The Lakes Resort & Spa

- Swimming Pools, Tennis Courts!
- Kids Playground & Activity Centre
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The Lakes Resort & Spa Info
THE LAKES CAIRNS RESORT AND SPA:
The Lakes Cairns Resort & Spa is a family friendly, tropical oasis situated just minutes from Cairns Airport and the city’s central business district. Spanning 11 hectares of tropical gardens, pools and waterways, The Lakes Cairns Resort & Spa offers a range of open-plan apartments offering comfort and space.
What makes it great?
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Four expansive resort pools and spas
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Self contained accommodation in a resort atmosphere
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Kids playground and games room
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Only a short drive to Cairns CBD
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This very affordable accommodation is ideal for families
Resort Facilities:
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Four large swimming pools
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Spa pool (seasonally heated) and sauna
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Toddler playground and games room
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REDS Day Spa & Salon
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City shuttle available on request (minimum cost applies)
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Airport transfers available (charge applies)
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Tennis court - floodlit
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Complimentary BBQ areas
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Complimentary undercover car parking
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Complimentary bocce and basketball
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Resort store: souvenirs, groceries and liquor
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Internet kiosk
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Reception open 6am until 10pm
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Security onsite 24-hours
All Apartments Feature:
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Queen size Beds/King Spilt Double OR Twin Share Configuration
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Full kitchen facilities
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Spacious Living Areas
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Washing Machine and dryer
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Air-conditioning and ceiling fans
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Cable TV, pay per view movies
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Room safe
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Hair dryer
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Shower over bath
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Iron & Ironing board
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Direct dial telephones
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Outlook is either Resort or Garden view
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Poolview is subject to availability
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2 Bedroom Deluxe and 3 Bedroom Apartments feature 2 bathrooms. One with a shower over the bath and one with a walk-in shower
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Huge Balcony/Lanai verandah for dining. (2 Bedroom Standard, 2 Bedroom Deluxe and 3 bedrooms only)
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To keep prices low, servicing is not included throughout your stay
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Please advise us if you have any disability or mobility issues as many of the apartments are accessed via Stairs. Lifts are available in some sections of the resort.
The Lakes Location:
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Cairns Airport: 3kms drive
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Cairns City Centre: 3kms drive
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Port Douglas: 1 hour drive
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Skyrail Caravonica: 12 mins drive
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Freshwater Station: 10 mins drive
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Cairns Central Shops: 10 mins drive
GREAT NEWS! All payments made to Travstar do not incur a credit card surcharge.
The Lakes Resort & Spa Gallery
The Lakes Resort & Spa Guest Reviews (116)
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Absolutely loved the lakes. great resort- lovely room with everything you need, great pools for the kids,grounds just gorgeous, customer service excellent- very helpful staff. have recommended to everyone i know. would love to come back. ps Chanelle at travstar very helpful- great service.
Friday, October 19, 2012
We had a wonderful time. The accommodation was outstanding. Would recommend the Lakes spa & resort to anyone. Would also recommend Travstar. Thank you. Regards Diane Marland
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Overall great accommodation and service.
The only complaint would be the lounge furniture & outdoor seating very uncomfortable needs updating.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
As usual we enjoyed our stay and look forward to our next.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The best place I have stayed in. Immaculate rooms,beautiful location and gorgeous pools.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Our stay at the Lakes was great. It is an excellent family stay and the staff were very friendly.
Monday, April 23, 2012
The Lakes Resort is fantastic, comfortable and relaxing. Great BBQ facilities and great swimming pools. Staff friendly and helpful. No problems at all. Will return.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Very nice, kids loved all the pools and service was great will definitely go back there.
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Very nice property with good facilities. The low(est) price around attracted us, but once there EVERYTHING costs extra. In this day and age, Wifi is always free in hotels, but they want $22 a day! I should just buy them a new router instead! It is located quite a distance from the city centre, so a rental car is a must. However, very comfortable, nice pools and very friendly and helpful staff. We enjoyed our stay (and also kind of enjoyed no email for a whole week!).
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Excellent, would highly recommend.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Even though not in Cairns central, worth the extra as the mini bus is available for use to get you in and out of town or use of a taxi.
Amazing pools - great acccomodation. Very well maintained throughout resort. Pleasant, helpful and obliging manner by staff.
A pleasant surprise to receive housekeeping half way through the stay and top up of complimentary toiletries.
Enjoyed visit to Day spa as a treat for mum.
Will definitely make a return visit.
Monday, January 23, 2012
The Lakes was definitely a favourite spot and one to revisit again in the future. We had a room over the pool which was great and even the TV was a LCD.
Sunday, January 08, 2012
The girls at Travstar were excellent in helping me organism our trip.
I would always use them again. Also ive recommended other girlfriends to use your website.
The lakes was fantastic. Clean, roomy, fun facilities and fantastic staff from the get go. We had a really good time.
Would go to the lakes again and use Travstar for future holidays.
Thank you
Anna milardovic.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
The Lakes Resort was just sensational and a perfect place for families. Will definitely be going back there again. Travstar made everything so easy and I will be recommending Travstar to my friends.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
great place accomodation the best recomend to all sacure and safe place to stay at lakes spa and resort thankyou for making my holiday a great one for me ad my family thanks to all
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
The lakes was a beautiful place to stay. Next time we go to cairns we will mostly stay there again. We where there for a week it would of been nice to at least have one house keeping call to freshen up the place. Also have different towels for the pool.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
We all had a great time at the Lakes Resort with our poolside room, looking forward to returning next year and would love to get a deal if we bring a group of 8 or more back in August!!!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Our room at the Lakes was very comfortable and well appointed. A very comfortable resort with lovely swimming pools. The restaurant let the experience down somewhat. The food was disapointing and given the location some lunch options would be good.
Monday, September 05, 2011
We loved staying at the Lakes. Our apartment was beautiful and had everything we needed. It was particularly handy having the restuarant in the Resort after a long day out touring.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
We had a family holiday (13 of us) and requested apartments close together and the resort organised this. The pools were fantastic as well as all amenities. We certainly recommend The Lakes Resort for all relaxing holidays. An amazing place.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
We loved it so much we didnt want to leave,it is probably the most beautifully laid out resort we have stayed in, and we will definately come back, and will be recommending it to all our friends.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
We come to Cairns every winter and stay at the lakes resort for 2 or 3 weeks.
However the Aus dollar being so strong against the NZ does make it expensive.
We love your weather in August and we love the Lakes....
Saturday, July 16, 2011
We were extremely happy with our accommodation. We had a lovely room overlooking the pool. The staff were very helpful and friendly spending time talking with us about various activities we were interested in. I would definately stay there again and recommend the resort to anyone holidaying in Cairns.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
High standard facilities, helpful staff in a great location for those who enjoy walking and nature pursuits.
Friday, May 27, 2011
The accomodation was great with the self catering services. I would prefer the rooms being serviced at least every 2 days rather than no service at all for the whole 7 days. At least every second day the room should be checked to replace especially toiletries such as toilet tissue, shampoo, conditioner and soap.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Wonderful value for money and Cairns is terrific. Our rooms required a little work to bring them up to standard.
Friday, May 06, 2011
A great property, excellent facilities for children, and very spacious apartments with great access to one of the 4 pools the resort has to offer. I would highly recommend the Lakes Resort.
Friday, May 06, 2011
Thanks for help with booking and special offer which we received off you, we had a fantastic time.
The lakes resort grounds and facilities were excellent, the apartments were nice and hopefully the complex will keep up with maintenance as some areas are starting to need a coat of paint and freshening up a bit.
We would definitely use your company and the Lakes again.
Cheers
Dave
Saturday, April 09, 2011
We stayed at Lakes Resort for 12 days and found it to be exactly what we were looking for. They have a great bus service to get you in and out of town, we were greeted at the airport and the rooms were lovely and clean. We had an absolutely lovely holiday, thank you.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Once again fantastic service thank you very much.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Spacious and clean apartments with excellent kitchen facilities. Beautiful pools and grounds. Unfortunately we had a drug dealer downstairs (meth-amphetamine) and had a traumatic experience with the national Drug Squad raiding our apartment as part of their investigation.
Friday, January 21, 2011
The apartment was great and the kids loved all the pools
Thursday, January 13, 2011
We would highly rate the Lakes Cairns resort to any of our friends. Also travstar were excellent and very easy to deal with. Would certainly use your company to book our accomodation next time.
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Had a fantastic time and great value for money. Thanks so much!!
Monday, December 06, 2010
Thanks Travstar for getting me a good deal.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Thank you travstar for such an easy to use website and exceptional communication. You made our holiday a dream and we will definitely be using your service for all our future holidays. Thanks Lakes for a wonderful experience........we highly recommend you.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Great place to stay with great facilities. Staff were all very helpful. Recommend to anyone.
Monday, November 08, 2010
Had a wonderful time at the Lakes and will definitely give you a call next time we stay again - Thanks very much
Monday, November 08, 2010
Although the Lakes was a wonderful venue with fantastic facilities, it was the service received from Travstar.com that was truly outstanding. Thank you.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The kids LOVED this place. Definitely would return here
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Grandkids loved the pools. They want to know when we are going back. Cairns in general has entertainment for all ages.(Kuranda, Cable Ski Park, Fishing, Para-sailing,Go Karts, Golf, Green Island). Really enjoyed ourselves
Thursday, October 07, 2010
We had the best time staying here. The kids loved the pools. The staff were excellent, always ready to help.
Monday, October 04, 2010
We found the staff to be extremely courteous and helpful, property well maintained. Special mention to Sam Power at reception who went out of his way to assist us in all aspects of our holiday.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
This place is amazing. We had a great apartment with view over the gorgeous pools. The grounds, bbq, pools were immaculate. We had a ball here and felt very at home.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The Lakes is a fantasic place for anyone to stay at while in Cairns!!!
The only downfall, perhaps the gym could do with updating .... add a treadmill perhaps update the equipment....
The pools were fantastic but at night, they should be a little heated, especially the spa !!! Other than that.... beautiful gardens, rooms, & overall a delight to stay at :)
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Our family had a two bedroom apartment and it was well appointed with everything you need for extended stays. The pricing was great value for money and we would stay here again!!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
We just loved the Lakes Resort & Spa ...The staff were very friendly and helpful the location was ideal close to the city ..When we go back to Cairns we will definately being staying there again ..Loved the pool areas as well great if u wanted to cook a BBQ everthing was there for u ..
Friday, September 03, 2010
Great facilities, the kids loved the daily swims at the man-made beach just metres from our lounge
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Very impressed with whole resort. One let down was internet access (Resort acts as agents only to outside source)was hopeless! Kept dropping out and slow.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Absolute beautiful setting, huge apartments only spoilt by very hard beds which were uncomfortable to us (but agree some may prefer hard beds), jet noise from the airport ensured early wake up, but we were on Top floor facing airport. TV needs upsizing. Steak sandwiches from Bistro were the best I have had. Feel free to remove my negative remarks as I would prefer to not do any harm to their patronage -yes I would stay there again (but would look at other resorts closer to city center 1st due to hard bed issue).
One suggestion would be for them to have the 2\\\" mattress covers for sale/hire as others also commented about hard beds -possibly due to some nationalities (japanese) I believe like the hard beds but did not see to many at the resort. Double glaze the windows and add insulation as they are losing business I am certain due to these 2 issues.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
It was great to have a no fuss holiday all expenses taken care of thankyou for your excellent service on helping us achieve a great holiday.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
The quality of accomodation and service, facilities and access to nearby sites made our holiday very relaxing and enjoyable. The great weather was just a bonus!!!!!
Monday, August 02, 2010
On behalf of the family I would like to say that we had enjoyed our visit to Cairns and our experience in North Queensland was fantastic and we had a great time there.
We would love to visit there again in the future. We would like to thank you and your team very much for organizing the trip tours during our stay at the LAKE Resort.
Monday, July 12, 2010
We spent 8 nights here with our kids in a 2 bedroomed apartment and had a fantastic stay; wish we were still there! Our apartment was immaculate and well positioned (opposite a swimming pool/BBQ area). The balcony looked out to Centenary Lakes and we enjoyed breakfast there each morning. The furniture/fixtures were delightful and we appreciated the modern bathroom and spa in the bath. Cooling has been well considered with fans and airconditioning in every room. There was plenty of parking in the underground car park. The centre of Cairns is a reasonable hike on foot so we hired a car.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
The resort was great for the kids, being gated and family orientated the boys had a little freedom doing their own thing. The apartment had everything we needed and was clean and well maintained. Excellent value for money. I would recommend these apartments especially to families as they are so well equiped, a home away from home.
The only downside, a car is a must unless a poolside holiday is what you are looking for, not alot around in the way of facilities, groceries etc..
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The Lakes Resort is a great family resort. The only downside is that there internet services are pathetic and unfortunately the resort must be situated in a bad area where you basically have no mobile service either.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Fantastic resort for Families and couples alike.
friendly staff and top rate service. we would definetly stay ther again.
Thursday, May 06, 2010
In addition:
As the organizer, I have been very impressed with the friendly Travstar Staff. Any enquiry and/or request has been actioned courteously and professionally. Thanx to each of you.
Lynn
Friday, April 30, 2010
A very comfortable resort. We enjoyed the stay there.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Upon arrival we found this resort to be excellent. The apartment was a high standard and comfortable for a family. Plenty of pools and BBQ facilities available for guest to use. This was one the best places that I have stayed anywhere around the world.
Friday, April 16, 2010
lovely place to stay, friendly helpful staff, facilities very nice, unfortunately had wet weather most of the time so were unable to enjoy the resort as much as we would have liked.
Friday, January 08, 2010
wish I had more time here because it was such a beautiful place.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
THE RESORT WAS FANTASTIC. ALL FACILTIES AND ROOMS WERE EXCELLENT. WOULD STAY THERE AGAIN.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Very comfortable. Would have liked the daily service and all resort activities inclusive in the package though.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
we had a great time at the resort and cairns surroundings, we were only to stay at the lakes resort for 3 days but we liked it so much we stayed an extra 4 days.
thank you travstar for making it easy to find a place to stay and book.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
We had a great time and it was a lovely resort. Would have been nice if the room was equiped with a DVD player.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
should be 5 star as everything was great
Monday, October 19, 2009
This is the nicest resort we have stayed at, would recommend
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Water in all the pools was too cold for the kids. Suggest at least two of the four be heated. Quite a walk into town and the early planes were loud being under flight path. But other than that a great experience.!
Friday, October 02, 2009
very nicely appointed apartments,very clean with all facilities you need. Staff where very nice and helpfull
Monday, September 28, 2009
Found this place to be a very good large establishment with a number of pools and great facilities. Great appartments with good facilities. Hard to fault.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Great destination for a family
Friday, July 24, 2009
would highly recomend Travstar, we had the most enjoyable holiday at Cairns and the Lakes resort
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
The Lakes was well worth the money we paid, staff were very friendly, the appartment was imaculate and well stocked with supplies. A thoroughly enjoyable experience.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Nothing was too much trouble I would recommend it to all my friends
Monday, June 01, 2009
We had a wonderful time at the Lakes Resort. We would highly recommend the Lakes to all our family and friends!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The Lakes was a perfect place for a family holiday. It had everything we needed. We would recommend The Lakes for anyone requiring a relaxing family holiday! We hardly saw the kids!
Friday, April 24, 2009
What can i say other than this is a fab resort and well worth the money! The staff are so helpfull and location is good.
The hotel has a shuttle bus that will take you to and from cairns town daily.
I would definately stay here next time im in cairns.
Friday, March 27, 2009
The apartment was superb and the facilities the best we experienced on the East Coast.
Friday, March 06, 2009
Right from booking with travstar and dealing with Natasha was great excellent service from your staff.Our stay at The Lakes Resort was tops very friendly staff very helpful as well the rooms were superb I think footstools would be great in the rooms.
Cairns is a lovely place for a holiday and I can say that taking time out to book with Travstar and just been able to walk in give them our name no hassels at all.
i would recomend to anyone wanting a real holiday to go visit Cairns.
We went out on the boat Quick Silver that wa fantastic and getting off onto the pontoon was incerdiable seeing the Great Barrier Reef was wow.
Thank you for organising our Motel for us that was great.
will go back again.
Friday, March 06, 2009
Very impressed with facilities & at such a bargin price, would stay at this resort again! Great friendly service.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
We loved it and would definately return. I was a little disappointed that every item became extra costs. Like the in-room safe costing $3.50 per day when every other hotel it is free.
Friday, January 30, 2009
We arrived early at 4.50am from Tokyo and it was great to be able to check in early at 7am, thanks to the helpful staff at the Lakes.
Monday, January 26, 2009
the facilities were first class, the staff helpful and pleasant to deal with.we would and have recommended the lakes to others to seriously consider as a holiday destination
Monday, October 20, 2008
We had a lovely large apartment, close to the pools & BBQ.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Hi Emma ( travstar ),
We all had a lovely holiday, the weather was beautiful & so was the Lakes Resort.
We ate lots of sea food as it was so fresh & tasty. We don’t get sea food like that at home.
Travstar service was also excellent, your quick e-mails & organizing, made everything a breeze!
The only thing wrong ---- was it wasn’t long enough!!!!
Thank you all so much & hopefully we will be contacting you soon for our next holiday!
Regards Chris Perez.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
The lakes was well set out and the food places were lovely relaxed rooms were lovely well stocked and clean I think the staff need to have more training on the info they give out some were more helpful anothers I know this happens but they are the front people you see and I heard other people complaining I would like to say thank you to Emma at your service who booked us she was great with all her knowledge of the lakes and surrounding areas and trip info I will book again though your company and will tell other how helpful you were Thank you agian
Monday, October 06, 2008
great place will recommend
Monday, October 06, 2008
We had a very enjoyable stay. The Resort facilities were excellent. The only inconvenience was the resort is 4 KM frome Cairns city. The resort should offer a free shuttle bus instead of having to pay for the service. The cost of a taxi for family of 4 is the same as the cost the shuttie bus(one way $11). This adds extra cost on top of your accommodation. Overall we had a great time.
Thank you Travstar
Saturday, September 13, 2008
We had a great time at the Lakes Resort, everything was clean and functioned well. Very nice atmosphere and friendly staff.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
We really appreciated the size of our apartment.Gave us room to move and fully relax with the ability to cater for ourselves, if needed
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
An excellent resort with regard to value for money. The kids had a ball.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Excellent resort was too cold for us to swim but pool looked great and was used by lots of kids. Airport transfers and shuttle bus all ran to time and were very handy.Lovely to walk through botanic gardens right next door. Nice big beds!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Great pools!!!!!
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
The resort was great, reception staff very helpful and always willing to give advice on the area and tours. Would stay at the Lakes everytime whist in Cairns.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Very impressive! We were most comfortable. Thankyou.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The Lakes Resort was clean and well presented. We had such a great time on our honeymoon, also recommened for a great family resort!!
Sunday, June 15, 2008
We enjoyed our stay!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Had a lovely time. A little bit noisy from the planes taking off from the airport, but got used to it after a day or so. Overall I would stay again as everything is close at hand
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
The Lakes Resort was exactly waht we were looking for. Perfect for family holidays. Great friendly staffs who would go out of their way to help us. The place itself was beautifully kept which created a nice atmosphere day and night.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
The Lakes Resort was a little piece of paradise. We had a wonderful stay and plan to come back again. Travstar were very efficent in organing our booking and very helpful in providing information. Thank you!!!
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
A fabulous, child friendly resort - I will be back!
Thursday, January 17, 2008
First class accommodation. A little out of the centre of Cairns, but plenty of taxis.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
what a beautiful place to stay! it was so nice to be able to spend our days around the resort doing different things. first class in every way!!!
Monday, November 19, 2007
I had such a fabulous time I did not want to come home!
Monday, November 19, 2007
the \" lakes \" was a high quality place to stay. only problem was it was to far out of town to really enjoy all cairns has to offer. We also had issues wth the quality of service from the airport transfers
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Thouroughly enjoyed the facility. Great 2 bedroom apt. Nicely furnished good accommodation.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
This is a great place to stay I am glad we had a car though.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Had a fantastic time here. The unit was clean and spacious. Staff were very friendly.
Friday, November 09, 2007
good accomadation and efficient
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Service from travstar.com was great very easy to deal with and found us great accomodation. Would definately use this site when next I visit.
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Apartment was wonderful - large, clean and had everything we needed. Only criticism was that the pools were beautiful but too cold.
Thursday, November 01, 2007
An excellent resort.
Friday, October 26, 2007
The facilities were fantastic. Great family resort with excellent pool facilities.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
This is an outstanding resort that surpassed my expectations.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Jo, we did call in to your office before we left Cairns to thank you for the great assistance you gave us with our holiday planning. Unfotunately we missed you. So thanks again for your very professional and prompt responses to all of our enquiries. The accommodation you recommended at The Lakes Resort was first class...we were very impressed with the apartment, the facilities and the outstanding attention from the staff...an excellent choice and much more relaxing than standard hotel accommodation.


