If you are planning to backpack Airlie Beach, then this page provides information on what backpacker hostels and backpacker tours are available here. The page also provides a description of Airlie Beach, information on how to get here and contact details of the local visitor information centre.

The small town of Airlie Beach with a population of 3,000, is located 25km north of Proserpine and is the gateway to the Whitsunday Islands. Airlie Beach is very popular with backpackers and a great deal of the accommodation has catered for this market. The town revolves around tourism and pleasure boating.

Backpackers on the local beach
Photographer: Shane Bathom - Courtesy Tourism Queensland

Tandem Skydiving
Photographer: Shane Bathom - Courtesy Tourism Queensland

Airlie Beach has a reputation as a place to learn scuba diving, and a wide variety of agents operate from there. Most boats travelling to the Whitsunday's and the Great Barrier Reef leave from Shute Harbour, 8km to the east of Airlie Beach, or from Abel Point Marina 1km to the west.

The newly developed Airlie Beach Lagoon provides safe, clean year-round swimming for all visitors and there is plenty of great restaurants, shops, nightclubs and bars to keep visitors entertained.

Airlie Beach Lagoon
Photographer: Shane Bathom
Courtesy Tourism Queensland

Airlie Waterfront Backpackers Beach Plaza Airlie Beach, QLD 4802 Phone (07) 4948 1300	Beaches Backpacker Resort 362 Shute Harbour Rd Airlie Beach, QLD 4802 Phone (07) 4946 6244
Backpackers By The Bay Resort 12 Hermitage Drv Airlie Beach, QLD 4802 Phone (07) 4946 7267	Reefo's Resort 147 Shute Harbour Rd Airlie Beach, QLD 4802 Phone 1800 800 795
The Bunkhouse 364 Shute Harbour Rd Airlie Beach, QLD 4802 Phone (07) 4946 5551	Bush Village Backpacker Resort 2 St Martins Rd Cannonvale, QLD 4802 Phone (07) 4946 6177
Club 13 Begley St 13 Begley St Airlie Beach, QLD 4802 Phone (07) 4946 7376	Club Whitsunday 346 Shute Harbour Rd Airlie Beach, QLD 4802 Phone (07) 4946 6182
Koala Beach Resort Shute Harbour Rd Airlie Beach, QLD 4802 Phone (07) 4946 6001	Magnums Airlie Beach Airlie Beach, Qld 4802 Phone (07) 4946 6266
Airlie Beach YHA 394 Shute Harbour Rd Airlie Beach, QLD 4802 Phone (07) 4946 6312

1 Day Snorkel Tour With Reefjet Departing from Airlie Beach	Whitsunday Quad Bike Bush Adventures Exhilerating rainforest adventure tours on 250cc 4-wheel motorbikes Sugarloaf Road, Nr. Airlie Beach Phone (07) 4946 1020
Southern Cross Sailing Adventures Specialising in Sailing Adventures Airlie Beach, Phone (07) 4946 4999 Freecall 1800 675 790	Schooner Friendship Specialising in sailing tours around the Whitsunday Islands Airlie Beach Freecall 1800 359 554
Pride of Airlie Specialising in sailing tours around the Whitsunday Islands Airlie Beach Freecall 1800 466 444	Next Sail Specialising in sailing tours around the Whitsunday Islands Airlie Beach Phone (07) 4948 8686
Sailaway Whitsunday Cruises Specialising in sailing tours around the Whitsunday Islands Airlie Beach Freecall 1800 678 755	Whitsunday Island Adventure Camping Tours Specialising in camping tours Airlie Beach Freecall 1800 018 235