love the poolside kitchen, usually very clean. en suite rooms spartan but clean and slimline twin beds. excellent air con! More

Pretty good value for your money, bottle shop almost next door, 2 grocery stores in a shopping mall directly across the street and a block from the start if all the main shops. Good kitchen, nice pool, only problem was in my 8 bed room, there was one power point...huge pain in the butt! Staff wasn't always the friendliest either... More

Motel style hostle. Very helpful staff, large clean kitchen & a very clean hostle. Good location with everything in walking distance, shopping centre opposite the hostle, with super market. The only issue was that we were next to the bathroom and at night you could hear the handryers & the odd late shower. Would stay here again. More

I needed to get away for a break from the Christchurch Earthquakes & wanted somewhere warm & relaxing. So I picked Cairns. There are several hostels in Cairns & the YHA is one of the best. Great location at the edge of the Cairns CBD which is not that big. Its only a short walk to the waterfront. There is... More

If you are travelling and want a good hostel and a good night sleep, than do not go tho YHA cairns. We had a terrible night. All the rooms are around the smoking / outside area. We had the room in front of the hot tob.... you can guess what noise that made.Drunk people everywhere, music and above all the... More

I must say, that I am not very fond of Cairns. Too big, too many tourists, nothing to see. I've stayed at the YHA for the first time. It's a motel-style YHA, with a green courtyard and the rooms surrounding it on two storeys. As everything happens in the courtyard and the rooms are not sound-proof, it can get very... More

The first night we stayed we had a room on the upper floor which meant it was fairly quiet. The rooms are very small and stuffy though. For New Year´s Eve we went up to Kuranda but returned on the 1st January for a YHA organised 3-night-tour to Daintree. Although we weren´t allowed to take more than a daypack on... More

Perfect for backpackers in Cairns, location is directly across from Cairns Central Shopping Center and only 5-10 minute walk to Lagoon and Greyhound stop. Kitchen is huge and really clean with plenty of storage facilities. Stayed in Double room and was really basic and clean. More

+ Facilities, kitchen, common rooms, pool etc. nice and clean + Staff friendly + Good location (in the centre of Cairns, close to shops etc.) - There were ants in our room (but i guess thats quite normal up there) More