Your guide is professional, and a local making this an insider's private tour.Leaving Cairns, experience freedom and flexibility, visit ancient World Heritage-Listed rainforests and waterfalls. This tour has the balance of keeping to a personal pace, with your experienced guide as he explains the diversity and history of this ancient land in a fun and friendly way. No boredom of scripted lectures from a pushy hired guide.Picture native tropical fauna and flora in their natural environment. Breath in the fresh mountain air, refresh with a quick swim or soak up the spray from one of the many waterfalls you'll visit. be left in awe at the timeless beauty of this natural paradise. Inclusive of morning tea, lunch chilled bottled water, and more.Expect to photograph, experience and encounter these things : • Extinct Volcanic Crater Lakes 100s of feet deep and miles wide. • Travel to over 3000 feet above sea level, to view and photograph the contrasting ancient landscape of the shady green world heritage listed Mabi rain forests, deep green rolling dairy pastures, and valley gorges, of the basalt layered fertile red soils within this unique elevated temperate wet tropical area of Far North Queensland. • Learn about the Indigenous and bygone era of the pioneering history of this unique area from your local expert guide. • Photograph and learn of rare and endangered world heritage listed plant species including some giant trees over 1000 yrs old. • Observe unique and endangered native fauna in their natural environment such as the rare tree kangaroo, cassowary, platypus and hundreds of species of colorful songbirds. • Optional swim in one of the many cool refreshing mountain water rivers and streams. • Feel the cool spray upon your face of the natural moist air from one of the many waterfalls we visit, formed many thousands of years ago from lava solidified in time. Waterfalls such as; Malanda, Millaa Millaa, Zillie, Ellinjaa and more. • Enjoy local homemade cuisine (prepared especially according to your dietary requirements). • Experience the pleasure of not being rushed as we customize your tour to suit your individual needs, as a group or a family. • While in the bus, enjoy temperature controlled conditioned comfort between destinations. • Pick up and return to your hotel accommodation.
Private Tour: Tropical Rainforest And Waterfalls Day Trip From Cairns
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Tour Information
Key Details
- Mobile Voucher Accepted
- Hotel pickup Available
- Duration: 9 Hrs
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Language:
English
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Departure Time :
07:30 AM Times are subject to change due to local traffic conditions.Tour departs within walking distance of the cruise portHotel pickups commence prior to this time, you must contact the local servic.. read more
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Return Details :
• Comfortable walking shoes are recommended • Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there is not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event.. read more
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Cancellation Policy : This activity is non-refundable Tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.
Overview
Choose this private tour for you and 6 friends with all entrance fees, hotel pickup and drop-off and lunch included. On this private family friendly day trip through the tropical rainforest you'll see native wildlife in their natural environment, visit the best waterfalls in the mountains, be guided through the cool mountain rainforests with an informative, fun and friendly professional guide.Know More about this tour
Itinerary:
Your guide is professional, and a local making this an insider's private tour. Leaving Cairns, experience freedom and flexibility, visit ancient World Heritage-Listed rainforests and waterfalls. This tour has the balance of keeping to a personal pace, with your experienced guide as he explains the diversity and history of this ancient land in a fun and friendly way. No boredom of scripted lectures from a pushy hired guide. Picture native tropical fauna and flora in their natural environment. Breath in the fresh mountain air, refresh with a quick swim or soak up the spray from one of the many waterfalls you'll visit. be left in awe at the timeless beauty of this natural paradise. Inclusive of morning tea, lunch chilled bottled water, and more. Expect to photograph, experience and encounter these things : • Extinct Volcanic Crater Lakes 100s of feet deep and miles wide. • Travel to over 3000 feet above sea level, to view and photograph the contrasting ancient landscape of the shady green world heritage listed Mabi rain forests, deep green rolling dairy pastures, and valley gorges, of the basalt layered fertile red soils within this unique elevated temperate wet tropical area of Far North Queensland. • Learn about the Indigenous and bygone era of the pioneering history of this unique area from your local expert guide. • Photograph and learn of rare and endangered world heritage listed plant species including some giant trees over 1000 yrs old. • Observe unique and endangered native fauna in their natural environment such as the rare tree kangaroo, cassowary, platypus and hundreds of species of colorful songbirds. • Optional swim in one of the many cool refreshing mountain water rivers and streams. • Feel the cool spray upon your face of the natural moist air from one of the many waterfalls we visit, formed many thousands of years ago from lava solidified in time. Waterfalls such as; Malanda, Millaa Millaa, Zillie, Ellinjaa and more. • Enjoy local homemade cuisine (prepared especially according to your dietary requirements). • Experience the pleasure of not being rushed as we customize your tour to suit your individual needs, as a group or a family. • While in the bus, enjoy temperature controlled conditioned comfort between destinations. • Pick up and return to your hotel accommodation.
Inclusions
- Lunch (at own expense)
- Local guide
- National Park fees
- Live commentary on board
- Morning tea (at own expense)
- Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide first aid trained
Exclusions
- Food and drinks are included in your tour but must be purchased at your own expense.
- Souvenirs (available to purchase)
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Minimum drinking age is 18 years
At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
Refunds will not be issued if tour/activity is missed due to late or non-arrival of cruise ship
Traveler Reviews
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We had an amazing one-day tour of the Tablelands with our guide, Darrin. Such a friendly, helpful and knowledgeable bloke: we had a fantastic time. We saw so much in one day - amazing value for money. Darrin was happy to tailor the tour to include what we wanted to see, and to fit around the somewhat unpredictable weather conditions! Would strongly recommend to anyone who is going to be visiting Cairns and would like to see some beautiful nature. Thanks again Darrin!
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A Perfect Guide. We had the best of our time at Cairns thanks to Darrin . He took care of smallest of the things to make our tour hassle free. He was there with us all along waiting with us in the queue making sure we don’t meet with any problem. Right from the booking he was very flexible with the itinerary and accommodated all my requests. Overall an Excellent hospitality. Highly recommended .
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My sister and I enjoyed three tours with Darrin as our driver. Every effort was made to ensure we had a great time - we are elderly and we’re shown lots of outstanding places that were suited to our abilities. Of course the weather was perfect that helped! On time, dressed well, cheerful conversation mixed with interesting facts.- awesome venues, some fabulous eateries. We’ve had a great time with no complaints except maybe not enough days sightseeing on our itinerary - thanks Darrin from Mon and Mary
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I think the headline says it all. Darrin was a great guide, extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastically passing his knowledge on to us. He definitely went the extra mile to make sure the trip was a success. As one of the highlights on our trip with Darrin we saw a cassowary less than 3 meters away by one of the trails leading to a waterfall If I am ever in Australia again, I would take another trip with Darrin
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Prior to the trip Darrin was eager and happy to answer all of our questions even after more than a few emails. 😬 On the day of our trip Darrin was on time (actually early) with a beautiful van and a big smile. After all of our emails back and forth it was like seeing an old friend and it got even better as the day went on. We headed out to Kuranda to see the falls, Koala Gardens, a coffee plantation and so much more along the way. Darrin gave us lots of history, local insight and lots of laughs. Our day with Darrin is something our family will never forget and when we head back to Carins there is only one person we will call. Do yourself a favor and stop looking for the right guide because you just found him.
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Darin showed us a great time and allowed us to modify the tour to suit our desires. There was a mix up about the lunch and he more than satisfied me. He defiantly went the extra mile. He is the only tour I will use in Cairns and strongly recommend that you do too.
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Set up an individualized tour with Darrin-I had read about Yunguburra Markets on line and wanted to go. He set this up and added beautiful scenic spots-falls,tree, lake, lookout. A very pleasant and informative, careful driver on the twisty Gillies highway. ok, his jokes aren't great (gotcha, Darrin!) but they're fine. He really is a very nice person to spend a day with-accommodating and professional at all times. Definitely book with this company!!
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Our guide was very knowledgeable and willing to add places to our adventure for the day. It took us for a lovely and delicious place for lunch. I would highly recommend using Darren to be your guide in Cairnes Or anywhere else along the coast.
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Our guide was very knowledgeable and willing to add places to our adventure for the day. It took us for a lovely and delicious place for lunch. I would highly recommend using Darren to be your guide in Cairnes Or anywhere else along the coast.
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This tour was amazing. Darrin with Tableland Tours was great. He picked up my entire family, had a clean and comfortable van for us, and took us to see everything we wanted. I highly recommend this tour!!!!! The waterfalls were beautiful and Darrin was one of the best guides we ever had.
