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Atherton Tablelands Local Food and Drink Tour

from A$265
10 hours
Cairns
All Ages (18+)

Spend about nine hours tasting your way across the Atherton Tablelands from Cairns with a small group of adults. Breakfast at Lake Barrine, a home tasting with Winter and Mann in Yungaburra, lunch at Shaylee Strawberry Farm and spirits at Mt Uncle Distillery, finishing with ice cream at Emerald Creek.

  • A man stands and smiles while sharing stories from a Local Food Tour with five seated people around a turquoise table laid for a meal in a colourful room.
  • Bottles of wine and fruit liqueur are displayed outdoors on a metal table, with yellow flowers and green leafy plants in the background—a picturesque scene reminiscent of an Atherton Tablelands local food tour.
  • A wooden board with crackers, assorted cheeses, sliced meats, figs, plums, and bowls of jams, chutneys, and dipping sauces arranged neatly around the edges—perfect for savouring the flavours of Atherton Tablelands local food after a Drink Tour.
  • Plates with cooked crawfish and grilled meat kebabs beside a bottle of beer and a glass, set on an outdoor table by the water, showcase the rich flavours of local food enjoyed during an Atherton Tablelands drink tour.
  • A panoramic view of rolling green hills dotted with trees, fields, and a distant farmhouse under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds—just the kind of serene landscape you might enjoy whilst exploring the Atherton Tablelands on a local food tour.
  • A plate with fruit, banana, and vegetables sits on a counter surrounded by packaged snacks, sauces, and other assorted food items on shelves—capturing the vibrant bounty you might discover on an Atherton Tablelands Local Food Tour.
  • A large, green-roofed building with open patios stands by a calm, green river in the heart of the Atherton Tablelands, surrounded by lush tropical trees and plants under a partly cloudy sky.
  • A man stands and smiles while sharing stories from a Local Food Tour with five seated people around a turquoise table laid for a meal in a colourful room.
  • Bottles of wine and fruit liqueur are displayed outdoors on a metal table, with yellow flowers and green leafy plants in the background—a picturesque scene reminiscent of an Atherton Tablelands local food tour.
  • A wooden board with crackers, assorted cheeses, sliced meats, figs, plums, and bowls of jams, chutneys, and dipping sauces arranged neatly around the edges—perfect for savouring the flavours of Atherton Tablelands local food after a Drink Tour.
  • Plates with cooked crawfish and grilled meat kebabs beside a bottle of beer and a glass, set on an outdoor table by the water, showcase the rich flavours of local food enjoyed during an Atherton Tablelands drink tour.
  • A panoramic view of rolling green hills dotted with trees, fields, and a distant farmhouse under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds—just the kind of serene landscape you might enjoy whilst exploring the Atherton Tablelands on a local food tour.
  • A plate with fruit, banana, and vegetables sits on a counter surrounded by packaged snacks, sauces, and other assorted food items on shelves—capturing the vibrant bounty you might discover on an Atherton Tablelands Local Food Tour.
  • A large, green-roofed building with open patios stands by a calm, green river in the heart of the Atherton Tablelands, surrounded by lush tropical trees and plants under a partly cloudy sky.

Quick read before you book.

  • Start the day beside a crater lake more than 10,000 years old
  • Taste with the makers inside their own Yungaburra home
  • Pick your own strawberries from June to October
  • A chance to spot a wild platypus at the Curtain Fig Tree
  • Small group day with an eco certified local operator

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Included in this tour.

  • Breakfast at Lake Barrine with locally sourced tea or coffee
  • Produce tasting with Winter and Mann in Yungaburra
  • Lunch at Shaylee Strawberry Farm with strawberry jam, gelato and strawberry wine tastings
  • Cheese and chocolate tasting at Gallo Dairyland
  • Whisky, gin and rum tasting at Mt Uncle Distillery
  • Tropical fruit, nut and jam tasting at The Humpy
  • Ice cream and sorbet tasting at Emerald Creek Ice Creamery
  • Transport from and back to Cairns and the Northern Beaches

Commonly asked questions.

The tour departs from Cairns and the Northern Beaches and returns there at the end of the day, which runs for about nine hours.

You taste with the producers themselves, from a home tasting with Winter and Mann in Yungaburra to lunch on a strawberry farm and spirits at North Queensland's first distillery. If you are working out how to fit it into your trip, our guide to how many days to spend in Cairns can help.

No, this is an adults tour and children are not catered for.

Vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options are available. Please tell the team about any serious allergies before the tour, otherwise an extra fee may apply for a freshly prepared meal.

The Curtain Fig Tree stop gives you a chance, but platypus sightings are never guaranteed. For a day focused on wildlife, the Atherton Tablelands Nature and Wildlife Tour spends more time looking.

The tour needs at least six guests to run. If that is not met, you will be offered a different date or a full refund.

You need to be able to get on and off the bus with minimal help, and mobility scooters cannot be carried. Contact the team before booking so they can help plan a comfortable day.

More about this tour.

Brett's Outback Tasting Adventure from Cairns starts the way a Tablelands local would, with breakfast overlooking Lake Barrine, a crater lake formed more than 10,000 years ago, and locally sourced tea or coffee in hand. From there it is about nine hours of small producers, volcanic farmland and plenty of tasting, departing from Cairns and the Northern Beaches with a group of adults.In Yungaburra, Anna and Stu of Winter and Mann welcome you into their home for an intimate tasting of locally sourced produce. After a quick stop at the Curtain Fig Tree, where a platypus sometimes surfaces, lunch is a relaxed affair at Shaylee Strawberry Farm, with house made strawberry jam, gelato and strawberry wines on the table. Between June and October you can pick your own strawberries too.The afternoon brings handcrafted cheese and homemade chocolate at Gallo Dairyland's 1,000 acre dairy farm, then whisky, gin and rum at Mt Uncle Distillery, North Queensland's first. The Humpy lays out seasonal tropical fruit, roasted macadamias and local peanuts, and a bowl of ice cream and sorbet at Emerald Creek Ice Creamery rounds out the day before the drive back to Cairns. Staying further north? The Port Douglas edition of this tasting tour takes a different route and finishes with tropical wines at The Platypus Hut.Explore the itinerary, check availability for your date, then book your seat.

Additional info.

  • Departs from Cairns and the Northern Beaches for a day of about nine hours.
  • This is an adults tour; children are not catered for.
  • Let the team know about serious food allergies before the tour.
  • Bring spending money if you want to take produce home.