Forage for an Outback Gourmet Feast & Sightseeing

Minimum 4 guests or we can arrange a private tour. Dates are flexible.

This fully-guided full day tour transports you to Darwin’s rural area, home to some of the Top End's best large tropical gardens. We have exclusive access to private gardens featuring Australian native and non-native plants, bromeliads, exotic tropical fruit trees, herbs, orchids, palms, bamboo, caladiums, culinary plants, water plants, medicinal and edible flowers and plants and their uses, crotons, cordylines, and far more. We’ll linger to enjoy a delicious morning break that features coffee and tea with traditional bush flavours. And join us in tasting exotic fruit in season, right off the tree, when available. 

Inclusions:

·       Luxury transport door to door

·       Journey into the heart of Darwin’s dynamic rural area, past mango, jackfruit, and other tropical fruit plantations

·       Knowledgeable guide talks about a wide variety of local topics

·       Visit a large, mature, private tropical garden

·       Garden owner gives a tour and answer questions

·       Walk through ancient native bushland and learn about plants Aboriginal people used for food, medicine, tools, hunting and more

·       See a large variety of native and non-native plants

·       Gardener guides you in foraging for tropical fruit, vegetables and spices in season

·       Hand-harvest a range of ingredients from the garden

·       Relax with a rest break featuring iced drinks, tropical flavours, coffee and tea

·       An easy-walk at a slow pace, wheelchair accessible

·       Visit one of Darwin’s finest restaurants

·       An award-winning chef transforms your freshly-picked ingredients into a gourmet meal

·       Chat with the chef about the ingredients and their preparation

·       Savour courses which may include crocodile, kangaroo, buffalo, barramundi, tiger prawns

·       All alcohol, cocktails and other drinks

·       Dietary preferences catered for

·       View Darwin City’s highlights on a sightseeing drive

·       Hear guide commentary about traditional and contemporary Aboriginal culture, settlement, general history, WWII, architecture, horticulture and more

What’s in the garden to eat?
It depends on the season, but generally:

Fruit

Avocado

Banana

Brazilian cherry

Barbados cherry

Cashew Tree

Calamansi

Custard apple

Cumquat

Guava

Hog Fruit

Jackfruit

Lime

Mulberry

Native red bush apple

Passionfruit

Pink grapefruit

Peanut butter tree

Pineapple

Papaya

Tamarind

Water apple

Herbs and Spices

Chilli (black and birdseye)

Cinnamon

Curry leaf

French tarragon

Galangal

Garlic chives

Ginger

Kaffir lime

Lemon grass

Pandan

Sawtooth coriander

Spring onion

Sweet basil

Thai basil

Turmeric

Vietnamese mint

Native paperbark

Leafy Greens and Vegetables
Brazilian spinach

Kang kong

Sweet leaf

Snake beans

Winged beans

Asian eggplant

Sweet potato

Okra

Pink torch ginger

Water lilies

Medicinal and Edible Flowers

Aloe vera

Amaranth

Bougainvillea

Hibiscus (red, white, apricot)

Marigolds

Climbing roses

Sweet and Thai basil