Ecuador · Agricultural Tours

Half-day Chocolate Workshop Cacao Farm

5 Hours Round trip from Guayaquil Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Visit a family farm dedicated to cacao, rice, and tropical fruits
  • 02 Learn how cacao is planted, grown, and turned into chocolate
  • 03 Take part in toasting, husking, and grinding cacao seeds into cocoa paste
  • 04 Enjoy chocolate tasting during the experience
  • 05 Savor a typical lunch made with organic farm-grown ingredients
  • 06 Round-trip hotel pickup and drop-off from central Guayaquil included

Escape the city for a hands-on cacao experience in the countryside outside Guayaquil. Visit a family-run 12-hectare farm dedicated to cacao, rice, and tropical fruits, and discover how cacao is planted, grown, and transformed into chocolate.

During your visit, interact directly with the cacao fruit and take part in key steps of the chocolate-making process, including toasting, husking, and grinding the seeds into cocoa paste. Along the way, enjoy the natural surroundings, sample chocolate, and sit down to a typical lunch prepared with organic ingredients grown on the farm.

Escape the city for a hands-on cacao experience in the countryside outside Guayaquil.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 5 Hours
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access No
City Guayaquil
Languages English, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Total Duration: 5 hours

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 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.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Guayaquil 1 city · 5 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Chocolate degustation
  • Lunch
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

What's Not Included

  • Drinks
  • Gratuities

Know before you go

  • PASSPORT REQUIRED
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not stroller accessible
  • Not suitable for pets
  • No public transportation nearby
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • We recommend taking a hat, block sun and comfortable shoes for walking
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • We provide Multilingual guide
  • The guide will pick up you in the lobby of the hotel (Hotel pick up inside the Urban perimeter of Guayaquil)

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Guayaquil, EC
Tour start
Guayaquil, EC
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 5 hours finish where they began, in Guayaquil.

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