Cacao Plantation and Chocolate Factory Tour: An Immersive Experience for Chocolate Aficionados

15 Ratings

San Francisco de Macorís

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Immerse yourself in the world of chocolate with a cacao plantation and chocolate factory tour. Discover the secrets of quality chocolate and learn how to make your own. Indulge your senses and become a chocolate expert!

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

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….

What's Included

Cup of local hot chocolate
Lunch
Local guide
Transportation if chosen

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Additional Information

Enjoy an original Dominican cacao and chocolate tour at our farm La Esmeralda! Visit an organic cacao plantation and learn all 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! With this tour you will also…

Location

El Sendero del Cacao

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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(15 Ratings)

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E1153dsmariaisabelm

Sep 5, 2024

Excellent! It exceeded my expectations. - Everything was excellent, from the welcome to the end of the tour! You learn a lot about cocoa and its benefits. The staff was exceptional, and the place was spotless, well organized and perfect for photos. The day I went it was raining, and they were kind enough to offer umbrellas so that the tour was not uncomfortable because of the rain.

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Robyscubascuba

Feb 16, 2024

There is room for improvement and refinement of the experience to make it world class. - It is a nice place. The day we visited there was a school group which greatly encouraged the experience. And the chocolate part was too rushed. I DID NOT ENJOY OR FEEL WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE 5 SENSES IS. Even so, 5 Stars because I am sure that the quality of their product is well worth it and they continue to develop the growth of local culture.

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Eydie

May 15, 2023

Personal attention -... - Personal attention - profesional presentation - delicious food - exquisite chocolate - fun with family

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C6278jdthomasd

May 7, 2022

Delicioso/Delicious! - We did the Chocolate Lovers tour and got to see both the traditional and modern ways of making chocolate. The hacienda is beautiful, the people are wonderfully friendly, and the lunch they served us was just delicious. This was definitely worth the drive up from Santo Domingo.

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Karysaudg

Jan 23, 2022

Sooo worth it! - Amazing experience, connection with nature, the staff is amazing, passionate and fun. If you love chocolate and even if you dont, the trip is so worth doing! Thanks you Gregory, Maribel and Janet, yoir made our experience an awesome one! Proud dominican!

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Natalif5

Nov 2, 2020

Great Experience - The staff is great, the tour was very informative and we did learn a lot. it was a really great experience for the family

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D2077isginam

Nov 1, 2020

I'd come back without thinking. - A very cool experience! Suitable for all ages. Excellent attention from the staff! We were a very small group, we were a little late and yet they were very friendly and understanding. The tour by the guides excellent explanations and very kind to answer all our questions and ask us the choir too 😂👍🏻 It is advisable to go when it is not raining to enjoy better, unfortunately it was raining many days before our visit and the same day we arrived but this did not prevent the tour.

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Wherearethedents

Sep 27, 2020

Cocao to chocolate! - Such a fun and informative tour! All the employees worked hard to make sure that we had a great time. Even though it wasn’t harvest season, we were able see and understand how cacao becomes chocolate. The cacao forest was beautiful and we loved making our own chocolate, sampling as we went along. We also enjoyed seeing how cacao was produced in the past. Lunch was also delicious. I also felt very safe touring during covid. Precautions were strictly enforced. Thanks for a wonderful visit!

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261avc

Mar 9, 2020

A wonderful tour - This tour was excellent, the attentions, punctuality, explanations and Service were much better than my expectations. We had a private tour practically and both adults and children learned and enjoyed a great morning. Thank you so much!! I would love to come back!!

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Indhirap2016

Dec 11, 2022

Unbelievable there on the Estate - It is a wonderful experience to see the whole process from planting to harvesting. The staff and attention are exquisite. They must improve the transport route to get from Santo Domingo to the farm because it was very poor, the driver did not even know where we were going and arrived late to find us, the guagua was not comfortable. The transport experience was HORRIBLE. Then for this inconvenience we were given to go to KKOE in Santo Domingo to learn how to make soaps, and it was wonderful the experience too. The experience starts from the journey, not just on the estate.

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From $84

up to 15 guests

1 - Adult