Tropical Fruit World, Duranbah: What can I see on this fruit farm?

Tropical Fruit World in Duranbah, New South Wales, is a fruit farm turned tourist attraction. The plantation tours at this NSW tropical fruit farm end with fruit-tasting sessions.

In Duranbah, New South Wales, Tropical Fruit World aims to showcase unusual fruits you’ll not often encounter at home.

To book a Tropical Fruit World farm tour, head here.

On a 200-acre, family-run property, Tropical Fruit World grows more than 500 different fruits. The primary business is the fruit market, which sells the fruit picked in the orchards direct to the public.

Tropical Fruit World fruit market

Entry to the fruit market is free, and it’s open from 10am to 4pm every day except Christmas Day.

Some of the fruits on sale are reasonably well known. You’ll find lychees, mangos and papaya, for example. But much of the fun at this Duranbah tourist attraction comes in discovering things you’ve never heard of. How about trying a grummichama? Or a cherimoya?

Depending on what season you arrive in, you might be able to buy an Aztec peach, a black sapote, a loquat or a sapodilla. Native Australian fruits such as finger limes are also available.

Tropical Fruit World in Duranbah, NSW. Photo courtesy of Destination NSW.

If browsing the fruit market doesn’t quite cut it for you, it’s possible to take a farm tour.

Tropical Fruit World farm tour

The Tropical Fruit World tour heads around the plantation, showing off the orchards on board a tractor train. It also includes a boat cruise through a bushland valley and a visit to the on-site animal park. This small animal park includes farm animals, but also native creatures such as kangaroos and emus.

Five fabulous Tweed Coast experiences to at least consider booking

Tweed River lunch cruise – with wildlife viewing in the rainforest.
Crab-catching tour in Tweed Heads.
Farm tour at Tropical Fruit World – with wildlife spotting cruise.
Progressive four course meal across four top Kingscliff restaurants.
Husk Distillers distillery tour – with tastings.

The most fun part of the tour, however, is the fruit tasting experience at the end. Which fruits are served up depends on seasonality, but chances are you’ll get a couple of things that you’ve never tried before.

Where is Tropical Fruit World?

Tropical Fruit World is just outside the Tweed Coast holiday town of Kingscliff. It’s also just off the Pacific Highway – you can drop by on the Kingscliff to Byron Bay leg of the Brisbane to Byron Bay drive. For affordable accommodation nearby, try the Kingscliff caravan park. For more information, visit the attraction’s website.