Top Palm Cove Art & Culture

A spectacular Aboriginal cultural journey on the traditional lands of the Kuku Yalanji people where you will discover both natural beauty and ancient culture. Come and explore the lush tropical rainforest, mangrove & mudflats of Tropical Queensland. Join a Kubirri Warra clan member on an authentic coastal adventure across the beach, mudflats, and mangroves of their ancestral fishing grounds. Learn about traditional bush medicines and foods and try your hand at throwing a traditional fishing spear! Stroll along trails and elevated boardwalks through the World Heritage Listed rainforest as your driver guide shares stories and insights. Afterwards enjoy a delicious lunch infused with bush flavours served in the Mayi Café. Explore how Dreamtime stories about animals, the environment, and language are expressed through cultural art. Binna will personally guide you through his painting techniques as you create your own small canvas to take home.

We are Ecotourism Australia certified supporting Goondoi Culture Tours in their commitment in conservation of the lands and Great Barrier Reef. Working together for a sustainable future for the community, culture and country. Your guides are experienced with a deep passion and diverse scope of knowledge in history, the wet tropics rainforest and culture. This is a tour for people wanting an immersive experience to disconnect from their life and engage in a day exploring the wet tropics rainforest and learning about Australia's first people and their culture.

Get ready for a day filled with natural wonders, cultural discovery and great food as you embark on a guided Waterfall, Wetlands and Kuranda Scenic Rail adventure from Cairns! Embrace the tranquility of Cattana Wetlands as you meander through the enchanting feather palm forest and past reflective Jabiru Lake, on a driver-guided walk. Immerse yourself in the wonders of nature as you witness the awe-inspiring Barron Falls, guided by a Djabugay cultural ranger who will share knowledge on this Make Travel Matter® experience. Indulge in a tasty lunch, coffee and coffee liqueur tasting at Skybury Coffee plantation and delight your tastebuds again, at Emerald Creek Ice Creamery where you can savour the most heavenly locally produced ice cream creations. To complete your day board the historic Kuranda Scenic Rail. Pass through 15 tunnels, over 37 bridges and past cascading waterfalls, as you wind through the stunning Barron Gorge National Park.

Sunday is market day in Port Douglas, and the lively seafront markets draw shoppers from all along the coast. With this tour, enjoy round-trip transport from Cairns, stopping along the way to take in the views from Flagstaff Hill and Rex Lookout, and browse Rusty’s Market in Cairns. At Port Douglas, enjoy plenty of time to shop for hand-made crafts, artisan goods, and unique souvenirs, then perhaps visit the Palm Cove Markets or Holloways Beach Markets on the way back.

Enjoy a leisurely stroll through the lush surroundings of the Cairns Botanic Gardens with a knowledgeable mushroom guide and professional photographer. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe and shoot some of the most stunning and colorful mushrooms in the world.

Combine nature, culture, and food in one seamless day on an adventure from Cairns. Enjoy guided walks through the Cattana Wetlands, a Djabugay cultural ranger–led visit to Barron Falls, lunch and tastings of coffee and liqueur at Australia's oldest coffee plantation, as well as an unforgettable Skyrail Rainforest Cableway journey over World Heritage–listed rainforest.

This tour is so much more than a tasting tour! A full day exploring this diverse region heading west of Cairns is a plateau rising from 400 metres to 1200 metres above sea level on the Great Dividing Range, the Atherton Tablelands. Offering a full comprehensive guided tour visiting ten different locations in one day. We offer an interactive tour with wildlife, nature, history, culture and food. Our guide's experience and knowledge within the Wet Tropics Region deliver interesting and fascinating facts on tour. The tours are personable and intimate enhancing every traveler's experience. Visiting a number of National Parks, local produces, a nature park, and waterfalls while traversing across some of the most scenic natural landscapes in Far North Queensland. We travel in a comfortable modern Toyota Hiace. Please be sure to specify any special requirements for mobility and dietary as we will always do our best to accommodate all our passengers.

While it doesn’t take long to get from Port Douglas to the wilderness of the Daintree and Mosman Gorge, effectively exploring the area can be difficult on your own. Take a small-group tour, though, and you can cruise along the Daintree River, keeping an eye out for crocodiles, and learn about the flora, fauna, and cultural history of the rainforest from your driver-guide.

Explore Tropical Northern Queensland's Paronella Park with ease on this small-group tour from Cairns that includes dinner. Head first for the stunning Babinda Boulders for a guided rainforest walk or swim, then continue to Etty Bay, home to the southern cassowary. After a guided tour of Paronella Park, you have plenty of time to explore independently before dinner at a local hotel.