Having never been up towards Cairns on my various holidays in Australia I decided to look into it for this trip. After looking around the various places I settled on the Mantra Amphora in Palm Cove as it looked great on the website and the area looked great to. As I was travelling with a couple of friends I decided to book the dual key room option with ocean view. Upon arriving at the resort the room wasn't ready as we were hours early, but the staff were very helpful offering us a place to change if we wanted to use the pool or leave our bags. Walking through the complex I was very pleased to see the size of the pool and the pool area and the place in general looked great. When we got our rooms later on I was very surprised at just how big they were. The living area for the shared rooms was very big, the balcony had a great view of the tree lined beach and the bedrooms were a nice size too, the hotel room having a spa bath with a nice opening shutter between the bathroom and bedroom.

I had a great 5 days at Palm Cove and the Mantra Amphora definitely helped with that, and if I ever travel up that way again I shall definitely be trying to stay there again, I would recommend this place to anyone heading that way.

Just last weekend we stayed at this property with our 2 children 6 and 9 and another family of 3 children 9,6,3 years old.

Upon checking in we got a little confused with where our room was. So read your map well and take the right stairs to your block!

We were in a two bedroom dual-key apartment. The rooms were very spacious and open aired. All the facilities presented neat and tidy with ample amounts of tea/coffee/toilet paper etc. One room had a spa with the opening to view the TV which the children claimed immediately! Yes the beds are quite hard and seems to be the case with many Mantra properties I have stayed at....but i believe this was probably one of the better ones. The property staff were very friendly and helpful but to be honest we didn't require their help throughout the 4 days as everything needed was provided and in great working order other than the oven that had seemed to be missed being cleaned and a dining chair that broke when sat on.

The pool was a great size and split into 2 pools. One smaller down the end has the cooler water. The pool was great for all ages as there was many large shallow areas for the babies and deeper areas for the children who were keen swimmers.



The location of the property is basically in the centre of Trinity Beach and right across the road is the beach. About 100 metres or less is the stinger nets and guard watch. All around the area are wonderful restaurants, all with great food and many choices.

We all spent days just hanging around the pool relaxing, whipping across to the beach and then checking out some of the boutique shops. The kids all had a great time it was a very family friendly resort. The resort did seem especially quiet but most of the rooms were filled with other families as well.

Great front desk staff. Helped us with tours and transportation. Condo units well maint6ained and very clean. Pool was great. We didn't have children with us but it would have been a great pool for kids.

Stayed at the Mantra Amphora for 4 nights from 9 Jan with two kids (6mths and 2.5yrs). We got a great deal online offering one night for free and we couldn't fault our stay. Mantra happily changed rooms for us when arrived so we could be in a 2brm suite. We overlooked the pool area and palm trees up on the 3rd floor and it was surprisingly quiet even at night. The pool is magnificent and great for young kids, its so big as to never feel crowded. The suggestion to buy groceries through Coles online was such a great idea because it saved us lugging nappies and baby food with us and it was so nice to have fresh food on hand for the week. We are already planning a return visit in September with friends and we can't wait.