Cacao Plantation and Chocolate Factory Tour- Classic

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
2 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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Language
English, Spanish
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Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Explore La Esmeralda's organic cacao plantation, uncover chocolate secrets, and engage in hands-on chocolate-making. Smell, taste, and create at our chocolate factory.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Visit La Esmeralda, an organic cacao plantation and learn all of the secrets hidden behind quality chocolate. Follow your sense of smell to our chocolate factory, where you will learn about the making of exquisite chocolate and how to make your own chocolate!

What You Get

Cup of Local Hot Chocolate
Lunch
Buffet lunch
Local guide
Gratuities

Good To Know

  • Dress code is smart- no casual clothes (i.e. jeans, sportswear, joggers or sneakers)
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

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El Sendero del Cacao

With your local cacao expert and guide you will learn about each one of the steps in processing high-quality cacao. First you will learn about the sowing process and how to sow your own cacao plant. From there you will learn about the harvesting process, which includes cutting and extraction of the grains in a cacao pod. Finally, you will learn about the post-harvest process including fermentation and drying. You will also learn about the Dominican Republic ecosystem and how it produces perfect conditions for growing fine cacao which evolves into the best quality chocolate. After that, you will enter La Esmeralda Chocolate Factory, where you will discover each of the steps in creating a chocolate bar. You’ll also be able to make your own chocolate!
3 hoursAdmission Ticket Free

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

El Sendero del Cacao, San Francisco de Macoris Duarte, Dominican Republic, DO, 31000

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End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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Very impressed!
July 30, 2024
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The tour was fantastic and informative with Oscar! We showed up 20 mins late due to traffic and they still accepted us for the tour. My friend and I were the only ones on the tour and Oscar answere...read more

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Recommended 100%
April 29, 2024
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An excellent experience to go with as a family, we learned a lot and the food at the end of the tour was delicious. The staff is very friendly and attentive.

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A must visit!
March 22, 2024
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We were thrilled! All of our questions were answered and today I can show a video where we produced cocoa ourselves with music accompaniment!

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Great chocolate tour
January 05, 2024
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It was a fun family-friendly experience. The staff was friendly, knowledgeable, and always willing to answer our questions. The chocolate was really good! I would recommend this to both locals and ...read more

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Do it! Educational and entertaining.
November 12, 2023
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Loved it. Our family had a great time. It was both educational and entertaining. The information is given in spanish... we had to translate bits for our kids 5 and 7 who otherwise would not underst...read more

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