Bungalow Bay Koala Village YHA Reviews

Great hostel and great location! The koala tour was a great experience and great value for money!! Definitely recommend it to anyone who goes to Maggie Island! Some of the staff were great others not very friendly but overall would stay again next time!!

Really nice hostel. Especially the sanctuary is great. We liked it!

Great place to stay, close to horseshoe bay and fort walk. Pizza from bar was pretty good too!

the location is really nice, little bungalows, a beautiful pool and also very close to the beach. it's one of the bigger hostels so i wasn't surprised that kitchen and bathrooms weren't really clean... bonus point for the absolutely helpful and friendly staff!!

On facilities and character this has to be excellant. It has its own wildlife park, which is small, but still pretty cool when you can cuddle a koala and hold a lizard. Magnetic island, is a sleepy quiet island and the hostel wasn't that busy but it was nice to chill out. The bar area was quiet and the pool area lacks some atmosphere, but at least there is a pool. The bungalow style bunks are cool looking but small inside and just a double mattress basically lying on the floor. Enjoyable.

Had a pleasant stay here, really like the bungalows and all the wild animals. Clean and tidy. Staff could be more friendly.

This hostel was a cool experience staying right where the Koala Sanctuary was! Definitely go on the tour if you do stay here! Location was good. close to the beach! I thought the security could have been better there was really no space for everyones bags in the room. There could be more staff, i ended up waiting at least 15 minutes when i got there to check in because there was only one stafff member at the bar working and that is it. Was a cool experience. Met some great people there!

Staff was helpful in booking tours and things to do on the island. Hostel bar has social events every night, bingo, trivia, etc which was a great way to meet people.

Nice setting, but very expensive for what you get.

Fantastic eco hostel. I enjoyed all the animals walking and flying around in the little park

Nice place. Quiet. Worth going to the animal sanctuary, you get to hold lots of little creatures and the info given by the ranger was interesting. Great pool! Would go back.

Beautiful location in natural surroundings. The koala sanctuary next door is highly recommended - informative, friendly rangers. However, at the accommodation of the yha itself, the staff seemed brusque and impersonal. Processes seem unnecessarily unfriendly towards guests (deposit for full set of crockery/cutlery, not willing to only give part of a set). Toilet facilities were not the cleanest. Shame about the guest experience from the staff as the location is perfect!!

Very relaxing atmosphere. Staff friendly and helpful. If you like walking and wildlife you will love it here

Nice place for an island stay overall. The rooms are a bit hot, and each room has one outlet unless you unplug the fan so that is tough, but there is a pool, a great deck area/bar, and some hammocks. The Koala sanctuary is nice because you can hold a Koala, which everyone wants to do, but the experience is a bit manufactured, you stand in a large group, take your turn taking a picture with an animal and then you sit there and wait for everyone else to do the same. unique for a hostel tho