Best location in cairns, peaceful, friendly and clean.
The staff were so helpful, the facilities were all as clean as can be expected. Room was very basic but for the price you're paying, we can't complain! The location was great, right on the waterfront - but be warned if you don't already know, Cairns has no beaches! So the pool really came in handy!!
Very excellent stay! Second time there and it was equally as good!
Caravellas was amazing and cheap! Staff was awesome and helpful, especially Vanessa. Got upgraded from a 10 person room to a 4 person room at no charge everything was in walking distance. Max also helped us find the best price on a reef trip we were already going to book. The two kitchens are great but some of the stove burners don’t work.
Its in an amazing location and is extremely well run. Like most hostels, the people make the difference. It, unfortunately, just was not a “come together and hang out” type hostel. Which is fine, but you may want that without a constant party vibe and that doesnt really happen there. I woukd stay there again because of its location and because it is so effectively ran.
Clean and spacious rooms. Atmosphere was weird, there was lots of groups and so it wasn’t very sociable at all. Staff were nice and helpful. Location was perfect, right on sea front and walking distance to night market, Woolworths, lagoon and greyhound bus stop! I enjoyed my stay here because I had some fab girls in my room!
Staff here were so kind and helpful with booking trips and just in general. The hostel dorm & bathroom was cleaned daily which was great and the room was quite spacious. It was nice that there were two kitchen areas as well. Unfortunately it was raining most of the time, so to leave the room at anytime I got soaked but not much could be done about that. It was really close to city center as well. I just wish there were lockers in the room.
Free airport shuttle was v useful, staff were lovely. Beds fairly comfortable though bunks were very low! There’s no lockers in the room so you have to give your precious belongings to reception where they have a locked cabinet this was fine however you can’t then access your stuff as easily. Personally I found mad monkeys much better value. For the same price it included a breakfast, great WiFi in the rooms (caravella only had free wif in common areas), a free shuttle to town and large lockers!
You store your food items in a minifridge in the room. This is literally the first time I have ever seen this. So not only do you have to go back and forth to your room to cook but people are opening a fridge door in your face while your trying to sleep and of course bugs. This is the tropics. Btw the average backpacker is an a****** when it comes to their own possessions and then you add their food and drink in the room? Do you imagine how disgusting that gets? Who thought this was a good idea?