Half-day Chocolate Workshop - Cacao Farm
Travel to a neighboring cacao farm on this 5-hour tour from Guayaquil. Observe the harvesting of cacao to make a cocoa juice cocktail as your professional guide gives you the history of the business.
Walk by crops filled with exotic fruits, bananas, and rice, that will later be used as a fresh lunch.
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Half-day Chocolate Workshop - Cacao Farm
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What's included in Half-day Chocolate Workshop - Cacao Farm
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Guayaquil
Begin your tour with a pickup from your central Guayaquil hotel at approximately 10am. From there, you will be transferred to the farm that is via Naranjal. It is a family farm of 12 hectares dedicated for generations to farming products such as cocoa, rice, and tropical fruits. Upon your arrival, you will have the opportunity to learn more about the process of planting cocoa, as it is sown. Learn about its growth and the several processes that turn it into chocolate. Embrace the direct interaction with nature, as you handle the fruit obtained from the cacao tree. Perform the process of making cocoa pasta, which consists of toasting, husking, and grinding the seeds obtained from cocoa to create the chocolate pasta. As you do these tasks, make sure to observe the wildlife around you. Next, break for a typical lunch, prepared with organic ingredients that are grown on the farm. Come the end of the day, you will be transferred back to your original hotel.
Inclusions
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Chocolate degustation
- Lunch
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Drinks
- Gratuities
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- We recommend taking a hat, block sun and comfortable shoes for walking
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- We provide Multilingual guide
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Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 10 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
The guide will pick up you in the lobby of the hotel ( Hotel pick up inside the Urban perimeter of Guayaquil)
Meeting / End Points
- Meeting spot given by the operator (near the hotel of the passenger)