From its world famous beaches, boutique shopping, bars and restaurants to National Parks and rolling green valleys of the Noosa Hinterland, this region is thriving with passionate, creative locals creating world class products. 

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Your culinary experience begins when your tour guide picks you up from your accommodation, briefs you on the day’s activities, gives you your gift bag and welcomes you aboard our air-conditioned vehicle.

Specialty coffee roasters Padre Coffee provide your morning caffeine fix with a coffee tasting selection of three coffees (espresso, flat white, batch brew). Don't drink coffee? No problem, they also have a premium selection of teas and hot chocolates. Then you have time to wander past the production area and view coffee roasting in progress, purchase a fresh blend, coffee making equipment or some of their funky merchandise before heading to your next destination.

One of the Sunshine Coast’s most popular attractions, The Ginger Factory has been delighting visitors for over 40 years.  It is the world’s largest operating ginger factory and produces a large range of delicious ginger drinks, sweets, spreads and foods.

Here you’ll take a guided tour around the Buderim Ginger Factory,  see how ginger is grown, harvested and turned into a delicious range of products. Finish the tour with a tasting and have time to their explore the Ginger Shop, café, ice creamery and lush sub-tropical gardens.

Next stop is Nutworks. From its humble beginnings in 1993 when four Sunshine Coast macadamia growers joined forces to grow Australia’s best macadamia’s to present day, where they source nuts from over 80 Australian macadamia farms and export to 14 countries across the world, this hidden gem is well worth a visit.

Here you’ll see the production process, taste test some freshly coated chocolate macadamia’s and pick up some delicious locally made souvenirs.

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Your last stop is Noosa Chocolate Factory. Established in 2009 and specialising in contract panning (chocolate coating) their handcrafted chocolates are made onsite from scratch and are 100% palm oil free. They offer a wide selection single origin, single plantation & blended slabs along with chocolate coated freeze-dried strawberries, macadamias, sultanas, nuts and more.

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Take some time here to view the production team as they create their delicious products, wander around the store, sample the product and purchase a little something for later.