Hands On Yarrabah Music and Cultural Festival 2025
We are proud to support the Yarrabah Community’s iconic Music and Cultural Festival held on Gunggandji and Yidinji Country.
Departing from the Cairns Marina on board our exclusive vessel, this package includes our 3 hours Hands on Country Eco Tour, hosted by the Mandingalbay Yidinji guides and your back stage pass to a working Indigenous ranger base. You’ll join your guides on the Mayi Bugan Rainforest Trail discovering native foods and medicines. In the afternoon you’ll travel by coach to the Yarrabah Community with entry to the Yarrabah Music and Cultural Festival included. Register your interest by emailing reservations@mandingalbay.com.au and as dates and artists are announced later this year we will contact you with more details.
Package includes
- All transfers from the Cairns Marina by river cruise vessel,
- Hands on Country Eco Tour (Welcome to Country, Mayi Bugan traditional foods and medicine rainforest trail, yarning circle)
- Return coach transfers to Yarrabah Music and Cultural Festival.
- General Admission Ticket to the event (we pre-purchase tickets to support this package)
- Morning tea,
- Non-Alcoholic cold drinks
- Picnic lunch box and camp chair.
Hands on Country Eco Tour
Travel in a small group fully hosted by Traditional Owners on their traditional Country discovering a stunning wetland environment just 10 minutes cruise from Cairns City. In the distance, rainforest clad mountains soar as the boat turns up Hills Creek, where salty sea and mountain freshwaters meet. You’ll arrive to a Welcome to Country Ceremony.
Visit a working Indigenous Ranger base from where the Mayi Bugan Rainforest Trail begins. Join your Indigenous Guides to discover native foods and bush medicines, as well as ancient Aboriginal traditions, customs, and artefacts.
The Yarrabah Music & Cultural Festival
The Yarrabah Music & Cultural Festival was started in 2012 to reignite Yarrabah’s century-long legacy of brass music excellence. The festival has evolved from humble beginnings, created originally to debut the newly rekindled Yarrabah Brass Band. Now, it has grown into one of North Queensland’s premier destination events.
