Cairns food & wine day tour - Food Trail Tours

Activity/Tour

A full day of sightseeing, to the Cairns Highlands with Food Trail Tours is a day away from the crowds, exploring local food, wine, farms and producers of North Queensland. With tropical fruit wineries, macadamia and coffee plantations, and cheeses there is something for everyone.

You will experience interactive farm tours, meet locals and taste different local foods at every stop. Visiting, small family farms and mingling with the owners and family members who work the business, provides a wonderful change of pace, and amazing insights into Australian life.

Sightseeing includes dry topical savannah, and wet tropics rainforest. Stops include Lake Barrine, 1000 year old Kauri pines and a 500 year old Cathedral Fig.

Typical Day

- Coffee plantation tour and tasting
- Morning tea featuring local banana bread
- Tastings at deBrueys tropical fruit winery
- Macadamia plantation tour and tastings
- Tropical seafood lunch alternative available
- Hear about cheese making, at a local dairy
- Taste cheeses at the cheese and chocolate factory
- Wild Mountain Cellars wine tasting
- 1100 year old Kauri Pine Trees
- Lake Barrine - a volcanic crater lake
- Afternoon Devonshire tea, overlooking the lake
- Stare in awe at the 700 year old Cathedral Fig Tree

Age range, type of group

Suitable for singles, couples and families

Sleeping and meals

All meals, tastings and farm tours are included.
Accommodation transfers are provided from Cairns and the beaches. (excludes Port Douglas)

Restrictions

By law, those under 18 years, cannot be served alcohol.

Rates

Rates to 31 March 2009

Adult $ 154.00 AUD
Child $ 77.00 AUD (4 to 14 years of age)

Infant $ FREE (0-3 years) (food not included)
Infants will need a seating allocation

Other Information

A $2.00 fuel levy may apply, payable on check in, and subject to change without notice.

Tours are available Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday.

Tours are not available 24 - 26 Dec. 25 April, or Good Friday.