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Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel

2.0 star property
Travelers relax by the pool or venture out to explore the lively beach town, with evening meals at Boaty's restaurant capturing the tropical atmosphere

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Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel sits in the center of Airlie Beach, offering a restaurant, bar and garden for guests to enjoy. The property features a swimming pool for relaxation, while a complimentary area shuttle makes exploring nearby attractions convenient.

Reviews

6.4 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking available
  • Bar

About the neighborhood

Located in Airlie Beach, Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel is near the beach. Whitsunday Art Gallery and Proserpine Museum are cultural highlights, and travelers looking to shop may want to visit Airlie Beach Market and Whitsunday Shopping Centre. Visit our Airlie Beach travel guide
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4802, QLD, Airlie Beach, 336 Shute Harbour Road

What's nearby

  • Airlie Beach Lagoon showing a pool, swimming and tropical scenes
    Airlie Beach Lagoon
    2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Abell Point Marina featuring boating, a bay or harbor and sailing
    Coral Sea Marina
    5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Airlie Beach Market featuring markets and street scenes as well as a small group of people
    Airlie Beach Market
    8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Airlie Beach featuring general coastal views and a bay or harbor as well as an individual male
    Shingley Beach
    10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Port of Airlie which includes a bay or harbor
    Port of Airlie
    13 min walk - 1.1 km

Getting around

  • Proserpine Station
    22 min drive
  • Proserpine, QLD (PPP-Whitsunday Coast)
    33 min drive

Restaurants

  • McDonald's
    4 min walk
  • La Marina Italian Restaurant & Bar
    11 min walk
  • Magnums Hotel
    3 min walk
  • The Pub
    7 min walk
  • KC's Bar & Grill
    6 min walk

About this property

Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel

Property highlights
A terrace, a garden, and laundry facilities are just a few of the amenities provided at Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel. The on-site restaurant, Boaty's, offers dinner, light fare, and al fresco dining. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi, with speed of 50+ Mbps, and guests can find other amenities such as a bar.
Other perks at this hostel include:
  • An outdoor pool along with sun loungers
  • A free area shuttle, self parking (surcharge), and tour/ticket assistance
  • A front-desk safe, barbecue grills, and luggage storage
Room features
All 156 individually decorated rooms have comforts such as air conditioning, in addition to amenities like free WiFi.
Other conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Bathrooms with showers
  • Balconies or patios, refrigerators, and limited housekeeping

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  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Gym
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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 50+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free area shuttle
  • Self parking on site (AUD 6 per night)

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Boaty's

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

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

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (limited availability)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

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

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • LCD TV

Food and drink

  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Individual decor
  • Mobile key entry

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours will receive an email within 24 hours before arrival with check-in instructions and an access code; front desk staffed during limited hours
If you are planning to arrive after 9 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
Guests are required to download the property's Goki mobile app before check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Access code, front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children younger than 18 are not allowed at this adults-only property; all guests 18 and older are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Self parking fee: AUD 6 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a smoke detector
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Guests under 18 years old are not permitted at this adults-only property

Property is also known as

Airlie Beach Base
Base Airlie Beach
Base Airlie Beach Resort
Base Resort Airlie Beach
Base Airlie Beach Resort Whitsunday Islands
Base Airlie Beach Resort
Base Airlie Hostel Airlie

Frequently asked questions

Does Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel pet-friendly?

No, only service animals are welcome at the property.

How much is parking?

Self parking is available for AUD 6 per night.

What time is check-in at Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9 PM.

What time is check-out at Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel located?

Situated near the beach, this hostel is within a 10-minute walk of Airlie Beach Lagoon and Airlie Beach Market. Proserpine River wetlands and Boathaven Beach are also within 15 minutes.

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Reviews

Base Airlie Beach Resort - Hostel Reviews

6.4

6.2

Cleanliness

8.2

Location

6.8

Staff & service

6.0

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 32 out of 226 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 67 out of 226 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 60 out of 226 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 42 out of 226 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 25 out of 226 reviews

Reviews

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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

Basic but comfortable

Was a bit apprehensive booking this after reading a lot of bad reviews about the cleanliness, however my room was perfectly clean. It’s very basic and definitely a bit tired but is pretty much what I’d expect for the price and type of accommodation. Shower was very bad though, at some points just big drops of water. Events at Boaty’s made for fun evenings and good food there too, although due to the size / setup doesn’t lend itself so easily to solo travellers meeting people apart from in the dorms / if you’re already coming with others.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Basil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyed my 13 nights stay recently. Liked the place, comfortable and convenient at a reasonable cost.
Stayed 13 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a dbl cabin, old and spacious gorgeous
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Stephanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Lovely treed property with lots of birds. Close to shops and restaurants.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Phillip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
For the money it’s well worth staying
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very good value and position is excellent walking distance to all the shops clubs beach and marina rooms very spacious Only mugs spoon plus tea coffee sugar, everything else is great. Staff are really helpful
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Nikkola

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just one night seemed pretty good. Thank you
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

4/10 Poor

Alan

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
X Base Resort is primarily a cheap backpackers resort catering to young travellers who share rooms to keep costs down. Regular adult travellers or families booking rooms alone are not financially better off and the resort is highly geared for the teenage backpacker with an abundance of nightly noise.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

2/10 Terrible

Douglas

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our room was terrible, broken window with wood over it, broken door lock, mold and asbestos warning labels. This is a cheap back pack hotel and not a resort-look elsewhere in town.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

4/10 Poor

Rachel

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
This is essentially a backpackers and really should say in the wotif details, as I would never have booked to stay. Queen room. 1 x single bed blanket. Went to reception and the could only get 2 knee rugs. Another guest was playing loud rap until 4am.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

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

Give it a miss

This is not a motel or resort. It’s a broken down backpackers. Window coverings do not cover windows even nearly. Dirty bathroom. Door lock barely hanging on so left valuables in the car which is parked in their camping ground area. All in all the worst place I’ve stayed in 40 years including Asia.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Lea

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Overall it was a very lovely stay, the 6 mixt dorm room were big with airconditioning. Nice little resort, it's fairly big with campers area, tents and dorms. The biggest down point is the staff. They work badly and they are disappointingly rude. The way they clean the dorm is very incongruous as they over water the tiles which is not only hazardous but definitely unsanitary as puddles of water stay for hours on end before to dry. I put a sheet around the bottom bunk to get myself cozy, which wasn't disturbing anyone and the cleaning staff literally ripped it off and remove any form of configuration. First time a backpack does that, still wondering why. The kitchen is way too small for the number of people and the appliances are overly worn, particularly the pans which are in beyond bad condition. I would recommend to bring your cooking gears. If you don't take in consideration the very rude staff, it's a great place to say!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

FUMIKO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
部屋は4人部屋でしたが狭いと感じることはなく、ベッドや床だけでなく水回りも清潔で各家屋の施錠システムもあり、金額を考えるとシャワーと寝るだけの部屋として十分な機能が揃っていると思いました！強いて言えば、シャワーの水圧が(日本と比べると)やや弱い点(それでも十分利用できます！)と２段ベッドの柵がやや揺れやすく、下の人が寝返る際の揺れが上のベッドにもダイレクトに来やすいのと、登る際に少々不安定な時があった点です。ですがちゃんと登り降り出来ましたし怪我は一切していないので、感じ方はあくまで個人差があると思います！　総合的には大満足しています！
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

David

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Yes its a backpacker place. But the rooms and the whole area needs bit TLC. We had unpleasant view of some male backpackers have a shower in donga next to us cause the bathroom window was smash and the glass was not really private.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

2/10 Terrible

Aurelie

Disliked: Staff & service
Staff very unfriendly, not professional, when they work because it suppose to be open in a morning but is no one there or just a note saying " im back in 1h", the receptionists are not organised at all. The worst camping and hostel I stayed. I very do not recommend this place
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

4/10 Poor

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I booked a stay in a female only room and during the night 3 people entered late and one was male which made me quite uncomfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Courtney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good vibes, quiet rooms. The workers were very accommodating and lovely to talk to. Only downside was that the bathroom didn't have a drain, or shower curtain to stop shower water going all over the floor. Also didn't have a plug for the spa bath. The spa bath was also not working.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
H
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Right place for the price
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Don’t be fooled by the relatively nice images on their website. The moment I walked through the door was when I realised I made a massive mistake staying at the ‘resort’. The room was nothing more than 4 brick walls and patches of falling roof. thankfully we had our own shower and toilet (which looked like it has never been cleaned). Being somewhat cool at the time I stayed at the accomodation, I was provided a ‘blanket’... which was probably a 40cm by 40cm square piece of cotton fleece... Overall, put it this way... I’d sooner sleep in my car than stay here again...
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Very affordable right in the heart of Arlie beach
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021

4/10 Poor

Savina

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Get what you pay for Thank you to the friendly girl on reception
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2020

2/10 Terrible

Rachelle, Mackay

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It’s hard to find words to describe this place. Late check in, reception area was filthy, stained couches that we were asked to sit on while waiting for our room to be ready. Husband and I walked into the room noticed stains on the sheets and two of our pillows straight away. No blankets. One towel was full of holes, other towel had stains. Absolutely no amenities except for dirty coffee cups. Save yourself the money, it’s just not great, nothing like the photos that is posted on the website. Felt like I was in a horror movie.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

2/10 Terrible

Lynne

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

Don’t stay here unless you’re a backpacker

This place was awful and I would not recommend it to anyone except backpackers. Apart from the dirty shower etc there was no blanket in the room, only a sheet on the bed and no remote for the TV. So we walked to the office which was quite a walk, ( this was a cabin in a caravan park) and asked for a blanket and she gave us 2 cot size blankets as per the photo. We said we didn’t think that would be enough, so she gave us ONE more of the same. She found a remote, so back we came. On the way out another girl saw the blankets and felt sorry for us so found us a couple of single bed size ones!! The remote didn’t work so we took it back and they put new batteries in it. It still didn’t work so we gave up! They seem to be associated with a pub/club next door which had very loud music until 3am. Fortunately we were far enough away that it didn’t bother us too much. One of the steps to our room was rotten and broken off. They told us there were coffee making facilities in the room. That consisted of an electric kettle. No cups or spoons. The receptionist was polite at best. Certainly not friendly, welcoming or helpful. The whole place us run down and awful. The only thing going for it is the location.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

2/10 Terrible

Ya Ting

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

bad conditon and noisy

Nomad 4 share rooms are very old and you can hear voice from another room
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020