DESCRIPTION
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
