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Port Douglas Backpackers

2.0 star property
Travelers cycle through adventure or unwind by the pool at this social haven where laid-back vibes and outdoor relaxation set the perfect backpacker tone

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Port Douglas Backpackers offers a lively escape with an arcade/game room and nearby cycling adventures. Guests can cool off in the outdoor pool with sun loungers, enjoy drinks at the bar, and benefit from practical amenities like laundry facilities and luggage storage.

Reviews

7.6 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning
  • Bar
  • Laundry room
  • Housekeeping

Room options

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Comfort Room, 1 Queen Bed, Ensuite

  • 34 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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8 Bed Dorm, Shared Bathroom

8 Bed Dorm, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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6 Bed Dorm, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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Basic Double Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Bunk Bed
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About the area

Located in Port Douglas, Port Douglas Backpackers is near the beach. Four Mile Beach Park and Wildlife Habitat are local attractions and those in the mood for shopping can visit Macrossan Street and Port Village Shopping Centre. Snorkelling and windsurfing offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with hiking/biking trails and horse riding nearby. Visit our Port Douglas travel guide
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37 Warner Street, Port Douglas, QLD, 4877

What's nearby

  • Macrossan Street
    Macrossan Street
    1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina
    Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina
    6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Four Mile Beach
    Four Mile Beach
    8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Sugar Wharf
    Sugar Wharf
    8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Port Village Shopping Centre
    5 min walk - 0.4 km

Getting around

  • Cairns, QLD (CNS-Cairns Intl.)
    59 min drive

Restaurants

  • Jungle Fowl
    6 min walk
  • Nectar Port Douglas
    3 min walk
  • N17 burger co
    5 min walk
  • Cafe Ziva
    5 min walk
  • The Court House Hotel
    7 min walk

About this property

Port Douglas Backpackers

Property highlights
Take advantage of a terrace, a garden and an arcade/games room at Port Douglas Backpackers. Adventurous travellers may like the cycling at this hotel. Stay connected with free WiFi in public areas, and guests can find other amenities, such as laundry facilities and a bar.
Other perks at this hotel include:
  • An outdoor pool, along with sunloungers
  • Bike hire, a billiards/pool table and barbecues
  • Tour/ticket information and luggage storage
Room features
All guest rooms at Port Douglas Backpackers have comforts, such as air conditioning.
Other conveniences in all rooms include:
  • 3 bathrooms with showers
  • Ceiling fans and daily housekeeping

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • Bicycle rentals
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

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

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Pool loungers
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Built in 2009
  • Designated smoking areas
  • Mosquito nets

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • 3 shared bathrooms (in-room sinks)
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 40-inch smart TV

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2:00 PM
Contactless check-in and check-out are available
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8 AM - 9 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 9 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

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

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit 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
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have any lifts

Property is also known as

United Backpackers Port Douglas Hostel
United Backpackers Port Douglas
Port Douglas Backpackers Hotel
Port Douglas Backpackers Hotel
Port Douglas Backpackers Port Douglas
Port Douglas Backpackers Hotel Port Douglas

Frequently asked questions

Does Port Douglas Backpackers have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is Port Douglas Backpackers pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Port Douglas Backpackers?

This property doesn't offer parking.

What time is check-in at Port Douglas Backpackers?

Check-in begins at 2:00 PM. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

What time is check-out at Port Douglas Backpackers?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Port Douglas Backpackers located?

Situated near the beach, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Macrossan Street, Port Village Shopping Centre and Anzac Park. Port Douglas Splash Park and St Mary's by the Sea Chapel are also within 10 minutes.

Can I cancel my reservation for free and receive a full refund?

Yes, this property offers free cancellation on selected room rates because flexibility matters! Please refer to the property cancellation policy on our site for more details about any exclusions or requirements.

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Reviews

Port Douglas Backpackers Reviews

7.6

Good

7.4

Cleanliness

8.4

Location

8.0

Staff & service

7.6

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 7 out of 32 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 13 out of 32 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 32 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 32 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 32 reviews

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great hostel!

Great hostel in a perfect location. Staff are friendly and helpful. I stayed in the 6-bed female dorm (room 211). Bed was comfortable, the room was big and there was plenty of space to store all of my belongings. The only downside that I could find was that there wasn't powerpoints beside each of the beds so made it difficult to charge my electronics. There's also plenty of free street parking in front of the hostel.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The location is perfect, very close to everything. Staff is welcoming and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
Verified

8/10 Good

Laureano

Liked: Staff & service

Great value hostel

It was good stay and our double room was better than expected with fridge, coffee, milk, tea and big size room. The downside of the property are the paper wall it has where you can hear everything. Very close to restaurants, marina etc
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good value for money (considering its Port Douglas!). Basic but good. Large room and bed. Great aircon. Good location. Friendly staff. Ensuite cleaning was average/OK.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
It was my first stay in a hostel ever. I booked myself into Double Ensuite room. Room wasn’t as nice as I have expected. It looked a bit like a room in a prison to be fair. Bedding was old and dirty, especially white cushion. Extremely stained. Dust and dirt everywhere on the floor. I know it’s a hostel so I have expected it to be a bit louder but my first night (Monday) people partied until 3am which was a sucker for me as I had to be up before 7am. Personally, felt slightly unsafe on my first night then I got over it. There was TV, kettle and a fridge so that was handy but I probably expected it to be more ‘hotel’ like service. You live, you learn. If you are young and on a budget then sure, go for it. I booked it as it was the only option available for the dates that I was coming and under $150 a night. Chick on the reception was lovely and tried to be helpful. Made me feel a bit more comfortable. Personally, I wouldnt stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good place to stay

Good hotel room in a hostel. Prime location
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Lex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely open layout with plenty of courtyard permitted sun to flood the big fresh space. Stayed in a Queen Ensuite with my partner and everything was clean, functioning, efficent, and exceeded expectation. Such a nominal walk to the hot strip of P. Dougie its beyond convenient for gettin out and about, not to mention the provided ease of parking right in fornt of the hostel, shaded by some beautiful ol FNQ-style trees. Healthy vibrant public spaces too
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed in the queen bed room and loved it! Very clean and comfortable-husband especially happy to have our own foxtel in the room.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Verified

8/10 Good

jean-marc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
L'auberge est très agréable et bien équipée notamment avec une piscine. Elle est au calme juste une rue derrière l'axe principal commercial de la ville.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Verified

8/10 Good

Natalie

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness

Could be cleaner but great value for money

Helpful, friendly staff and the bar had cheap drinks. However the condition of the kitchen wasn't being maintained very well, people needed to be told to clean up their stuff and it wasn't happening, plus I couldn't see a clean tea towel. The double room was very spacious and the location was great for the beach and the local restaurants. We hired a car and could park for free off street, and had a great time exploring the Daintree Rainforest. We got a couple of good food and drink deals with the hotel's sister companies which was great!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

寝るだけには最高！

Cityにあるのでとても快適！wedding party後の寝るだけのstayだったのでこちらを選択。23時にreceptionが終わるので、規約の0時までのcheck inには間に合うが遅くなる旨を前もって伝えていたが、フロントではとてもぶっきらぼうな対応をされ少し不快に。 チェックアウト時に同じスタッフだったが今度はかなり良い対応、、疲れていたのか？ 宿は"The BP"な感じだけども、プールサイドなどはリラックス出来る様にチェアやベットがありとてもイイ雰囲気！ 格安なのでトータルでは満足です！
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great location, lovely staff, great rooms

Private room had everything and more to make my stay comfortable. Only regret I had was not booking more nights. For a backpackers, this place was better than most the hotels I had stayed at on my trip.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Verified

8/10 Good

Sammy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great backpackers!

Travelling as a couple we opted for a Queen/Double Room with our own ensuite. The bed was really comfortable, the room was clean and we even had Foxtel! I was surprised it wasn't too noisy considering we were right above the bar/common room that's on the bottom floor. The only noise we heard in the night was other patrons talking in the hallways and slamming doors. Shower was hot with good pressure. We had a small fridge, kettle and some tea/coffee supplies. Ceiling fan did the job as it was winter, but there was a working AC unit as well. Nice leafy outlook from the first floor, with a roller blind for night. All the basics completely covered! The only issue we encountered was not having anywhere to hang things up. No towel rack in the bathroom and no hooks anywhere.I did see railings and washing lines in the common areas, but as we had our own very spacious room we would have liked to have been able hang our shower towels, beach towels, wet swimmers, clothes etc up in the room itself. Great location, great amenities. Overall would recommend this place to all travellers on a budget, not just backpackers :)
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018
Verified

6/10 Okay

Alexander

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service

disappointing

Paid for a six-bed dorm, only got an eight-bed dorm. no apology, no refund of the difference. Aside from that: close to the center, albeit on an unlit street. Kitchen and bathrooms are a mess.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Nice backpackers

The only bad thing is the hardness of the bed, woke up everyday in agony. But everything else was great. Awesome location, clean, convenient parking, close to the beach.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2017
Verified

8/10 Good

Debbie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Friendly staff and nice clean room that was close to everything.
Verified

6/10 Okay

Conny

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Muffe grote kamer

Het personeel was heel vriendelijk. Er is gratis parking naast het etablissement of op straat. De WiFi werkt goed. Er is geen lift. De kamer is groot, maar ruikt muf. Verouderde airco. In de badkamer kruipen kleine miertjes. Het bed staat op wieltjes; wat raar en ongemakkelijk is: het bed rolt weg als je te hard tegen de muur leunt. Het hostel is in de straat parallel gelegen met de hoofdwinkelstraat.
Verified

8/10 Good

Kara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great value and right near the Main Street!

We loved this hostel! We had a double room which was very tidy. It was right near town too! We loved the $10 meal deals the hostel offered around Port Douglas. The only thing I may suggest is that the showers need a good scrub and that the aircon is due for an upgrade. Otherwise loved it, would go back for sure!
Verified

6/10 Okay

steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

cheap ensuite for one night stay close to shops

It was okay for a one night stay, don't think we would stay again as we are over 60, where not young back packers
Verified

8/10 Good

Katie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hostel. Clean rooms and great location. Would defo recommend :)
Verified

8/10 Good

Helen

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Convenient for exploring Port Douglas

Private room was big and comfortable. Bed on wheels and moved from simply sitting down so had to be wedged to stop movement. TV in room with great range of channels. BUT common area and kitchen were quite dirty. Others left crockery unwashed and communal area felt unloved.
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

backpacker accomodation

the queen ensuite room was everything you would need in a room and was neat and stylish, however, the noise at the hotel was too much. I didnt get to sleep until well after 1am due to noisy residents walking through the halls talking at the top of their voices and banging doors everytime they went into or out of their rooms. There really is no real noise management in this place and the design of the building means you are exposed to every sound until everyone else has gone to bed!
Verified

8/10 Good

karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Clean backpackers in central Port Douglas

Stayed here for one night in August in a Double Ensuite room. Room was large and clean. Water pressure and temperature in the shower were good. Parking was easy. Staff friendly. Bed rolled around when sat on hence marked down for room comfort. Would stay again for the value.
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

For a backpackers, it was an unexpected find for functionality & price for a couple
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great location

Great spot for a short stay, nice and close to the town. Great facilities, nice pool. Has everything that you need and great staff that can help you with everything