Aboriginal Cultural Rainforest Dining Experience
Available dates
Highlights
- Candle lit forest environment
- Seven dish banquet
- Learn about the aboriginal culture
- Departs from Cairns
Be transported into a world beyond your imagination so relaxing and uplifting for your soul you will never want to leave. Enjoy a gastronomic, seven dish adventure as you you learn about the remarkable aboriginal culture as two brothers share their enchanting stories.
What's Included?
- Pre dinner hors d'oeuvres and sparkling wine
- Seven dish plattered banquet
- Sparkling, red & white wines, beer, soft drinks & tea and coffee
- Return coach transfers from Cairns Palm Cove or Northern Beaches
- Aboriginal cultural performance featuring didgeridoo, singing & story telling
Enjoy sparkling wine and canapés whilst surrounded by ancient rainforest… Be beckoned further and experience a magnificent, seven dish, tropical banquet accompanied by Australian wines and beer. This evening features two local Aboriginal brothers sharing their remarkable culture with you during the evening, featuring a cultural background, story telling, didgeridoo playing and song. The rainforest is the natural, authentic backdrop for this spiritual and mystical culture, a performance unique to this region, where you will learn about the timeless oral traditions spanning back over 40,000 years.
Sample Menu Entrée
- Trio of dips - roasted eggplant with red pepper, feta & fresh herbs, basil pesto with freshly baked bread
Banquet
- Fresh local Tiger prawns served with a crisp vegetable & sprout salad and a chilli & lime dressing
- Lemon myrtle infused kangaroo loin on a bed of wild rocket & toasted macadamia nuts
- Pan fried reef fish with seasonal greens and coconut and kafir lime broth
- Jungle spiced chicken breast with date and fire roasted red pepper cous cous and mint and bush lime yoghurt
- Black Angus sirloin on a kipfler potato & green bean salad with confit cherry tomatoes and a red wine jus
To Finish
- Traditional pavlova with tropical fruits and vanilla bean chantilly
Session Length
- This experience begins at 7.30pm and finishes at 10.30pm
- Pick up times will be advised by the provider
- Available every Tuesday and Thursday except 25 and 26 December, and 1 January
Guidelines
- Minimum age is 6 years old
- Menu is subject to seasonal change and at the chef's discretion
- This experience is able to accommodate special dietary requirements. Please advise of these requirements in advance
Cancellation
Once this experience has been confirmed, changes are at the discretion of the experience provider and arranged directly with them according to this policy:
Rescheduling
- Over 2 weeks prior to the experience date: No charge
- 48 hours to up to 2 weeks prior to the experience date: $50 per person participant fee to change the experience date and time
- Within 48 hours of the experience date, No Shows and Late Arrivals: Participants forfeit their experience and therefore are not entitled to a refund or to re-book. Participants are advised to make their own insurance provisions in case of unforeseen circumstances
Numbers on the Day
This experience is for one person however there may be up to 60 guests at the dinner. Rectangular tables of ten are always set so guests join other travellers over dinner.
Weather
The evening is conducted undercover. In the event of adverse weather the supplier may have to alter the running times and venues. The evening will remain as close to the promoted event as possible without compromising guests' comfort and safety.
Dress Code
Bring along a jacket in cooler months, flat comfortable shoes, an umbrella (it is sheltered in case of rain but you may need it for the walk), your imagination and insect repellent.
This experience takes place in Port Douglas, Tropical North QLD. All guests are collected from their hotel in Cairns, Palm Cove or Northern Beaches by coach and returned at the end of the event.