Private Tour to Aelan Chocolate Factory in Port Vila
Discover the journey of chocolate from bean to bar at Aelan Chocolate Factory. Taste unique flavors with local ingredients. Support Vanuatu communities through this ethically responsible tour.
10 meals
Experience Details
It is an unique experience to learn how the chocolate is made from the beans to the bar and taste the different chocolate from different islands origin and with local ingredients such as coconut, coffee, local nuts (Nangai), sea salt, kava, cristallized ginger, cristallized turmeric, cocoa nibs and chili pepper.
Aelan Chocolate Makers has a strong social responsibility as it is owned at 80% by the local NGO ACTIV (Alternative Communities Trade In Vanuatu), which assists the cocoa producers and the local communities from the archipelago of Vanuatu for best agricultural practices training and market access.
The ACTIV centre made of local materials regroups the Aelan Chocolate factory, the extra Virgin Coconut oil factory and the Handicraft centre with the Island shop, which is access-free. The facility is suitable for family with kids and wheel-chairs.
There are beautiful gardens surrounding the structures and gorgeous blooms and fruit are on show throughout the year.
What You Get
Good To Know
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Service animals allowed
What You’ll Experience
Aelan Chocolate Factory | ACTIV Association
Meeting & Pickup
Meeting PointAelan Chocolate Factory | ACTIV Association, Unnamed Road, Erakor Shefa Province, Vanuatu, VU
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End PointThis 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.
We arrived expecting to have a tour of the facility. Instead we sat on a bench and a lady spoke to us for 5 minutes over the cacophony of a crushing machine. We could make out about each 4th or 5th...read more
The place is small and the tour is literally looking at machinery pieces through a window and plastic cocoa bean replicas. The tour guide was not very knowledgable, rushed through the tastings and ...read more
Excellent visit, with a bilingual English-French guide. We tasted 8 types of chocolate, first depending on the geographical origin of the beans from 3 other islands of Vanuatu, then chocolates with...read more
Post-twin cyclones there is no cafe or handicrafts at the moment, just the simple tour, but it's nice to learn more about the operation overall, and the chocolate tasting is very satisfying if you'...read more
We chose not to do a tour but took ourselves there. It is a small enterprise, basically a group of shipping containers with a verandah and cable table. I'm not sure if the tours are being held as ...read more
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