The Atherton Tablelands is one of Australia's most unusual wine regions — a tropical highland plateau ninety minutes inland from Cairns, perched at six hundred to nine hundred metres elevation. Cool nights, warm tropical days, and ancient volcanic soils give Tablelands wines a character you simply don't find in cooler-climate southern regions: full-bodied volcanic-soil reds, crisp aromatic whites, and a small but distinctive range of tropical-fruit wines from mangoes and lychees.
Cooee Wine Tours has been running Cairns-departure wine tours into the Tablelands as part of our broader Queensland wine programme. The Atherton Tablelands sits alongside the Granite Belt, South Burnett, Scenic Rim, Mount Tamborine and urban Brisbane regions in our four-spoke Queensland wine cluster. Whichever Queensland city you're departing from, there's a Cooee wine tour into the closest hinterland region.
The drive itself is half the experience. The Gillies Range climb out of Cairns delivers some of tropical north Queensland's best mountain scenery — World Heritage rainforest, ribbon waterfalls, and the sudden transition from coastal humidity to the cool plateau where the cellar doors and coffee plantations sit. The temperature drops five to ten degrees as you climb. You can spend the whole day in light layers and not regret it.
Full Day · 9hr
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