Cinchona Gardens
To quote the travel guide, Lonely Planet, Cinchona is one of the most spectacularly situated Botanical Gardens in the World. It may sometimes be approached in a four wheel drive vehicle but is more safely reached by abandoning the vehicle on the main road and taking a steep hike, at a leisurely pace. One hour should be ample time to allow for short stops and taking advantage of numerous photo opportunities, before reaching the goal.
The recommend tour leaves ForresPark at around 9.00am, arriving at the piont of vehicular abandonment by about 10am. The climb often takes you into the clouds and through amazing vistas and changing flora. On arrival, take a breath and a look through the mist to the view of the Yallahs and Clyde valleys below and the continuing Blue Mountain range to the North.
Picnic at noon, then stroll for an hour between the temperate and semi tropical flowers and trees. If you look keenly, you will find a vantage point to peer at faraway on the South Coast before wending your way back to your vehicle three quarter sof an hour down the road. This should take you back to Forres Park by four in the afternoon.
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The Coffee Farm
 Let our Guide take you up the steep paths by Forres Park and show you where Blue Mountain Coffee is grown. You will wonder how they ever manage to pick the beans, and stay upright on the steep slopes. After circling one or two coffee paths and being shown how coffee farming is done, come down to the verandah and sip a cup with us! |
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Tower Hill Lookout
A visit to Tower Hill Lookout is well worth the drive or walk. An hour’s walk from Forres Park above the coffee factory takes you to a vantage point, where you can see the country villages you just left, and others stretched across the valleys below you. On your way back you may stop for a beer or soda at a local bar or you may continue, preferably with a guide to find other hidden villages just around the corner. |
