Taste of the Tropics Tour Sarina Sugar Shed: A Journey Through Queensland's Sweet History

Experience the sweet history of Queensland’s sugar cane industry on a guided tour of Sarina Sugar Shed. Taste award-winning liqueurs, sauces, and more!

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sarina Sugar Shed - 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…
What's Included
  • Local guide
What's Not Included
  • Transportation to/from attractions
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Sarina Sugar Shed highlights the vibrant history of the sugar cane industry in the Mackay area. This comprehensive one-hour guided tour offers an engaging, informative, and delicious exploration of Queensland’s sugar industry, from field to table. Visitors can sample award-winning liqueurs crafted in the on-site boutique distillery, along with a gourmet…

Location
Sarina Sugar Shed
Railway Square
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Deleezec
Apr 7, 2026
Great tour - Really great little tour, we are local but still learnt a lot. Products delicious!
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Annew848
Apr 6, 2026
Fantastic tour and tasting experience - Fantastic 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!
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S8289xxbarbaraf
Mar 31, 2026
Best distillery tour l! - The 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!
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Travel24578074090
Dec 28, 2025
Great informativ tour - I 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
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Rebecca_b
Oct 31, 2025
Absolute brilliant - Such 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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Shellshubby1995
Oct 29, 2025
Well worth a visit. - We had been staying locally and decided to give this place a visit. It was a good decision as our guided tour by Nikki was really detailed and informative. The tasting session at the end of all the produce they make was really nice. This is well worth the entry fee and well worth visiting.
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Jane_k
Oct 10, 2025
Well worth the money! - Today we had a wonderful tour with Des, who was witty, knowledgeable, and with a great ability to gain quick rapport with the whole group! We walked away from the tour with so much more appreciation for what needs to happen to our sugar cane before we find it as sugar on the supermarket shelf! This was a great tour,with tastings as well, and we came away pleasantly surprised - with a fairy floss- at how much we enjoyed it!
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Cathypp6916de
Oct 4, 2025
Amazing value for money - Carla gave us a great morning!amazing value for money, rip-roaring tour through the history of sugar cane farming & australian industry. Highly reccomend espec 4 families
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Scenic07130307615
Sep 29, 2025
Sugar shed tour, Sarina. - Great tour with Jess. Tasting was varied, awesome flavours. With the visit. Full explanation of the process of cane growing to sugar refining.
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Cranst0na
Sep 8, 2025
Excellent tour - This tour is a great insight into the history and workings of the sugar cane industry. The staff are very friendly and knowledgeable. Great hour tour
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From $22
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).