Cheap hotels in Cairns
Cairns is a laid-back tropical city and the jumping-off point for the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest. Stay in town for convenience and the widest choice, or head to the northern beaches for a resort feel.
Cairns is a laid-back tropical city and the jumping-off point for the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest. Stay in town for convenience and the widest choice, or head to the northern beaches for a resort feel.
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Cairns is the main gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, with reef boats leaving daily from the Reef Fleet Terminal and cruise ships calling at the city’s cruise terminal.
Waterfront hotels near the lagoon pool, restaurants and the reef boat terminal.
A palm-lined beach village with resorts, north of the city.
A quieter northern beach with apartments and good value.
An upscale resort town about an hour north, close to the Daintree and outer reef trips.
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The dry season from May to October is the most comfortable and best for reef trips; November–April is hot and humid with a stinger (box jellyfish) and cyclone season.
The Cairns Esplanade area is closest to the Reef Fleet Terminal, where most reef day trips depart.
Cairns has more choice and lower prices; Port Douglas is more upscale and closer to the Daintree.
The city has a free Esplanade lagoon pool; the northern beaches have netted swimming areas during the stinger season.