Darwin Gourmet Food Walking Tour

Enjoy a wide range of tasty exotic delicacies that are unique to Outback Australia. Your knowledgeable, experienced local guide takes you on an easy walking tour to 3 award-winning restaurants in 4 hours. Try over 12 gourmet tastes that may include Aboriginal bush foods and regional delicacies like crocodile, kangaroo, prawns, gold band snapper, exotic tropical fruits and vegetables, native spices and more. Dietary options are available. There’s a complimentary welcome drink of beer, wine, or spirits at the first restaurant, and standard soft drinks are included throughout. Learn about Darwin's multicultural history, Aboriginal culture, WWII bombing, architecture, horticulture and more. We also showcase Darwin’s fabulous, award-winning street art, much of it with futuristic augmented reality. And there’s lots to eat—we’ll fill you up, finishing with a tasty tropical dessert.

Meeting Point

Ruby Vietnamese Restaurant

48-50 Smith St, Darwin City NT 0800, Australia

48-50 Smith Street, beside Raintree Park, Darwin City. If the restaurant is open, we're probably starting your tour here, so come inside to meet your guide at our reserved table. If the restaurant is closed, your guide will meet you out front.

What's included:

• Guide commentary on Aboriginal art and contemporary history, WWII, architecture
• An experienced and knowledgeable local guide
• All non-alcoholic beverages including coffee and tea at all restaurants
• Emphasis on local ingredients and Aboriginal bush foods
• See Darwin’s celebrated giant street art come to life with futuristic augmented reality

Not included:

• Alcoholic beverages included only at the first restaurant

What to expect:

Duration: 4 hours

Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Here are the kinds of gourmet dishes you can expect on a typical tour. You’ll get to try at least 12 different dishes. Note our focus on NT-sourced produce or Aboriginal bush foods.
Paperbark-smoked Humpty Doo barramundi with roasted bush tomato salsa and local beer damper bruschetta
Gin-cured Spanish mackerel, radish, herbs, grapefruit, mango vinaigrette
Rum Jungle buffalo carpaccio with river mint salsa verde, pickled Spanish onion and taro
Green papaya salad
Berber spiced kangaroo with tomato jam
Whole char grilled snapper with cashew sauce
Char grilled beef in local betel leaf
Salt and pepper marinated crocodile
Garlic kai lan
Native pepperberry loaf with saltbush spiced dukkah
Kangaroo fillet, lemon myrtle, beetroot relish, yogurt mousse and dukkah crumb
Chargrilled NT banana prawns
Black rice brulee, pandan-infused custard with black rice, brown sugar crumble and sesame meringue
Mango vanilla bean cheesecake, rosella and strawberry gum coulis, toasted coconut

1 hour, 35 minutes

Darwin Street Art

Austin Lane, Darwin, 0800, Northern Territory

Austin Lane, West Lane and other areas: an unexpected surprise when wandering Darwin's city streets is the murals that adorn the walls of our laneways. Since 2017, the Darwin Street Art Festival has brought vibrancy and colour to the city's walls, with international, national and local artists contributing to the large-scale art gallery. We’ll have photo opportunities in Darwin's celebrated Austin Lane, home to giant street art paintings.

35 minutes

The Old Town Hall

13 Smith St, Darwin, 0800, Northern Territory

On Christmas Eve 1974, after almost a century enduring tropical conditions and 64 air raids during World War II, Darwin's Town Hall literally started crumbling during Cyclone Tracy. The heritage building—erected 14 years after European settlers arrived in the region in 1869—was damaged beyond repair by the natural disaster, as was much of the city. Some of our tours will have photo opportunities at this heritage-listed site, a testament to the destructive power of the cyclone that destroyed much of Darwin.

5 minutes

Darwin Waterfront Precinct

19B Kitchener Dr, Darwin City NT 0800, Australia

This is a great place to find gourmet food and drink, not to mention that it’s set on a beautiful lagoon on Darwin Harbour. Our tour is constantly changing and we feature different establishments on different days of the week. Waterfront restaurants on our tour can include Wharf One, Hot Tamale, Snapper Rocks, Chow, and others. Weather permitting, we’ll dine outside with a view of the harbour.

1 hour, 15 minutes