Historic Village Herberton Trip from Cairns with Granite Gorge
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Historic Village Herberton Trip from Cairns with Granite Gorge

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Depart from Cairns Central at 8.30am for a 1 hour drive to Paronella Park to view a Spanish castle. The castle was built in the 1930’s by a Spanish entrepreneur. It is alleged that the Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki is inspired by the castle to create his famous cartoon movie ‘Sky City’. Paronella Park is surrounded by lush, green tropical rainforest. It also has magnificent waterfalls and a spectacular boulevard, making you feel like you're in a fairy-tale. It is one of the three most popular wedding venues in Australia. In addition, there is an inspirational and motivational story about this park which you will hear about while there.

A guided tour has been arranged on the day, followed by free time and a light lunch. You will be spending approximately 2 hours in the park, which allows you to have plenty of time to enjoy the surroundings.

It takes about 1 hour before arriving at your second destination, the Atherton Tablelands. On the way, you will see the fascinating natural scenery. The landscape is like a beautiful pastoral painting, puffy white clouds against endless blue skies with cattle across the vast prairie and endless horizon.

You will arrive at Historical Village Herberton at around 1:30pm. It has received numerous awards and it’s recognized as Queensland’s most important open air museum as it maintains the original building bricks and historical relic from 19 centuries. The Historic Village Herberton collection currently features over 50 original out house buildings with intact interior displays, original machinery and vehicles, plus thousands of antique items and period memorabilia. 

A guided tour has been arranged on the day. You will have 2-hours’ free time to discover the history and enjoy your afternoon tea at the Bakerville Tearooms.

About 4pm, arrive at Granite Gorge Nature Park. This privately owned nature park (12km from Mareeba) occupies an alien landscape of humungous granite boulders, caves and turtle-inhabited swimming holes. There's wildlife galore, including possums, dingoes and quolls; the park's especially famous for the friendly rock wallabies that hop along the boulders. Granite Gorge is their natural habitat and this is the only place where you can feed the wallabies in the wild so not surprisingly, they are the first thing that most people go looking for when they arrive at the park.

You will be spending about 1 hour at the Granite Gorge Nature Park.

Depart from Granite Gorge Nature Park at 5pm. Travel to Cairns Central via Kuranda Range. Arrival time is about 6pm.
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Included
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • GST (Goods and Services Tax)
  • Entry/Admission - Paronella Park
  • Entry/Admission - Historic Village Herberton
  • Entry/Admission - Granite Gorge Nature Park
Not included
  • Food and drinks
Additional
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 7 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
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