4-Hour Outback Gourmet Food & Aboriginal Art Tour

Enjoy a wide range of tasty exotic delicacies that are unique to Outback Australia. Your knowledgeable, experienced local guide takes you on an easy walking tour to 3 award-winning restaurants in 4 hours. Try over 12 gourmet tastes that may include Aboriginal bush foods and regional delicacies like crocodile, kangaroo, prawns, gold band snapper, exotic tropical fruits and vegetables, native spices and more. Dietary options are available. There’s a complimentary welcome drink of beer, wine, or spirits at the first restaurant, and standard soft drinks are included throughout. Learn about Darwin’s multicultural history, Aboriginal culture, WWII bombing, architecture, horticulture and more. We also showcase Darwin’s fabulous, award-winning street art, much of it with futuristic augmented reality. And there’s lots to eat—we’ll fill you up, finishing with a tasty tropical dessert.

Here are the kinds of gourmet dishes you can expect on a typical tour. You’ll get to try at least 12 different dishes. Note our focus on NT-sourced produce or Aboriginal bush foods.

Paperbark-smoked Humpty Doo barramundi with roasted bush tomato salsa and local beer damper bruschetta
Gin-cured Spanish mackerel, radish, herbs, grapefruit, mango vinaigrette
Rum Jungle buffalo carpaccio with river mint salsa verde, pickled Spanish onion and taro
Green papaya salad
Berber spiced kangaroo with tomato jam
Whole char grilled snapper with cashew sauce
Char grilled beef in local betel leaf
Salt and pepper marinated crocodile
Garlic kai lan
Native pepperberry loaf with saltbush spiced dukkah
Kangaroo fillet, lemon myrtle, beetroot relish, yogurt mousse and dukkah crumb
Chargrilled NT banana prawns
Black rice brulee, pandan-infused custard with black rice, brown sugar crumble and sesame meringue
Mango vanilla bean cheesecake, rosella and strawberry gum coulis, toasted coconut

Austin Lane, West Lane and other areas: an unexpected surprise when wandering Darwin’s city streets is the murals that adorn the walls of our laneways. Since 2017, the Darwin Street Art Festival has brought vibrancy and colour to the city’s walls, with international, national and local artists contributing to the large-scale art gallery. We’ll have photo opportunities in Darwin’s celebrated Austin Lane, home to giant street art paintings.

On Christmas Eve 1974, after almost a century enduring tropical conditions and 64 air raids during World War II, Darwin’s Town Hall literally started crumbling during Cyclone Tracy. The heritage building—erected 14 years after European settlers arrived in the region in 1869—was damaged beyond repair by the natural disaster, as was much of the city. Some of our tours will have photo opportunities at this heritage-listed site, a testament to the destructive power of the cyclone that destroyed much of Darwin.

This is a great place to find gourmet food and drink, not to mention that it’s set on a beautiful lagoon on Darwin Harbour. Our tour is constantly changing and we feature different establishments on different days of the week. Waterfront restaurants on our tour can include Wharf One, Hot Tamale, Snapper Rocks, Chow, and others. Weather permitting, we’ll dine outside with a view of the harbour.

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Please tell us if you have any medical condition that may affect your ability to attend the tour.

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  Tour starts at Ruby Vietnamese: Your tour begins at Ruby Vietnamese Restaurant, 48-50 Smith Street, beside Raintree Park, Darwin City

• Guide commentary on Aboriginal art and contemporary history, WWII, architecture
• An experienced and knowledgeable local guide
• All non-alcoholic beverages including coffee and tea at all restaurants
• Emphasis on local ingredients and Aboriginal bush foods
• See Darwin’s celebrated giant street art come to life with futuristic augmented reality

• Alcoholic beverages included only at the first restaurant

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• This Tour is Provided by Darwin Gourmet Tours.
• Tour Timezone & Starts at Australia/Darwin.
• Mobile or paper ticket accepted.
• For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
• This Tour is Rated 4.5 Stars based on 88 valid reviews on VIATOR.
• Minimum 1 Travelers is required to book.
• Maximum 12 Travelers is accepted for booking.