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A day of sightseeing, to the Cairns Highlands (Atherton Tablelands) is not complete without taking time to explore what food and wine the local producers have to offer in Tropical Australia. A day with Food Trail Tours, will do both.
With two tours including tropical fruit wines, macadamia and coffee plantations, as well as tropical fruits, cheeses, and chocolates, there is something for everyone. Experience interactive farm tours, meet locals and taste different foods at every stop. Visiting small family farms and being able to talk with the owners and family members, who work the business, provides a wonderful change of pace and amazing insights into Australian life.
Both Food Trail Tours take you off the beaten track and away from the crowds on these exclusive, small group tours. There are no souvenir shops, just excellent produce. There are two tours to choose from and it is rare to even see another coach all day.
Cairns
Queensland 4870 Australia
To make an enquiry or a booking contact:
Phone: 07 4032 0322
Email: atdw@foodtrailtours.com.au
Web: www.foodtrailtours.com.au
This product can also be booked through Sunlover Holidays:
Phone: 13 88 33
Email: slvhol@slholidays.com.au
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· Checkin Desk · Guide |
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Wine Tasting: Taste Tropical Fruit Wines, at the winery stop.
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· Fruit Picking |
The Mareeba Food Trail Tour departs from Cairns and travels to the amazingly different ""dry tropics"", of the Northern Cairns Highlands. You will be taken off the beaten track, away from the crowds to tour farms and taste their excellent, commercial produce.
Take a guided walk among tropical fruit trees. Visit Granite Gorge for morning tea and a unique wallaby feeding experience. Tour both macadamia and coffee plantations and taste the excellent produce. Dine on Barramundi and tropical fruits for lunch. Taste tropical fruit wines at DeBrueys Boutique Winery and finish the day with tropical fruit ice creams.
Visiting small family farms, and being able being able to interact with the owners who work these business, provides a wonderful change of pace and amazing insights into Australian life.
The ""dry tropics"" landscapes feature huge granite outcrops and sandy soils, stunted eucalypts, grevilleas and savannah grasses.
| Tour Duration: | 9 hours |
| Pickup Available: | Yes. All Cairns and Northern Beaches accommodation. |
Tour Departures:
Departures from 01 Apr 08 - 31 Mar 09
| Days/Dates | Departs | Returns |
| Monday | 8:00am | 5:00pm |
| Thursday | 8:00am | 5:00pm |
| Saturday | 8:00am | 5:00pm |
| The tour does not operate on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day or Good Friday. | ||
Tour Departs From:
· Cairns City and Northern Beaches Accommodation, Cairns
Tour Travels To:
· Tropical Fruit Trees
· Granite Gorge
· Wondaree Macadamias
· North Queensland Gold Coffee Plantation
· DeBruey's Boutique Tropical Fruit Winery
· Kuranda Home Made Ice-cream
Rates - All Year 2008/2009 *
Valid from 01 Apr 08 - 31 Mar 09
The tour does not operate on Christmas day, Good Friday, or Anzac Day- this is due to liquor licensing restrictions.
| Rate Type | Cost | Inclusions |
| 1 Adult | $139.00 | Tour - All Meals, All admissions. Valid on: Mon,Thurs,Sat. |
| Child aged 4-14 | $65.00 | Tour - All Meals, All admissions. |
| Child aged 0-3 | $0.00 | Tour and Admission. |
Other Information
Children: No people under 18 will be served alcoholic beverages. Children aged four to 14 travel at child rates and are catered for. Children under four travel free of charge but no food is provided.
Disabled: Folding wheelchairs can be carried subject to available space restriction. Client must occupy standard seat. Unsuitable for incapacitated people. No lifting equipment is available. For workplace health and safety reasons the operator does not permit staff to lift passengers.
The Highlander Tour departs from Cairns and firstly travels to the amazingly different ""dry tropics"" of the Northern Cairns Highlands. It then visits the ""wet tropics"" of the Central Cairns Highlands (Atherton Tablelands). You will be taken off the beaten track, away from the crowds, tour farms and taste their excellent, commercial produce.
Tour a coffee plantation and taste their excellent coffee in the roasting shed. Taste tropical fruit wines at DeBrueys Boutique Winery. Hear all about macadamia nuts on an interactive farm tour, with tastings. Dine on Barramundi and tropical fruits for lunch. Taste more topical fruit wines at Wild Mountain Cellars. Visit Gallo Dairyland for a Devonshire tea. Taste the cheeses and chocolates, view the cheese factory and see cows being milked. Finish the day with a visit to the amazing Curtain Fig Tree.
Visiting small family farms and being able being able to interact with the owners, who work these business, provides a wonderful change of pace and amazing insights into Australian life.
| Tour Duration: | 9 hours |
| Pickup Available: | Yes. All Cairns and Northern Beaches Accommodation. |
Tour Departures:
Departures from 01 Apr 08 - 31 Mar 09
| Days/Dates | Departs | Returns |
| Wednesday | 8:00am | 5:00pm |
| Friday | 8:00am | 5:00pm |
| Sunday | 8:00am | 5:00pm |
| The tour does not operate on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day or Good Friday. | ||
Tour Departs From:
· Cairns City and Northern Beaches Accommodation, Cairns
Tour Travels To:
· North Queensland Gold Coffee Plantation
· DeBruey's Boutique Winery
· Wondaree Macadamia Plantation
· Wild Mountain Cellars
· Gallo Dairyland
· Curtain Fig Tree
Rates - All Year 2008/2009 *
Valid from 01 Apr 08 - 31 Mar 09
| Rate Type | Cost | Inclusions |
| 1 Adult | $149.00 | Tour - All Meals, All admissions. Valid on: Wed,Fri,Sun. |
| Child aged 4-14 | $75.00 | Tour - All Meals, All admissions. |
| Child aged 0-3 | $0.00 | Tour and Admission. |
Other Information
Children: No people under 18 will be served alcoholic beverages. Children aged four to 14 travel at child rates and are catered for. Children under four travel free of charge but no food is provided.
Disabled: Folding wheelchairs can be carried subject to available space restriction. Client must occupy standard seat. Unsuitable for incapacitated people. No lifting equipment is available. For workplace health and safety reasons the operator does not permit staff to lift passengers.
* Any rates quoted are a guide only, please note that conditions may apply. This operator may have specials throughout the year. All prices are quoted in Australian dollars.
Children: No people under 18 will be served alcoholic beverages. Children aged four to 14 travel at child rates and are catered for. Children under four travel free of charge but no food is provided.
Disabled: Folding wheelchairs can be carried subject to available space restriction. Client must occupy standard seat. Unsuitable for incapacitated people. No lifting equipment is available. For workplace health and safety reasons the operator does not permit staff to lift passengers.
Miscellaneous:
Children aged zero to three years must be booked, as they occupy a seat. People under the age of 18 cannot, by law, be served alcohol.
Cancellation fee is at the operator's discretion. Cancellation due to verifiable illness will be no charge.
Pickup will be provided from all Cairns and Northern Beaches accommodation.
Type of clothing for the tour should be comfortable casual clothes, enclosed shoes such as sneakers, and a shady hat, also bring drinking water, camera and film, warm jacket (May to September), and sunscreen. Taxis may be used for transfers, cost is a Food Trail Tours expense. Food Trail Tours have membership with; Australian Tourism Export Council, Association of Tropical North Queensland Wineries Inc., Native Foods Association for Far North Queensland Incorporated.
Pickup / transfers will be provided from all Cairns and Northern Beaches accommodation.
Tour transfers from Cairns and Beaches accommodation are included.
Food Trail Tours reserve the right to change itineraries without notice, and will not be held responsible for failure to meet other schedules or for delays beyond control.
Proof of entitlement to a concession must be supplied for any concession rates.
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