Cairns Gourmet Food and Wine Experience

This Multi Award winning boutique food and wine experience from Cairns will be tasting some of the best food and wine that the Atherton Tablelands has to offer. First stop is at Lake Barrine for a delicious breakfast overlooking the crater lake surrounded by lush rainforest, then to Nerada Tea Plantation for unique tea and local cheeses and Tree Kangaroo spotting. Lunch at the Platypus Park to watch them play and try Kangaroo, Crocodile and other delicacies followed by Tropical fruit wine and liqueur tastings!! Visit a working dairy farm and sample their chocolates, stop in for seasonal fruit tasting and Macadamia nuts. Then a tipple or 2 at Mt Uncle distillery, and last stop of the day at Jaques Coffee Plantation for coffee and tea tastings with some delicious scones jam and cream. You will be taken through a variety of contrasting landscapes, relax as we taste our way around the regions 'Food Bowl.' 7 Unique gourmet Stops! The maximum participants for this tour is 18.

What's included:

• Hotel pickup and drop-off
• Wine tasting
• Driver/guide
• Live commentary on board
• Transport by air-conditioned minivan
• Food tasting

Not included:

• Food and drinks, unless specified

What to expect:

Duration: 10 hours

Cairns

Cairns QLD, Australia

A fantastic food and wine tasting adventure exploring the Atherton Tablelands, eat and drink all day long, meet the local characters and producers along the way.

Lake Barrine

Yungaburra, Queensland

Here we overlook the stunning natural crater lake surrounded by lush rainforest. We enjoy a delicious breakfast of local produce and local coffee and tea in the original Victorian Tea house.

30 minutes

Yungaburra

Yungaburra, Queensland

Winter & Mann Private Property
Here we taste an array of locally made and sourced produce at their beautiful Queenslander home with your host Anna explaining where everything is from and grown or made.
Then we visit their gorgeous store where community, sustainability, and family values seamlessly meld. The ethos revolves around championing the local community by partnering with over 140 remarkable businesses in North Queensland.
If you want to purchase any of the goodies you have just tasted you aren't just purchasing products; you are actively participating in making a positive impact on the lives of hardworking individuals and families rooted in the Far North Queensland community.

45 minutes

The Australian Platypus Park at Tarzali Lakes

912 Millaa Millaa-Malanda Rd, Minbun, Malanda, 4885, Queensland

Australian Platypus Park at Tarzali Lakes
These wonderful creatures can be found in a spring fed pond, we take a wonder down to see them in this magnificent setting then sit down to a unique lunch. The lunch is produced onsite using their smoked products and include Crocodile, Red Claw (Yabby) Kangaroo, Smoked chicken and smoked Spanish Mackerel, the a choice of Platypus boutique beer or Dragon Fruit cider and a Lemon Myrtle tea.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Gallo Dairyland

9 E Barron Rd, East Barron QLD 4883, Australia

We now head towards the historic village of Atherton. Driving through this thriving hub, a patchwork of amazing farmland and rolling green hills appear before us. We are on our way to a fully operational dairy farm spread across 1000 acres of rich red volcanic soil with delicious handcrafted chocolates and a gourmet cheese factory.

30 minutes

Humpy Nut World

Kennedy Highway, Atherton, Queensland

Stop at ‘The Humpy’, the best place to go to for freshly harvested Atherton Tablelands produce straight from the growers. From vegetables to tropical fruits and hundreds of different varieties of nuts, dried fruits locally produced jams and sauces. Taste some seasonal fruits and many different flavours of hot local peanuts and macadamia nuts.

10 minutes

Mt. Uncle Distillery

1819 Chewko Road, Walkamin, , Cairns, 4872, Queensland

Here we stop for a tasting of some award winning spirits and enjoy the beautiful gardens and friendly animals.

15 minutes

Emerald Creek Ice-Creamery

3946 Kennedy Hwy, Mareeba QLD 4880, Australia

If Jaques Coffee plantation is closed we will stop here for a cup of Jaques local coffee, scones with local jam and cream and a taste of some unique flavours of ice cream and sorbet

30 minutes