Top Things to do in Atherton
What to do and see in Atherton, Queensland: The Best Things to do
Discover the best top things to do in Atherton, Australia including The Bat Hospital Visitor Centre, Nandroya Falls, Atherton Tablelands, The Crystal Caves, Lake Tinaroo, Hou Wang Temple & Atherton Chinatown, Hasties Swamp National Park, Mount Baldy, Humpy Nut World, Shaylee Strawberries.
Restaurants in Atherton
1. The Bat Hospital Visitor Centre
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 196 reviews
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. Enter an upside down world and meet the real stars of the night! Our personalised tours only run during feeding time 3-6pm, when the bats come down to eye level from their 6 metre-high roost. Eclectic collection of bat art , world-class facilities and bat information set among restful gardens. Open all year but bookings essential as tour times vary between 3 and 6pm. Entry $20 adult and $10 children.
Reviewed By manuelac2017 - Melbourne, Australia
We stumbled across this place as it’s not highly advertised, but what a gem of a place it is! The tour was outstanding with all things “bats” carefully explained to us with such passion. So wonderful to see the bats rehabilitating. And it’s so clean!! We were amazed. Keep up the good work
2. Nandroya Falls
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 25 reviews
Reviewed By JilliBn - Gold Coast, Australia
Nice walk, best done early morning. Recommended to take insect repellent as march flies are notorious and do sting. I had terrible reactions and was covered in inflamed, itchy bites for weeks. Other than that I really enjoyed the walk.
3. Atherton Tablelands
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 58 reviews
Reviewed By O3091NYstevea - Brisbane, Australia
Stunning scenery and very relaxed people. A vehicle is the only way to explore the area at your pace,
4. The Crystal Caves
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 479 reviews
One hour from Cairns on the Atherton Tableland, share one man’s passion for crystals and fossils. On this self-guided tour, you journey through 300m2 of man-made tunnels and grottos with million year old natural crystals and prehistoric fossils. Interactive crystal displays allow you to feel and photograph and even crack your own…
Reviewed By knickerbocker78 - Bendigo, Australia
We added this place to our travel itinerary due to my sons (14) love of fossils and precious stones. This place did not disappoint and both my kids(14 & 12) said it was one of the best days of their holiday. The museum had hundreds of samples throughout the cave system that you could touch and photograph. You are given headlamps to use as well to help highlight the precious stones. The shop had hundreds of items to purchase that are from all over the world, from necklaces and earrings, to bigger geodes, carved figurines in stone, wind chimes from agate slices. The shop is an attraction in itself. We chose to purchase geode each for the kids to help crack open (which was $25 instead of $30). The staff were lovely and informative about the geodes and including the kids to help them crack open their geodes. They provide a card with information about what is in the geode and where it was from. Up the back of the store is a little sand pit with thousands of tiny gemstones in the sand. My kids spent ages picking the stones out from there (free).
5. Lake Tinaroo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 118 reviews
Reviewed By bettsyb2017 - Atherton, Australia
Went for a day trip it ws gorgeous & relaxing could have stayed all day great fishing to even on a rainy day its relaxing
6. Hou Wang Temple & Atherton Chinatown
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 39 reviews
Reviewed By 956sallyf - Coonabarabran, Australia
I visited Atherton from 19 December so was not able to enter the Hou Wang Miao ( Temple) positioned with favourable feng-shui facing Piebald Creek to the north & the Herberton Range to the south. However I explored the site from the surrounding landscape & the National Trust booklet provided free by the Atherton Visitor Information Centre. Australian history of gold mining and how Chinese from Guangdong province were successful maize growers using traditional techniques. Social history of Chinese people in Australia.
7. Hasties Swamp National Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 53 reviews
Reviewed By WorldTravla7 - Cairns, Australia
If you love birdwatching, especially wetland water birds, you will love Hastie’s Swamp National Park. Even if you notice the signs, and take an unplanned detour like I did, you will love it, or find it interesting. There is a huge variety of birds that come here and you will see a few of these at any given time. There is an elevated bird watching tower which you enter after climbing some stairs, and from here you get a great view of the wetland swamp where the water birds congregate as well as interpretive signage describing the birds of the area in detail. Hastie’s Swamp is just a few kms outside of Atherton, and well worth a visit.
8. Mount Baldy
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 18 reviews
Reviewed By WorldTravla7 - Cairns, Australia
I’d done Mount Baldy up and back on its own previously & this time tackled the longer 8.5km loop starting at Yabi car park & heading up up to Yabi Mountain and along the ridge to Mount Baldy & back down. It took just under 3 hours including water breaks & stops at each summit. To be honest it’s better than doing Baldy on it’s own as you enjoy a walk through the rainforest from Yabi to Baldy and the walk is more gradual & less strenuous in terms of uphill. You also get to enjoy some great views from both peaks and feel like you’ve really accomplished something. The diversity of landscape is impressive with open bush land, dry savannah & rainforest all on one walk. There is also an abundance of bird life - I saw an amazing black finch like bird with a blood red breast near Yabi Mountain which I’ve never seen anywhere else before. Hint: take lots of water and watch out for the regular signs which direct you where to go. For the Yabi/Baldy circuit make sure to start from the first car park just off Rifle Range Rd (this is the Yabi car park, the Baldy car park is a few hundred metres down the road).
9. Humpy Nut World
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 26 reviews
Reviewed By TrippyBee20 - Townsville, Australia
They say the visit will be surprising. I love the fact that most of the stock is local and the range of foodstuffs for vegans, GF and others was just amazing. I bought a heap of things as Xmas presents.
10. Shaylee Strawberries
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 59 reviews
Reviewed By lesleyh718
We love strawberries, although there was not enough strawberries to pick your own yet we had a great time. We tried the strawberry ice cream and it was delicious.We bough some fresh strawberries and some strawberry jam. Both were very tasty wanted to go back and get some more
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