Silicoaluminophosphates SAPO-11 molecular sieves with caverns were synthesized using polystyrene (PS) micro-spheres as template. The morphologies of the cavitary SAPO-11 molecular sieves exhibit spherical particles ranging 7-10 lm aggregated from cubic plate microcrystallites which just like the SAPO-11 molecular sieves synthesized with the conventional method, but some caverns of 500-1,200 nm pore size in diameter can be observed on the former material. The strength and distribution of the acid sites of the cavitary SAPO-11 are similar to that of the conventional SAPO-11, but the acid density is slightly low owing to the decreased crystallinity of the cavitary SAPO-11. The micropores size and mesopores size of the conventional SAPO-11 are centered at about 0.45 and 3.8 nm, respectively, while the cavitary SAPO-11 has, in addition to the micropores and mesopores, large mesopores ranging 5-30 nm and macropores ranging from about 100 to 1,200 nm, which were derived from the PS sphere template. Hydroisomerization of n-hexadecane was performed to investigate the catalytic performance of the cavitary SAPO-11. The result showed that, in comparison with the conventional SAPO-11, the cavitary SAPO-11 has high activity based on per active site and high selectivity, owing to the fast diffusion of the reactant and isomer products inside the catalyst.