UNIQUE! ✨ 9 out of 10! The most suggestive and particular hostel I’ve been in Australia so far. Suggestive atmosphere to be a hostel, it looks like more a camping zone with tents and nice rooms. I stayed in a Room Tent for 2 person, more than enough space for both. If you’re planning to stay in Port Douglas or in any all the surrounding areas, I only recommend to stay here. Don’t choose any other accommodation. You sleep with the sounds of nature and the light of the morning. What else do you want from an hostel? This is something different that you will love.

Not a big issue but obviously there is no aircon in the rooms (talking about the tents), and that might be few mosquitoes here and there. Not a problem at all, you have a huge fan that helps you through the whole day. You can easily survive.

Ease of use of facilities. Kitchen is open 5:30-11pm which is reasonable times. Showers open all night which is great. The room has aircon! I went during one of the hottest times of year (unknowingly) and I was very grateful for the aircon. There is housekeeping daily at 10am which is a nice feature. Staff are very friendly. I wish I could have had a drink at the bar during my stay but I had extreme heatstroke. Would definitely love to come back and regardless of the heatstroke I had an excellent time here. Highly recommend Port Douglas. Lovely stay.

Kitchen fridge is way too packed. Would be good if you guys used a system where you let everyone know on the fridges that food will be thrown out at a certain date to keep leftover bags from over spilling since there is a lot of food bags there and I’m sure a portion of those are not being used. There has to be a better system than that.

Pool area is great to cool off in the heat and lots of areas to relax and chill. Big kitchen area for cooking which is cleaned regularly. Fridge in the room was great. Easy to get to 4 mile beach and into town. Free parking and staff friendly and helpful. Aircon in room and showers were powerful. Good value compared to other prices in the area.

There is definitely something living in the roof, likely a possum. It didn't matter to us we made a joke out of it and put our ear plugs in at night. The WiFi wasn't working - but this is due to the cyclone so can't complain.

Nice environment, nice people, comfortable bed and good aircon inside the rooms. I like they have enough space to have food, drink, dinner, plenty kitchen and good events on different days. Staff were exceptional amazing.

Rooms a bit messy but that is not relationed with the hostal is with the people

The staff at Dougies are incredible.They all have such a positive attitude, super helpful when booking or telling you about things in the local area. Kitchen was well equipped and outside pool and seating area is very nice. Shower were nice, had hot water and good pressure. Beds were fairly comfortable and had loads of storage for luggage.

Only thing is that there is a bug/rodent issue in the kitchen as it is open to the outdoors. So if you are putting food on the shelfs provide make sure that the bag does up so nothing will get into it.

I love that place! I slept in high maintenance hotels and low budget places, but this place is exceptional for a nature lovers! If you like to hear the forest when you sleep and be surrounded by nature and friendly people while having a drink on a lounger, you must visit this camp. After few nights I drove over 100km to get to Dougies again, because I liked it so much. Higly recommend!

The ambience was really cool, the staff really kind and the place was beautiful. Very jungle but clean ambience with a good room and facilities

Maybe too noisy, specially during the week. In the weekend is normal, but for a week day the music was probably. A little bit loud and the bar maybe should not be opened beyond 10 p.m. during the week.

Really wonderful team, makes you feel at welcome and at home right away. Chill atmosphere, easy to get in contact with people if you like or stay by yourself if you prefer.

A battery socket right by the bed would be cool. But everything is there somewhere in the room essentially.

I visited Port Douglas to do my 88-day visa extension, and ended up staying at Dougies for the whole 3 months. This is one of the best hostels I've ever stayed in, and I've been travelling for 8 years. The staff were super friendly, really helpful and always on hand for everything you need. The pool was lovely, the long term room was really nice and the aircon was definitely needed! Shared kitchen and bathroom both cleaned every day and I never had any issues with either. Sometimes, they held parties here but the music stopped at midnight, so even if you were in work early the next day this wasn't ever a problem. Laundry machines $4 each for wash and dry, standard pricing. Hostel bar had a happy hour with $9 beers which I highly recommend!

Maybe 15 minute walk to the centre, but I bought a bike within my first 2 weeks so this wasn't a problem for me. Sometimes when its too hot the walk could get uncomfortable, but there's nothing they can do about this. E-sccoters are available right next door too

Dougie's Backpackers during low season is mostly long term. The best is the relax ambience. Staff is and was awesome from the very beginning, I've got the best suggestions. Immerse in the tropical plants, spacey comfort.

30 minutes walk to the city