Taste of the Tropics Tour
Overview
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1 hour
Mobile ticket
Sarina Sugar Shed showcases the rich heritage of the sugar cane industry in the Mackay region. Your fully guided one-hour tour will take you on an interactive, educational and tasty journey of the Queensland sugar industry from paddock to plate. Taste award-winning liqueurs made in our on-site boutique distillery, as well as our gourmet range of sauces, chutney and relishes. Tastings also include our freshly-spun fairy floss and our own brewed non alcoholic ginger beer.
Additional Info
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
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
This is a one-hour fully guided tour. The tour starts with a welcome and introduction, followed by a short walk outdoors, past our sugar cane patch and historic machinery. Your guide will take you on a brief historic journey into the pioneering days of the sugar cane farmers in the Mackay region. Then it is back indoors, into our mill and distillery area, where your guide will take you through the process of extracting juice from fresh sugar cane. The tour finishes with tastings of our rum and fruit liqueur products, our chutneys, relishes and sauces, our non-alcoholic ginger beer, and our freshly-spun fairy floss.
What‘s Included
Local guide
Transportation to/from attractions
Gratuities
Options
Sugar Shed Tour
Daily Sugar Shed Tour: Available 9.30am, 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm. . Please check-in at least 15 minutes prior to departure. Tours leave on time.
Reviews
289 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Very enjoyable
Compass25073951520,May 4, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Pass the Sugar Shed many times and have now stopped to have a look. Pleasantly surprised and found the tour enlightening and informative. Staff very knowledgeable and friendly
Excellent tour
807margw,May 4, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great tour. Julie the tour guide was excellent giving a detailed commentary on sugar production. Highly recommend.
Sarina Sugar Shed
R2669QGsusanh,May 4, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great experience , informative and fun.Leanne our tour guide was knowledgeable ,humorous and engaging.We stayed for a delicious lunch after the tour.Would bring visiting family again.Well done Sarina Sugar Shed, a great advertisement for our region.
Sarina Sugar shed is a must do!
ScootersTours,Apr 29, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00If you are travelling through Sarina, this is a must do! Very informative about sugar production. Food and drink tasting were great; we left with a few items. Out tour guide Julie was excellent.
Great value & amazing facility
pamj742,Apr 16, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Amazing tour. I took my grandsons - aged 6 & 8 - and they loved it. Well worth the trip.
Great tour
deleezec,Apr 7, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Really great little tour, we are local but still learnt a lot. Products delicious!
Fantastic tour and tasting experience
annew848,Apr 6, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Fantastic sugar shed tour. Jessie was a fabulous host. Very knowledgeable and brilliant with guest of all ages (and those with additional needs). Excellent info about the cane and the process within the shed. The tasting experience is wonderful- as are all of the products. You can taste all the sauces/ condiments they make plus their ginger beer and Limecello, Coconut rum, Turkish delight rum, Butterscotch schnapps, coffee rum and the rum liqueur. To finish it all off you can watch fairy floss I made and get to try some. The cafe is great too! Perfect day out!
Best distillery tour l!
S8289XXbarbaraf,Mar 31, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The staff and our tour guide Carla were amazing. Loved everything about this tour. Very friendly and helpful. They went out of their way to make our visit from the USA be a fun one!
Great informativ tour
Travel24578074090,Dec 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I expected to see the factory, but the tour was very informativ and especially the mix of information and tastning and seeing small clips og how the production is. All in all a great tour. And the people is so nice
Absolute brilliant
Rebecca B,Oct 31, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Such a brilliant experience. Our tour guide - Millie - was very knowledgeable and so much fun. Had us all laughing so hard we forgot how hot and sweaty it was. Highly recommended
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