Red Rock Hostel
Location: Cnr Leichhardt Terrace & Parsons Street, Alice Springs, au
Star Rating: 3 Stars
Property Type: Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
About this Property
Unique Former Movie Theatre Setting:
Set within a former outdoor movie theatre, YHA Alice Springs offers a one-of-a-kind accommodation experience in the heart of the town centre.
Exciting Recreational Facilities:
Guests can enjoy a refreshing swim in the on-site pool, relax in the outdoor recreation area with the original movie screen, and savor delicious BBQ meals under the stars.
Convenient Tour Desk and Nearby Attractions:
The tour desk can help guests arrange exciting tours to iconic destinations like the West MacDonnell Ranges, Ayers Rock, and Kings Canyon. Additionally, the hostel's proximity to a food store and key attractions like Alice Springs Desert Park make it a convenient choice for travelers.
Book now to experience the unique charm and convenience of YHA Alice Springs!
Important Information
Please note that children under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.
Children are only allowed to stay in private accommodation.
The supervision of guests under 18 years of age remains the responsibility of their parent or legal guardian whilst at Red Rock Hostel.
Guests under 18 years of age are not permitted to stay in co-living shared dormitory rooms; they can only be accommodated in private rooms. For further information on the child safety policy, please contact the property directly.
For bookings of 10 or more guests, different prices, policies, and procedures may apply. For further information, please contact the property directly.Please inform of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation.
Guests are required to show a photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Guests under the age of 18 can only check in with a parent or official guardian.
Policies
Check-in: 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Amenities & Facilities
- Non-smoking rooms
- Air conditioning
- Swimming pool
- Terrace
- Family rooms
- BBQ facilities
- Luggage storage
- Safety deposit box
- Fax/photocopying
- Tour desk
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Shared lounge/TV area
- Board games/puzzles
- Shared kitchen
- Outdoor furniture
- Staff adhere to local safety protocols
- Hand sanitizer in guest room and key areas
- Cashless payment available
- First aid kit available
- Contactless check-in/check-out
- Smoke alarms
- CCTV outside property
- Security alarm
- Key card access
- Television in common areas
- Free wired internet
- Internet access
- Games
- Exercise/lap pool
- Japanese garden
- Swimming nearby
Rooms Available
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Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Toilet
- Linen
- Toilet paper
- Lockers
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Single Bed in Female Dormitory Room
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Toilet
- Linen
- Toilet paper
- Lockers
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Double Plus Two with Shared Bathroom
The family room provides air conditioning, as well as a shared bathroom featuring a shower. The unit offers 3 beds.
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Toilet
- Linen
- Toilet paper
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Double Room with Shared Bathroom
1 Double Bed
248 sq feet
Internet - Free WiFi
Food & Drink - Shared/communal kitchen access
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom and towels
Comfort - Air conditioning
Need to Know - No housekeeping
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Bedsheets provided
- No housekeeping
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Bed in 8-Bed Female Dormitory with Shared Bathroom
1 Twin Bunk Bed
248 sq feet
Internet - Free WiFi
Food & Drink - Shared/communal kitchen access
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom
Comfort - Air conditioning
Need to Know - No housekeeping, shared accommodations, towels not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- Free WiFi
- Shared accommodation
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Bedsheets provided
- No housekeeping
- Towels not available
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Single Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
Air-conditioned room with shared bathroom facilities.
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Toilet
- Linen
- Toilet paper
- Lockers
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Single Bed in 4-Bed Female Dormitory Room
Air-conditioned room with shared bathroom facilities.
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Toilet
- Linen
- Toilet paper
- Lockers
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Single Bed in 4-Bed Male Dormitory Room
Air-conditioned room with shared bathroom facilities.
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Toilet
- Linen
- Toilet paper
- Lockers
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Double Room
Private room with access to shared bathroom facilities.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Seating Area
- Toilet
- Heating
- Linen
- Clothes rack
- Toilet paper
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Double Plus Three with Shared Bathroom
Private room with access to shared bathroom facilities.
Max Occupancy: 5 (5 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Toilet
- Linen
- Toilet paper
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Single Bed in 6-Bed Female Dormitory Room
Air-conditioned room with shared bathroom facilities.
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Toilet
- Linen
- Toilet paper
- Lockers
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Single Bed in 8 Bed Mixed Dormitory
Air-conditioned room with shared bathroom facilities.
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Toilet
- Linen
- Toilet paper
- Lockers
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Single Bed in 16 Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
Single bed in 16 bed mixed dormitory room.
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Toilet
- Linen
- Toilet paper
- Lockers
Guest Reviews
- Elena (10/5): Better than hotel. Super friendly and helpful staff. Amazing ambience -
- Joris (10/5): - Eingezäunt, super Lage, gemütliche Betten, guter Aufenthaltsbereich; Küche auch ganz gut. Im Sommer sogar super mit Pool. Wäre mein Handy leer gewesen wäre ich nicht reingekommen und spontan kommen ist auch schwierig
- Marjan (10/5): Geweldig! - Locatie in het centrum van Alice. -
- Karolina (10/5): Best stay in Alice - I always stay at Red Rock when I'm in Alice, honestly the best staff, really clean amenities, convinient location and safe.
- Desiree (7/5): - The cleaners are doing the best to clean
Is a central position near everything
I like the female dormitory i feel more safe
And the free food/clothes spaces where peoples can leave things they don t need The beds are without blannkets/shifts
Ho you have to do it and in my case is the up bed so is hard.
Was cold a lot not enough warm air in the room/kitchen
Not enough toilets to the numbers of peoples
The reception was never there, and I ask online information that they don t reply.
There are a lot of middle age/old peoples in the hostal and I feel uncomfort sometimes
- dipaola (7/5): -
- Deane (10/5): - It was incredibly relaxed, awesome staff, and clean and comfortable. Nice pool area, and a view of the todd river from the side.
- emma (10/5): -
- Ivanildo (10/5): -
- Aaricia (9/5): -
- annette (9/5): Alles super, hier kann man sich wohlfühlen. - Küche war sehr gut bestückt mit allem, was man braucht.
Bett war bequem.
- Coats (8/5): -
- yifan (10/5): -
- yifan (10/5): - Big thanks to Sehaj, the reception guy—super helpful and friendly!
- Cheng (10/5): Good location, wonderful and helpful staff, especially Sehaj - Wonderful location
- Rolf (8/5): Gutes preisliches Hostel - Zentral gelegen, sehr gesellig in dem Hostel, Mitarbeiter sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit.
Alles sehr sauber, Matratzen in den Etagenbetten sind bequem (nicht zu hart).
Gemeinschaftsraum und Außenbereich gemütlich. Einziger minus Punkt, zu wenige Kochstellen in der Küche, ansonsten gibt es für ein Hostel Nix zu meckern.
- Lok yi (9/5): 性價比之選的青旅 - 我覺得這邊的冷氣很足夠,如果你感到疲倦的話絕對可以安眠入睡。
另外,之前有一些土著打算進來,那個時候我是有一點怕怕的,然後hostel 管理人員他們友善而堅定的攔截了!而且這裏的安保設施感覺上做得很好,這裏很安全。
這邊有曬衣服的地方,這一點我真是非常滿意,因為不用花額外的金錢去弄乾衣服。
- Lucie (8/5): -
- Harry (8/5): -
- Joe (8/5): -
- Andrea (9/5): -
- Harry (10/5): -
- marloes (9/5): Fijn verblijf in Alice - De host Mervin is fantastisch! Hij is enorm behulpzaam en denkt met je mee. Ik kwam un de ochtend aan in Alice Springs en ik kon eerder inchecken omdat de kamer al klaar was. Het bleek dat ik de enige was in mijn dorm dus ik had 2 nachten ee "privé-kamer". Ook kon ik mijn bagage achterlaten voor mijn tour en regelde Mervin dat mijn bagage op mijn kamer lag toen ik terug kwam van tour. Wat attent en wat een service!
De locatie was ooo prima, lag goed bij het centrum met de winkels op loopafstand. Het hostel was.schoon, het bed.lag fijn.
- marloes (9/5): Fijn tweede verblijf in Alice na tour - De host Mervin is fantastisch! Ik kon tijdens mijn tour de bagage achterlaten en hij regelde dat deze op mijn kamer toen ik terug kwam van tour. Ook had hij instructies gestuurd voor de check in. Toen ik naar mijn kamer liep, kwam ik Mervin tegen en hij was heel attent. Hij vroeg hoe de tour was en of de kamer goed was die ik had gekregen bij terugkeer want er was alleen nog een topbed beschikbaar in deze kamer. Mervin gaf aan dat ik naar een andere kamer kon als ik dat wilde zodat ik in het lage deel van de stapelbed kon. Dat vond ik na de tour wel prettig en hij regelde dit meteen en hielp met de bagage. Wat attent, wat een swrvice! Het bleek dat ik de enige was in de nieuwe dorm, dus had ineens weer een "prive-kamer". Mervin is super gastvrij en heel behulpzaam, een super host!
- Janina (9/5): Definitiv zu empfehlen. Clean , zentral , hilfsbereit - Der Pool war super erleichternd. Die Küche und alles anders war super ausgestattet sowie alles war super clean .das personal total zuvorkommend und immer hilfsbereit . Das Hostel war in der perfekten Lage. Alles war ruhig . Wirklich toller Aufenthalt.danke :) Leider konnte man die Belüftung nicht einstellen und es war zwischendurch ziemlich frisch . Außerdem hatten die Räume eine hohe Luftfeuchtigkeit.
- Hanne (10/5): -
- Stucki (8/5): - Very relaxed ambiance, huge kitchen and lounge, super friendly staff! Air-conditioning was too cold the first night.... But after telling to staff they turned it down for the next night.
- Barbara (7/5): -
- Braigman (9/5): -
- Gurpreet (10/5): Neat & tidy property with secure access & convenient location. Pool & kitchen were clean too. - Very central location, the place was neat and tidy, and the staff were really accommodating. It ticks all the boxes for location, security. having a pool on hot day was amazing. Rooms very clean and tidy and guests staying were very friendly too though my stay was short. N/A
- Natascha Madeleine (8/5): -
- Eve (7/5): -
- JEAN PAUL (7/5): La piscine est là pour se rafraîchir et le centre ville à proximité pour passer une soirée reposante - Au cœur d'Alice Springs, idéal pour une étape
- Debattista (9/5): - Chambre trop petite et très bruyante sous l’escalier
- Jaromir (9/5): - Great location, complimentary tea in the kitchen. Reliable wifi. Walking distance to the airport shuttle bus stop and greyhound bus stop.
- Natalie (8/5): - Good kitchen. Good bed. Not a very fun place. But I guess it was quiet. Would recommend it!
- Laura (9/5): -
- Hugh (4/5): -
- Barbara (8/5): -
- Barbara (8/5): -
- TING (10/5): Good choice - Perfect location, nearby information center and bus station. Clean kitchen and well functioning facilities. Nothing.
- Aline (7/5): -
- Aline (7/5): -
- Lu (8/5): - This is a simple but efficient and clean hostel located right in the middle of Alice Springs and only a 10 minute walk from the Greyhound bus stop
The staff are friendly and welcoming, and I would stay here again if in Alice Springs. The reception does not open until 9am so after a very long overnight bus from Darwin, I had to wait in a nearby cafe from 7am until I could drop off my luggage, shower, etc.
Something to be mindful of if you are arriving early!
- Zoe (7/5): -
- OR YITZHAK (10/5): Exelent option - Good facilities, good price.
- Milenko (6/5): -
- Zoe (8/5): -
- Omer (8/5): -
- Glen (9/5): -
- Aurelie (9/5): -
- Aurelie (9/5): À explorer sans hésiter - Excellent rapport qualité prix
Supers équipements collectifs
Personnel accueillant et très disponible Il fait un peu froid dans les douches
- Stefan (7/5): -
- Bree (6/5): -
- BackPacker&Adventurer63 (9/5): gr8 place to stay met fellow travellers - staff awesome clean pool near city centre bunk beds lol
- Norman (6/5): -
- JUN (10/5): -
- Veronica (8/5): -
- Mirjana (7/5): - The kitchen is well- equipped.
Also it is in a city center. The room is extremely small for 4 persons.
- Steven (10/5): Exceptional -
- Angela (8/5): Very good -
- Alejandro (8/5): Very good - Very well located. Well maintained and clean. Very good individual toilet and showers
- Angela (9/5): Superb -
- Van (7/5): Good -
- David (8/5): Very good -
- Battezini (8/5): Very good -
- Battezini (8/5): Very good -
- Rebecca (10/5): Great! - The property was clean and the staff were friendly! The property was in a great location.
- Megan (5/5): Meh. Warm room. Good location. Staff not great. - Heating in rooms - was lovely and toasty
In theory the check in system would work really well especially if you could activate it without any staff input that would be ideal.
Great kitchen
Great location Check in process - I was coming after hours at 1830. Reception shut at 5!! The automatic check in using your app has to be started by staff. Otherwise they leave a key in the lock box. I’d received emails in the run up. Was quite chilled about it bc I thought 1830 reception would be open. When I realised that wasn’t the case. - hadn’t emailed the code for the lockbox. Luckily someone let me in then I buzzed the emergency intercom inside the property. They gave me a code that still didn’t work. Then I had to wait 30 min for someone to come to let me in. Alice springs isn’t very safe so thank god someone had let me in to use the intercom.
Finally - the keys on your phone are a great idea but they’re quite temperamental and you have to keep waving them until they work.
Two of the female members of staff were nice enough, male member of staff absolutely horrible. But all in all kinda useless - couldn’t help me with shuttle back to airport at all. Never saw them in reception during 9-5. Seemed work shy.
- Antje (9/5): Superb - Well equipped kitchen, nice bathroom facilities. Really central in Alice Springs, so shops and parks are walkable during the day
- David (10/5): Exceptional -
- Brooks (10/5): Exceptional - Exceptional value. The staff is wonderful and very helpful...Anna , Gary, & Anya. Movies every night . That is a unique feature for a Hostel. Great location. I would recommend it to everyone. Lol, MKB
- David (9/5): Superb -
- Price (7/5): overall, wasnt bad as we didnt spend a whole lot of time here anyway due to finke. - The location was great and helpful staff The rooms looked a bit larger in the photos than in real life
- Sue (9/5): Superb -
- Ivanildo (9/5): Superb -
- Ann (8/5): A good place to stay. Friendly, helpful fellow guests. Nice people - Location is excellent. Close to everything. The door to bring cars into the courtyard makes a dreadful scraping noise. It needs to be lifted and repositioned so it is easier and quieter to use.
- Hutchison (8/5): Very good - Central, friendly, all facilities you need. -
- Hanna (8/5): Very good - Clean bathrooms, clean and spacious kitchen, nice common area with music, movie nights, free luggage storage No light switch for the room just for the light at each bed. Only half of the stoves were working
- Benja (8/5): Very good -
- Benja (8/5): Very good -
- Ryan (8/5): Very good - I liked that it was a chill place and meet some good people. I extended my stay and might meet some more good people. It was cold but can't help that. You couldn't access the projector room.
- Marle (10/5): Exceptional -
- Amber (8/5): Very good - the kitchen/lounge area was great the side gate needs fixing as it was loud when people opened or closed it when getting cars out
- Andrew (10/5): Perfect for a YHA hostel - Historic. Nothing. It was perfect and exceptionally good value.
- Matilde (7/5): Good - Good location, everything you needed walking distance. Calm and friendly
- Vanessa (5/5): Happy to stay just for one night, price is fair - Outdoor space, kitchen facilities bedroom ok. The showers. There is 4
1 option: it didn’t get warm enough
2 option: only one in good condition
3 option: didn’t get cold water and the hot option can burn you.
4 option: out of order
They put some cars in the garagem so late evening and 6am the garage gate wake you up because is super noise.
- Praveen862 (10/5): Great stay for backpackers and solo travelers - Friendly staff, clean bathroom, comfortable common areas
- Maud (9/5): Superb -
- Rachel (7/5): Good -
- Luke (10/5): Exceptional -
- Judith (8/5): Very good - The air conditioning was poor. Things were old and some in need of repair. It advertised a movie shown every night but turns out only in the busy season.
Manager was very helpful. He booked a tour for us and brought us a fan. The location is right in the middle of town is close to restaurants and shopping.
- Jason (6/5): Pleasant -
- Mancuso (8/5): I enjoyied the place - Very quiet Nothing
- Jason (8/5): Needs updating - I liked the beds they was comfortable, the pool was nice and was good there was laundry facilities. The kitchen and lounge was clean and plenty space. Staff was friendly Cobwebs on the ceiling in the dorm room with spiders on them. No electric points by beds… an extension lead for 8 beds not adequate. The shower room needs a good scrub and the air freshener in there could do with a dust and a new freshener put in.
- Franziska (8/5): Very good -
- Inga (9/5): Superb - Nice staff!
Comfy beds, nice pool, good showers,
I really liked it there Strange smell in the kitchen, but only in one day
- Julia (8/5): Very good - central location, great for pick ups. A more quiet hostel which we really enjoyed! kitchen smelled a bit intense.. showers weren‘t very clean, but okay.
- James (6/5): Pleasant - Location 2 plugs in room for 6 people
- Tj (5/5): Passable - Some loud people in the hostel at night.
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