellent

14 Jan 2016

Verified traveler

Excellent staff!
Wifi, pool, 2 kitchen areas, safety deposit box at reception, no noise after 11 pm, at Esplanade St. , 2 minutes walk to the Lagoon.

6/10

Pleasant

21 Feb 2026

chisato

スタッフは親切だった！施設もキレイだけど、シャワールームがものを置いたりもできないし、2つしかない。ドライヤーも使えるところがなく不便に感じた。

Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2025

Theodor

Good clean romm with AC. Friendly and helpfull staff. Very good value for money.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Nov 2025

Åge

Great hotel

Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Dec 2024

Susanne

Hostel cairns

Mycket trevlig miljö, varierande boende. Vi fick ett nyrenoverat jättefint rum. Närhet till restauranger, butiker etc

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Mar 2020

CHRISTIAN

Hôtel correct

Bon rapport qualité prix
Un peu loin du centre ville

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Dec 2019

jos

Goed hostel met airco.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

10 Aug 2019

Lena

Rent och bästa läget

rent och välskött vandrarhem med bästa läget i Cairns . Sköna sängar men lite högt ljud på aircondition. Fritt wi-fi inom ett område som fungerar bra

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

31 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

明るくてナイス♪

便利な場所にあり、とても綺麗だし、静かだし、部屋も共有スペースも明るくてよかったけど、シャワー室が狭くてシャンプーなどを置くスペースがないのとシャワーノブが上で固定されてて動かないのが残念！

6/10

Pleasant

07 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

그닥 멋진 숙소는 아니었어요 It wasn't that nice.

4인실을 사용했는데 1층 침대와 2층 침대 사이 높이가 낮아 허리를 못 폈어요. 제 기준에 공용시설, 화장실, 방 등 전반적으로 멋진 숙소는 아니었습니다. 저렴한 이유가 확실했어요. 장점은 저렴한 가격, 라군, 선착장과 가까운 거리와 친절한 데스크 안내.

Totally, It wasn't that nice. I was uncomfortable on my bed because between 1F and 2F of the bed, the height was too low so I couldn't spread my back. On one hand, the good things are kind staff, cheap price and close distance to the main places.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

便利でステイしやすいゲストハウス！

部屋が少し寒かったが、徒歩圏内でどこでも行けるため、とても便利でした！

10/10

Exceptional

15 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

エアコンも部屋についていて、まわりも静かでした。また利用したいと思います。

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

10 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

エアコンがあまり効かないけと無いよりもましかとおもいました。夜は静かに寝れました。近くに海や公園があり、また機会があったら利用したいと思います。

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

24 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Praktisches Backpacker Hotel direkt an der Esplanade in Cairns.

8/10

Excellent

20 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

콘센트가 부족해서 아쉬웠습니다 하지만 깔끔하고 좋았어요

8/10

Excellent

01 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Für 2 Nächte okay wegen der guten Lagr

Das Backpacker liegt an einem zentralen Ort direkt an der Strandpromenade. Das Pool haben wir nicht benutzt hatte aber eine gute grösse. Leider war der Boden unsetes 2er-Zimmers dreckig. Das Bad habe ich in diesen 2 Tagen nie sauber angetroffen. Küche haben wir nicht benutzt. Das Wlan hat gut funktioniert. Für zwei Nächte war es okay.Preis-Leistung:eher teuer da icht sauber.

Partner