Tropical Fruit World Farm Full Tour

This place is a true gem with an amazing story behind it—it’s clearly a great asset to the area. However, the actual experience was quite stressful. The tasting was a shambles; the groups were far too large, leading to poor management where we (and others) were left with scraps. There is a lack of signage or guidance on-site re tour and tasting and meant merging with another large group for tasting experience. Was an experience we would have loved to have avoided.To make matters worse, I emailed my concerns directly and never received a reply. This could be an incredible 5-star destination with better organization, but the current lack of some structure ruined the visit for us.

11 of us (adults and children) came together to do the new Walking Tour for our friend's birthday. It was PERFECT! Andrew was our guide and his knowledge was matched by his passion for the environment and the history behind the farm and its thousands of trees. We all loved tasting the fruit and exploring the farm on foot. The staff also went above and beyond to organise a cupcake and candle for us to celebrate our friend at the end of the tour!

My family and I visited here today. I can only say, wow! We had an excellent time. With a great fruit tasting, then an excellent informative tour with another stop to crack some macadamia nuts and walk around, then a bot tor with another stop at a playground for the kids. Even the young ones didn’t get bored. A delicious lunch after. All in all, great value for money, good humoured staff, we had a terrific day.

We visited Tropical Fruit World for the first full tour of the day and it was a full sensory experience! The tasting room was so beautiful with fruit of many colors that dazzled the eye. The presenter, I believe his name was Zed, described each of the nine fruits, homemade guacamole from fresh avocados, and five jams we were about to sample. He detailed not only the tastes we would encounter, but also its history, where it was found in the world, as well as its health or medicinal benefits. I loved the jam native to the area, Davidson's plum, which was a bit sourish tasting. We could also pick leaves from lemon myrtle branches, which smelled lovely and are said to ward off mosquitoes when rubbed on the skin. It also tasted delicious mixed in my water bottle. Next, Stewart took us around the farm. He was a wealth of knowledge, and told us the history of the area. He described the farm, and as we drove by them, all about its fruits and the different sections of them. He is a chef by trade and really seemed to appreciate the fruit as well as other food grown on the farm, such as the macadamia nuts. Everyone loved cracking them open at one particular stop, where many of us also enjoyed a banana. It was warm enough for the Australian native honeybees to emerge from their boxes in that area as well! We had additional stops at the farm to visit the animals as well as the island (which the kids loved) and a pleasant short boat ride on the river. I saw a beautiful kingfisher there! Stewart really made the trip special. He seemed to be knowledgeable about everything there and clearly loved giving tours! When we returned, I also spoke with Christian, another friendly staffer. He knew all about the farming methods used, and I believe he was studying to learn more about agriculture, as well as fruit and other foods native to Australia. I loved how Christian and others were so passionate about fresh, local fruit! All in all, a great place to visit!

Welcoming, friendly staff. The tour was very interesting and informative too. The fruit tasting and tractor/ boat ride had something for everyone including a playground for the kids.

Really informative tour of everything fruit! Learned a lot and had fun at the same time. Amazing history and to have so much diversity in fruit in one place is great. Recommended.l

I made my very first flight to northern NSW from Sydney over the Christmas 2024 break to stay with a friend who lives in Ocean Shores. I have never really wanted to go up that way, primarily because I didn't think there would be much to see....plus being a Kiwi, I am beyond paranoid about slithery, crawling critters. Well, how wrong was I! I never saw one cockroach or any slitheries, I see more cockroaches near my apt in Sydney! This whole region is stunningly beautiful, although the low lying tributaries give an insight into the occasional floods within the region. We visited some gorgeous towns: Thoroughly enjoyed Tweed Heads, then over the border to Coolangatta in Queensland, fab shopping but I do not know why they have a 1hr behind time difference?, Byron Bay, beautiful beach but I personally found the township too trendy and soulless. We also visited a hugely popular, fabulous pub at Billinudgel, had a great lunch at the RSL in Ballina, more great shopping, and my favourite town was Mullumbimby. This place with it's wide roads, quite common in Australian country towns, is an absolute treasure. It has the most fabulous Op Shops and quirky but classy shops. But one of the absolutely fabulous places we visited was Tropical Fruit World at Duranbah. This place is an incredible gem and all totally unexpected. My friend and I had booked the Full Farm Tour but didn't really know what to expect. We had a tractor ride around the massive acreage, then a farm tour of baby animals topped off with the most fantastic river cruise through beautiful trees and wildlife. Heavens it was pure magic and the commentary was so informative. It was all finished off with a superb tasting of fruits in season. You don't have to worry about bathrooms, there are plenty. Also everyone is so friendly and super helpful up this region. This was one truly magical day, the children absolutely loved it, you could see everyone was so absorbed with the scenery and relaxed.