cairns rainforest tours: Tropical Horizons
Tropical Horizons — Skyrail, Kuranda Train, Atherton Tablelands and Skybury Coffee Centre
Enjoy a fun and informative Cairns day tour visiting the quaint Kuranda Village high in the tropical rainforest of the McAllister Ranges and also touring the Northern section of the Cairns Atherton Tablelands or Highlands. Combine the Kuranda Scenic Train and or Skyrail and travel on one of the best value for money day tours in Cairns Tropical North Queensland. Beyond Kuranda village your day tour guide will show you the diversity of the landscapes of the Cairns Atherton Tablelands. Here you will see Mother Nature at her best showcasing natural beauty, contrasting scenery, and fertile farmlands that produce a wide range of horticultural and agricultural crops — such as coffee, macadamia nuts, exotic tropical fruits, peanuts, and tea plantations. Yum!
Kuranda Scenic Railway-Historic Train Journey
Your Cairns. day tour commences with the Scenic train to Kuranda, and if you like you can upgrade to the Gold Class option and experience train travel in real style! This Cairns train trip is just so spectacular you simply cannot miss it for anything! The history and the quaint old rattler is something you just have to experience. Deep gorges, cascading waterfalls at Barron Gorge, and an opportunity to stop off and take some photographs and learn how the railway tracks were cut deep into the mountains rock by hand by our brave pioneers.
Kuranda A Village In The Rainforest
Spend a leisurely forty five minutes or so in the culturally diverse Kuranda village combing the streets, markets and wildlife attractions before your day tour coach departs for the diverse fertile farmlands of the Atherton Tablelands. A region all the locals affectionately call our fruit-bowl. Learn about the contribution the Chinese and Italians made to this important Cairns region a long time ago and see what it is today and how it continues to supply some of our countries best produce to overseas markets all over the world, all year round.
Skybury Coffee Plantation – Atherton Tablelands
Skybury, the Australian Coffee Centre restaurant and showroom has been built with examples of prime hardwood local timbers and just to see the building itself is certainly worth the drive alone. These timbers take hundreds of years to grow and mature.
Skybury is said to be the oldest and largest coffee plantation in Australia but it is also well known as a major supplier of Sweet Red Papaya or Paw Paw and Lady Finger Bananas, two of Tropical North Queensland's favourite fruits — revel in the Coffee Indulgence Tour in the Coffee Centre and see just how coffee is roasted produced and join in on The Coffee Cupping Tour where you get to taste all different flavours and varieties of coffee. Enjoy tasting a lunch made from local produce in the elevated Plantation restaurant that overlooks the scenic sweeping countryside below. And to finish off don't miss the delectable frozen coffee ice-cream desserts and handmade chocolates that you can take home with you.
Granite Gorge and Australian Wildlife
Granite Gorge is a popular swimming hole for the locals to retreat to during the summer months to cool off in the fresh mountain rivers. It's also a place where some of Australia's cutest wildlife gathers to drink and refresh themselves as well and they have come to accept little treats from the daily visitors to their outback oasis. Hand feed the Mareeba Rock Wallaby, or take a swim in the rock pools, learn all about the powers of the magnetic Termite mounds. Your Cairns day tour then finishes off with a refreshing tropical fruit tasting at a roadside stall where you can stretch your legs and buy some fresh local produce before descending the Kuranda range on the famous Skyrail gondola.
Skyrail – Rainforest Cable Way
From the Skyrail gondola you can see the vast Australian country side around you whilst gliding over the treetops just like the native birds do. The building of Skyrail in itself is as amazing as the construction of the Kuranda Scenic railway and both of these attractions compliment each other perfectly. You can take some magnificent 360 degree photographs from the Skyrail and if you have a good camera and a clear day you can see all the way out to Green Island and some of the sandy coral cays that make up the Great Barrier Reef.
Gliding down the mountain side in the Skyrail cable car gondola is the perfect way to end your Cairns day tour of the Cairns Atherton Tablelands, Kuranda and Skybury Coffee Plantation.
The Tour Specialists Tip
If you love coffee and exotic tropical foods you will just love this Cairns day tour. Very well put together and highly informative. Suitable for all age groups apart from little children. It's a great way to see a whole lot more in one day and experience the Skyrail and Kuranda Train and the village of Kuranda in a day. Perfect if you are only in Cairns for a short stay
Christina — the tour specialists consultant
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