Cheese Making Workshop in Fuerteventura: Learning and Savouring World's Best Majorera Goat Cheeses
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Discover the secrets of Majorera Goat Cheese at our Cheese Making Workshop in Fuerteventura. Learn, taste, and savor the world's best goat cheeses while exploring the rich history and unique challenges faced by these special animals in the desert climate of the island.
Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Quesería La casa del Queso cabrera Pérez - You will have the experience of making an authentic Fuerteventura cheese with your own hands from the milking. You will know how it is, how it lives, how it feeds,… the Majorera goat: the best goat in the world for desert climate and the real protagonist in this experience. Upon arrival at our farm, you will be welcomed with a cup of coffee while we explain the experience. Once here we proceed to teach you the milking techniques both manually and with the milking machine.
    In the middle of the work we give you an Authentic Fuerteventura Breakfast.
    Each visitor will individually elaborate their own cheese. When you have finished making the cheese, we leave it in the “press” to take firmness and we go to our patio of plants, where you will receive a large breakfast containing fresh cheese sandwich, cheese board, accompanied by Canarian Mojos and jams, plus water and other consumption to choose (Coffee, Tea, Tenerife Wine, Beer, Soft Drinks, …).
    Once you have finished having breakfast and rested from the experience, you will go back to the Elaboration room and take your own cheese from the press, vacuum pack it and label it by yourselves, ending the experience.
What's Included
  • Produce an authentic Fuerteventura cheese
  • Material (work covers, tights, gloves,…)
  • Tea and coffee
  • Welcoming Coffee
  • 1 KG of you own cheese from the press, vacuum pack it and label it by yourselves
  • Visit the farm + Goat
  • Breakfast
Meal Options
  • Cheese Tasting and Making your own Fuerteventura Cheese
Additional Information

In our Cheese Sanctuary, we aim to highlight the significance of the Majorera Goat to the people of Fuerteventura. It’s amazing how this extraordinary creature has triumphed over countless challenges, including the island’s desert climate and historical nutritional hardships. Far from just supporting our forebears with its milk and meat, this goat continues to ensure we benefit from its high-grade milk. This has contributed to the reputation of Fuerteventura’s goat cheeses as being among the finest globally.

Location
Quesería La casa del Queso cabrera Pérez
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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Sonora
Mar 29, 2024
Fantastic day! - 5 out of 5 for this. We really enjoyed this visit with everyone there being so friendly and helpful the goats were so friendly too and finished off with being able to bring home the cheese we made! I would do this experience again.
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Alex_c
Feb 16, 2024
Fantastic experience - Loved this experience, learning about the history, care and management of the goats. Protective gear was provided and we started with the milking, putting treats into the bowls for each goat and then having a go milking by hand and machine - tasting the traditional gofio with milk straight from the goat (tastes like Horlicks!) Then out to feed and put hay/straw out for the different herds. The family who owns the farm, the translator, the goats and the gorgeous little Wolfy dog are all incredibly friendly - I could have spent all day out there! It wasn't long before the milk we had just squeezed out of the goats was ready for us to do some more squeezing with - this time into cheese moulds. While they were settling with added weight on we went for a sit down and taste of some of the cheeses and accompaniments they sell in the shop - finally it's time to get the cheese we made packaged and labelled and ready to take home to either eat fresh or cure a little longer.
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187lewisr
Dec 26, 2023
One of the best trips in Fuerte - We had an amazing time making cheese (and more) on this trip. Started with greetings in the group and was taken into the milking room where we had the chance to milk the goats and try the milk, was also given the chance to try a local drink gofu, which was very tasty! we then went out to feed the goats, and they were very friendly and approachable, even the local herding dogs were friendly enough. The chance to hold the baby goats (kids) after that was amazing as well. From there we went into the cheese making room, where we were instructed clearly on how to make the cheese in the traditional way. I must say I'm not a fan of regular goats cheese but this cheese was fantastic. We were given 1kg that we had made to take away with us. Would highly recommend this as one of the best experiences we had on our trip to Fuerteventura. It's also worth noting that there were no issues with taking it onto the plane on the way home, even on hand luggage (this was one of our worries!).
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Samina_c
Jul 17, 2023
Fantastic experience - Absolutely brilliant experience. It’s fascinating being involved with the full process from milking the goats to making the cheese. Respect to those animals and the people who work with them. Definitely worth doing!
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Toniab771
Apr 26, 2023
Really good cheese making fun - Really really good fun. We made cheese, fed the goats, cuddled a baby goat then ate breakfast! Our guide Elaine was just amazing, super friendly and very informative. Highly recommend this tour.
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Antonietta_b
Apr 26, 2023
Cheesey Fun - Our guide Elaine was just brilliant. Informative and super friendly. My husband and I had a great time making cheese and feeding goats. Really great fun. Highly recommend.
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Sarah_n
Mar 31, 2022
Informative, entertaining and delicious family activity - It’s been absolutely wonderful we highly recommend it. We often do workshops like this on holiday to learn about traditions and get to know local life. This workshop was outstanding, the people running it were welcoming and very friendly, it was super informative (the English explanation was superb). Overall it was entertaining and hands on (in a very sanitary way) The goats have been extremely friendly and our daughter (4 years) would not stop patting and feeding them. The breakfast at the end was delicious and you get to take your own made cheese home too! What’s not to like!
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