Tropical Garden Tour: Explore Darwin's Flora and Culture

Explore private tropical gardens, taste fresh fruit, and learn Aboriginal plant uses on a flexible 5-hour tour in Darwin. Wheelchair accessible and relaxing.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Top End Visitor Information Centre - Top End Visitor Information Centre, 6 Bennett Street, Darwin City
    This is Darwin’s primary Visitor Information Centre, the main hub for tourist information in the Top End. Unless a different pick-up location has been requested, we will meet here. Your guide will greet you either inside or in front of the Visitor Information Centre.
    Tourism Top End Visitor Information Centre is located in Darwin city, offering personalized visitor services and a wide range of brochures, booklets, maps, and timetables.
    Their team consists of passionate and dedicated individuals committed to delivering excellent customer service to all visitors. They provide free, up-to-date, and knowledgeable information; create customized itineraries to suit any budget and time frame, and help take all the hard work out of planning a trip to the Top End.

  • Darwin - This guided 5-hour tour transports you by private vehicle to Darwin’s rural area, home to some of Australia’s finest large tropical gardens. Enjoy a stroll through a native old-growth forest and learn about plants Aboriginal people used for food, medicine, tools, hunting, and more. Featuring native plants, bromeliads, exotic tropical fruit trees, herbs, orchids, palms, bamboo, caladiums, culinary plants, water plants, medicinal and edible flowers and plants, crotons, cordylines, and much more. We’ll take short breaks with cold drinks and tropical fruit with local flavors. Join us in tasting fruit right off the tree when in season. Includes a sightseeing drive to take in Darwin City’s highlights.

What's Included
  • Experienced and knowledgeable local guide
  • Snacks
  • All non-alcoholic beverages
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Full meal
Additional Information

• The tour start time is adaptable to fit your schedule
• This 5-hour tour explores 2 expansive private tropical gardens
• Garden owners provide guided tours, sharing insights and answering questions
• Stroll through ancient native bushland and discover plants used by Aboriginal people for food, medicine, tools, hunting, and more
• Observe a wide range of native and exotic plants in extensive, mature gardens
• Savor fresh tropical fruit in season
• Unwind with 2 rest breaks offering iced drinks, tropical flavors, coffee, and tea
• Enjoy an easy, slow-paced walk, accessible for wheelchairs
• Option to cool off in a private pool
• Travel on modern roads into Darwin’s vibrant rural area, passing mango and other tropical fruit plantations
• Experience Darwin City’s highlights on a sightseeing drive
• Listen to guide commentary on traditional and contemporary Aboriginal culture, settlement, general history, WWII, architecture, horticulture, and more

  • Please tell us if you have any medical condition that may affect your ability to attend the tour.
Location
Top End Visitor Information Centre
Bennett Street
Our Guide will meet you inside or in front of the Visitor Centre.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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