Cairns Highlands City Guide
A complete accommodation and tour guide in Cairns Highlands
Cairns Higlands are beautiful green stretch of county known as the cool tropics. Rolling hills, rainforest, pasture lands and the phenomena of long-extinct volcanic crater lakes make up this region behind the Cairns ranges. This wilderness of cascading falls, fast flowing rivers and dense pockets of rainforest is easily reached on good touring roads.
Take a scenic day tour through the Cairns Highlands to Paronella Park and its evocative Spanish Castle ruins. You will travel through the Atherton Tablelands, see waterfalls, rainforests and stunning vistas, take a cruise on Lake Barrine, explore the romantic rainforest-clad ruins of Paronella Park before taking a guided tour of Mamu Canopy Boardwalk.
Recommended Tour
Atherton
Atherton is a pleasant country town, with abundant rolling hills, fresh green pastures and crisp fresh tableland air. Atherton produces a combination of natural vegetation and agricultural crops, rarely found in the tropics.
Fascinating Facets & The Crystal Caves is an underground fantasy cave, where natural giant crystal formations and real fossils are displayed.
Halloran’s Hill Lookout has views of the town and surrounding countryside.
Yungaburra
At Yungaburra, the central streets have been classified by the National Trust. The markets are on every last Sunday of the month.
Lake Barrine is a volcanic crater lake with wildlife cruises, century-old twin Kauri trees and a 6km path around the edge of the lake. Another volcanic crater lake is Lake Eacham, which has picnic facilities and a 4km path around the lake’s edge-great for swimming.
Lake Eacham is a sister lake to Barrine and both are formed from explosion crater or maars. The lake is approximately 65m deep, a long stretch of grassy lawn meets the lake side and there are BBQ and picnic areas, also you will find toilets. It's a nice place to go for a swim on hot steamy day, many locals and tourists visit Lake Eacham on daily basis.
Malanda
Milla Milla Falls
Malanda is home of Malanda Milk Co-operative, which has the longest milk run in the world. A local retreat is Malanda Falls.
Millaa Millaa Falls is the waterfall capital of the Tablelands. The Waterfall Circuit, along a 30km drive, takes you to Millaa Millaa Falls, Zillie Falls and Elinjaa Falls, set in lush rainforest. Milla Milla Falls is the beginning of the "waterfall loop" that is a popular tourist drive from Cairns.
Millaa Millaa Falls is a magnificent sight of a clear drop of water falling upon a glistening rock face into a pretty rainforest clearing
