Backpackers are a great place to meet people and make new friends. Nowadays the standard of backpackers has improved vastly with the quality of accommodation competing with nearby hotels. It is a great budget alternative for all ages and types of traveller. Rooms range from 4,6 and 8 bed dorm share, to twin and double rooms with shared bathroom facilities or twin or double rooms with ensuite bathrooms.

Facilities generally include a tour booking desk, self cook kitchen, swimming pool and tv lounge. Some hostels also feature a bar, cafe, internet lounge, games room, bike hire etc.

A great atmosphere can be found at backpacker hostels with social nights ranging from BBQs and movie nights to quiz nights and pub crawls. There is so much to do and see in the region and there is no better way to find the best recommended tours and activities than by speaking to fellow travellers.

For the young and the young at heart, the carefree mode of journeying known the world over as backpacking is a great way to travel. Not surprisingly, this region's natural attractions long ago gained a special status amongst these discerning, worldly travellers and the Tropical North has been catering for backpackers longer than any other regional Australian destination.

Accommodation around the area is both varied and good value for money, with traditional hostels, budget resorts, backpacker wilderness lodges and even tent villages on offer.

Cairns will offer you the best backpacking holiday adventure with pumping parties every night, the best backpackers hostels and backpacker accommodation in the southern hemisphere, plus two World Heritage listed beauties –Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest

Whether you’re keen to party, get your heart pumping to the tune of adventure, see wildlife, earn some cash or just have fun and hang out, Cairns and Great Barrier Reef has got you covered.