Great Keppel Island Hideaway

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• luvofholidays

  04 octubre 2020
  Love this place!

  This was our second visit as we stayed the same time last year. This year we came back with friends and some other family for my dads 70th. We just love this place. We booked an island villa (we had 4 and 5) this time and it was exactly what we needed with the kids and having an outdoor good size table in each. My dad and other family had the garden rooms. These are basic but we stayed in one last year and still had a great stay. If you want a bigger room with outdoor better seating then upgrading to the island villa is worth it. If you want a relaxed beachside paradise then I highly recommend. Not pretentious in any way but good old fashioned fantastic service. The ladies at reception are amazing and helped us rebook for next year. So very helpful. Its a great place for the kids to get off devices and just enjoy beach life. I highly recommend this place. Whether its for a couple, family or friend getaway. Everyone seemed to be on island time which we found so relaxing. The meal package is fantastic value and extremely generous in portions. Id love to see a fruit and cheese platter added to it. We love this place so much !

  

• 191253

  29 octubre 2020
  Great Location, Poor Accommodation

  This resort is located on one of the most beautiful coastlines one could imagine. The island interior however needs someone to take action and remove all the junk lying around. The GKI Hideaway is a little like that. The resort uses backpackers to provide most of the staff and while they are friendly, the cleaning and ground maintenance staff are poorly trained and going by the cleanliness of our accommodation and the ground maintenance, unsupervised. However, we did find the bar and bistro staff friendly and competent. We booked an Island Cabin and while they were located close to the shore, the cleanliness was poor; the windows, insect screens, tracks, skirtings, sink, frypan all needed a good clean and/or vacuum, as did the floors, the ensuite was the worst it was just dirty . The cleaning staff did not appear to have a vacuum. The floors were sort of mopped and swept, but I had to use a broom to sweep out sand and dirt from the interior and around the outside table and bench seats on our arrival. Maintenance was poor, dripping taps, the outside table and seats needed painting. Stepping stones needed to be placed out to the front seaside table and seats, one had to walk through the garden, well sort of garden, to gain access to the setting. We did like the bed linen. We stayed at 9 different locations on our Queensland trip, the GKI coastline was the star, but the Hideaway had the worst accommodation by far. We want to return to GKI, but it is doubtful we would return to the Hideaway.

  

• cocobanji

  08 enero 2021
  Incredible island, a must see!

  What a fantastic island, we loved it! We stayed at GKI Hideaway for 3 nights in a Garden Room. Accom is pretty average, it does what it needs to mostly & you really spend all your time at the beach or bistro anyway. Garden Room is a very basic / budget donga that you only sleep and shower in. A few small improvements would make a big difference, like a clothes line attached outside for wet items, privacy screen over windows, ceiling fan in room to minimise need to run aircon, tidier more tropical gardens throughout & rubbish pick up along shoreline and beach close to Hideaway. Otherwise, staff were very friendly backpackers & helpful despite being super busy most of the time. We got the food package with our accom & the meals were excellent, great sizes and great selection. Very pleasantly surprised! Cocktail selection for happy hour was on point! Views over looking beaches and sunset were incredible - what a magic spot!! A large open deck with chairs near edge of fence overlooking beach / sunset would be truly amazing! GKI is low key, relaxing, peaceful and special. Beaches are the some of the calmest & clearest water Ive ever swam in, warm temp 27 degrees & very safe. We took floaties and layed out in the water for hours! 5am swims were perfect with noone else around at Putney Bay. Snorkelling was great, earlier the better for more fish & less people. Mid tide was best. We saw lots of bright colour alive coral, variety of fish, turtles, squid, sea slugs etc. Hikes are fairly difficult to other beaches, definitely require good shoes, hat, sunscreen & lots of water. We plan on coming back often to this little beauty GKI, & will definitely stay at Hideaway again. Will book one of the stand alone ocean rooms next time if we can. Boat trip over on Keppel Konnections was great too. Thanks GKI Hideaway.

  

• R_U_Going

  11 enero 2021
  Over crowded, long cues for food, over-priced, nothing special about it.

  Spent a day there... actually we caught the early 2pm boat back to mainland. Very crowded with tourists. The cues at the Hideaway food and drink building were very long and the prices were very high. The walks/treks weren't signposted and there were no decent maps of the walks to give any real meaningful help (e.g. direction, distances, times, difficulty etc.) Hard to find any information from anyone on the island. Glass bottom reef/fish tour was that great. Been to far better island places and reef/swimming experiences. Couldn't really recommend going to Great Keppel Island.

  

• K4603KHraym

  10 marzo 2021
  Beaches are beautiful!

  Recently stayed here with the family. Rooms were basic but it's all you need when you're seconds from the beach. Food was well presented and nice. Customer service was good. But the beaches were amazing. Crystal clear, picture perfect. Will definitely be back...