NRMA Cairns Holiday Park

We spent 3 nights here in an ensuite cabin and had an ok experience overall. While cleanliness was an issue (we found our toilet bowl sprayed with dry urine) staff was very helpful. The premises are a bit run down, rust and stains on the washing machines and many barbecue grills out of order. The location itself is OK, there is a bus going to the city center every hour at least. Overall it was an ok stay but definitely not the best on our north QLD trip.

We paid $62 per night for a drive through powered motorhome for 2 adults & 2 kids. Of the 6 caravan parks we stayed at during our 9 day trip, this was the most expensive, but the worst caravan park we stayed at (although this is not necessarily the fault of the park). The location close to the centre of Cairns is convenient. The amenities are ok, and mostly clean. Our motorhome extension cord was not long enough to reach our power point, while still allowing us to get out of the van without hitting a bush, so it was great that we were able to borrow an extension cord from reception for the duration of our stay. Bats nest in trees all over the park, but most of them are in a tree right above the camp kitchen. The stench is very strong. This is of course not the fault of the park, and the bats are actually awesome, and all over Cairns so it's to be expected, but is just something for guests to be aware of. I couldn't quite convince myself that it was the smell of the bats, not my food, when trying to eat haha. The pool didn't seem to be clean, and made my kids' eyes very sore, so they weren't in for long & I didn't let them go back. It was also disconcerting to receive a text message from the park at 8:30pm about a large theft problem, reminding people to lock everything away. This would have been better to be told at check in. This is a tricky one to rate, as it wasn't a bad stay, but wasn't overly enjoyable either.

Pros: - Very convenient location, within a 20-30 minute walk to the city centre and close to the airport. A great base for activities. - Staff were friendly, approachable, and genuinely helpful. Cons: - The men’s amenities were in extremely poor condition. Toilets and walls were heavily soiled, and there was pubic hair in the showers for several days. Overall cleanliness was far below the standard of other NRMA sites we’ve stayed at. - Washing machines only operate with cold water. - RV parking spaces are not properly levelled, which made setup difficult

Absolutely loved our short stay. The lodge was great and just what we needed for one night. The views were amazing and waking up to the sounds of nature were very Peacful. A great way to start our holiday

Located pretty nicely in the city, short drive to beach and the CBD. Kitchen is nice enough, Showers leave a little to desire but are okay. Pool is good. They have like a TV room for kids i think. Have washing machines coin operated. My big issue with the place is the Bats very very noisy in the morning, but that's not really the parks fault. Bats will bat.

This park is a conundrum to rate. It has the potential to be a beautiful park with the large trees, clean amenities and pleasant but simple pool area. It is quite central, a 10 min drive to most shopping and the foreshore. However the sites have been basically left unmaintained and some work is definitely needed - straggly long grass edged the slab and the rest of the site was weeds. And then there are the thefts - we had our bike locked but this was cut and stolen. And our neighbours also would have had theirs stolen too only they disturbed the thieves. We were told after that this is a problem for this park. They do have a security man that goes thru the park but from what we witnessed this is a waste of time as a car driving around is no deterrent. The park did send a generic text message to say lock things up ( which we did) but it would have been more effective if the check in person had mentioned the issue on arrival and we would have left our bikes on our van. Having said all this we never experienced any other issues and the park was really quiet.

Stayed in a cabin, shared toilets and showers had privacy, door locks was clean. Cabin was exactly what we needed. Aircon was great and cool. Very afforable

We've been camping there for 10 days. The storm water drains are clogged so when is raining there are huge puddles everywhere. The tent sites are not elevated and during the heavy rains we've got flooded in our tent. There is not much security, there was food thieves several times and one morning a guy was stealing our food from the fridges in front of me. I've told him he can't take food like this and he start swearing to me in front of my kids. I've called the reception to report it and all I've got back from them is "yes, we have it on the camera" Shower walls are extremely dirty despite there is cleaner there every morning. Toilet area feels very unventilated - you feel like suffocating. We had to leave from the kitchen/BBQ area many times because people were vaping. I won't stay there anymore when we come back to travel again in the area.