Sunshine Coast Hinterland Scenic Culinary Experience: Discover Montville and Maleny
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Taste the Best: Expert-Guided Sunshine Coast Food Tour!
This Sunshine Coast Hinterland Day Tour combines the stunning scenery of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland with some of the region’s finest local produce. After being collected from your coastal accommodation, you will head inland towards the lush subtropical hinterland.
The first stop of the day is the dairy region of Maleny, where you will sample a selection of local and international cheeses at Maleny Food Co or Maleny Cheese Factory. During your time in Maleny, you’ll also have the opportunity to explore Maleny Chocolate Co., where you can personally choose a delightful Chocolate Sample pack to bring home with you.
After cheese tasting and free time in Maleny, you will take in the stunning views from Mary Cairncross Scenic Rainforest Reserve of the National Heritage-listed Glass House Mountains.
From Maleny, you’ll embark on a journey to indulge in a scrumptious two-course lakeside lunch at Secrets on the Lake. Complementing lunch, you’ll have the opportunity to enjoy a delightful experience that includes a taste of wine.
The adventure continues as you make your way to the charming hinterland village of Montville, where you can enjoy free time to explore the village, peruse its charming shops and boutiques, and discover local handcrafted treasures while immersing yourself in the invigorating mountain air.
After Montville, make the scenic return trip down the range via another stunning scenic lookout, Mapleton Falls Lookout, back to your accommodation.
Highlights
- The best day tour opportunity for a food experience
- Travel through the stunning Sunshine Coast Hinterland region for an unforgettable day
- Sample a selection of award-winning local & international cheeses
- Whilst in Maleny, try a critically acclaimed signature gelato and sorbet (optional)
- Enjoy a delicious two-course lakeside lunch
- Enjoy free time in Maleny and Montville to discover locally-produced products
- Visit 3 scenic lookouts for amazing Glass House Mountain, Coastal and Obi Obi Valley views
- Door-to-Door pick-up
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The wineries were lovely locations, my only small criticism is you couldn’t choose the wine you wanted to try as that was done for you. Lunch at Secrets on the lake was delicious. Rob was very accommodating getting group pics for us, and joining in on a chat and a laugh. Worth giving this tour a go for a girls day out!!
Big thanks to Dave .you are a top block and we love your work.
Thanks for a truly wonderful experience.
Cheers Maz and Royce😀🍻🥳
Would highly recommend if you want a relaxing and enjoyable experience in the hinterland.
Many thanks Jan for a memorable experience. Kim and Russ.
Definitely would go again
Gave us useful directions on arrival at the market and and returned to collect us at the appointed time and place.
Recommended with good value for money.
Chris and Juan
We booked this tour with no expectation or knowledge. We were collected from our accommodation bang on time and, as there were only eight of us, were at the markets nice and early our driver was fabulous. The drive was terrific. We were given three hours and then come back but no one was rushed.
I would highly recommend this tour. It is well priced ,on time ,clean and efficient and extremely friendly thank you Ron
Only note, they need to fix where it says to be picked up. There is NO pick up point at the Coco, first pick up point is the Mantra. We confirmed the pick up point the day prior to our tour.
There was also plenty of time to explore the beautiful scenery/lookouts and time to wander the fabulous little boutique shops and just breathe in the fresh air!
Would highly recommend this day tour!
Thank you and it’s a day my hubby and I will always remember!
Mel & Tim Foster
We did the whole package with bee talk and factory tour
Gail is a bee keeper and very knowledgeable and such a delight to talk to. The factory tour was informative and the guide was also easy to listen too. Parking was out on the street even tho we were early the car park was full.great day
They personally picked us up from Mooloolaba with our tour
starting with a trip up to Mary Cairncross Rainforest reserve where we had a light morning tea with Bubbles of course 🥂
Then to Maleny Chocolate Factory where we could choose a take home gift 🎁 what a suprise. 🤗😋
Next stop was to King Ludwigs Restaurant, Bier & Wein Bar in Maleny for the most informative and entertaining wine / beer tasting ever 🍷🍺.Bravo 🙌🙌🙌
Gerrads lookout was next on our agenda and the views back to the Coast didn't disappoint .
Lunch was at Secrets on the Lake at Montville, such an awesome space so tranquil.
Oh my what a treat , such a beautiful lunch and dessert 😋 🥂🍺🍹we were each given a red rose on departure by the Matre d'
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We felt very special! 😊
Our next destination The Flamehill winery where we sampled some lovely wines while looking over beautiful views 🍾🥃🥂
Last but certainly not least we ended our tour at Sunshine and Sons Distillery @ Woombye for Vodka, Gin and Rum tasting, owner Micheal and his lovely assistant Ash took us through a myriad of sensational tastes each one quite unique.
Our Tour guides Owner Mark aka 'Pine nuts' and his assistant Mark made our day delightful in every way nothing was too much trouble, their service was exemplary.
Thank you.😊
We did a couple of tours with them.
Amazing and helpful staff. Very accommodating and friendly.
Know their stuff.
Long & full day 👍👍
I was also driven to the Eumendi market Mark, then taook a tour to the Ginger Factory with David, again a most enjoyable day.
The tour took us to 3 very different distilleries with lunch at Mr Jones & Me, and we left very happy and very full; the meal came with with an entree and main or dessert and main, and the entrees were so large we almost didn’t need the main also!
All of the distilleries had great gins, with the first also having cane spirit and rums and the second offering a beer paddle for those that wanted to switch it up. A discount on take home products was available at the first venue as an added benefit!
Thanks for a wonderful tour, and we’ll be using Coast to Hinterland again!
Vehicles are air conditioned and comfortable.
Everything was professionally done
Jan was excellent with the info on the tour
We enjoyed every aspect of the tour but felt that the order of the venues was back to front. It started with a chocolate factory, cheese factory, lunch , and wine tasting.
We completely understand that things are done in order of where they are located, but a slight change could be cheese factory, lunch, wine tasting, and then chocolate.
I would have loved to hear more about each business by the owner instead of just putting their beautiful food in front of us and walking away.
That aside, we had a great day and enjoyed it immensely.
Thank you, Jan. We enjoyed having you as our guide, and you made the tour awesome for us.
All the best from Mike, Matt, and Paul (The Cheeky Kiwi's).
Jeff our driver/ Guide was knowledgeable in every aspect a pleasure to have met him!
Wouldn’t hesitate to advise others to do this tour. Thank you
Dale our tour guide/bus driver very informative , made our day so enjoyable . Thank you .
Lots to see , scenery stunning , lunch divine , cheese factory sooooo good . Jam packed day , with time to unwind on bus on way back . Highly recommend to do !
The driver Dale was very knowledgeable, informative, friendly and very professional
Highly recommend this tour
Excellent quality, & innovative crafts on display, plenty & varied foods available, well laid out, easily accessible stalls. 3 hours not enough time to see it all.
Picked up on time & comfortable trip back to hotel.
Would highly recommend taking bus as parking was a nightmare. Great day.
Totally recommend it.
Would highly recommend this tour, thanks Dale and other people on bus were friendly too
Also next day went to Eumundi Markets where Dave was our driver and host and we learnt quite a lot about the area etc. Dave gave us heaps of tips on how to get around was also fantastic 10 out of 10 Thanks




























