Hotel Chocolat Tree to Bar Tour: Discover Cacao Cultivation in Scenic Rabot Estate, Saint Lucia
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335 Ratings
Project Chocolat
Embark on a captivating Tree to Bar chocolate experience at Hotel Chocolat in Saint Lucia. Explore cacao cultivation, craft your own chocolate bar, and indulge in Cacao Cuisine while enjoying stunning rainforest views.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Project Chocolat - Tree to Bar Experience: Immerse yourself in our unique, multisensory tree to bar chocolate experience at Rabot Estate. Here, you can find out about how cacao grows. Plunge into the rainforest for a tour of the cacao groves, and learn how to graft a tree before hand-crafting your very own chocolate bar. Finish your experience with cacao cuisine, served street-food style - including the Cacao Burger, Cacao Beer-Battered Fish & Chips and fresh local produce. Try our famous soft-serve Ice Cream of the Gods and our cacao infused cocktails.
What's Included
- Lunch included with Tree to Bar tour
- Chocolate Making experience
What's Not Included
- Transportation
Additional Information
Dive into an exclusive Tree to Bar chocolate adventure with the esteemed chocolatier and cocoa farmer, Hotel Chocolat, located at Rabot Estate in Saint Lucia.
Venture through the lush rainforests for a guided tour around the cacao plantations, receiving hands-on knowledge of tree grafting and tasting fresh cacao pulp straight from the pod, ultimately creating your bespoke chocolate bar. (The entire experience lasts for approximately 2.5 hours)
Explore the renowned Cacao Cuisine and The Cacao Bar which can be savoured against the backdrop of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Tree to Bar tour package covers your lunch expenses, giving you the option to dine pre-tour or unwind post-experience, all the while relishing in the picturesque rainforest panorama as you feast on the marketplace-style delicacies.
Conclude your Tree to Bar journey by spoiling yourself, or your dear ones at home, with additional chocolate and our special cacao-infused beauty & alcohol products, all ready for your perusal and purchase at our retail space.
Celebrate with us every Saturday night, under the illuminating stars at Project Chocolat, accompanied by top local DJs. Doors open from 6pm to midnight.
- Experiences are not suitable for children under 8 years old
- We are Covid Certified
- You must arrive for your experience with good time, ensuring you are not late
Location
Project Chocolat
Across the street from the starting point you will see Ladere Resort.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(335 Ratings)
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Sigrid_d
Apr 4, 2024
A must for any chocolate lover - As big chocolate fans, it was increrdible to learn about the prroduction of cacao all the way into the production of chocolate. Our guide was really funny and shared so much interesting information with us.
Rabot estate is so beautiful, and walking through the farm was so lush and colorful. We also got to taste the cacao pulp, which was really fun and absolutely delicious. Later getting to make our own chocolate bars was so fun, but also really hard. Really makes you appreciate chocolate!
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Rachael_g
Apr 2, 2024
Great Time - We had a fantastic time on the tree to bar experience. Great tour guides. Would definitely recommend. Also spotted our first hummingbird whilst walking through the rainforest trail. 😁
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Mgoliveirasf
Apr 1, 2024
Super fun experience for couples, friends, any group (even kids)! - My girlfriend and I had an amazing time at the Tree to Bar experience at Project Chocolat. Mr. Ziggy was so knowledgeable about the cacao plantation, and super engaging with the group. The lady who taught us how to make the chocolate bar was very thorough as well, and both made it for such a fun experience. I could not recommend more!
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Dana_l
Apr 1, 2024
Amazing and unique experience! - Amazing staff! Very well organized. Super clean and beautiful property. The nature was unmatched. The chocolate making delivered. Super souvenirs. We also had lunch included, and it was delicious (chicken roti was awesome).
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Jesse_o
Mar 28, 2024
Don’t sleep on this experience - From the start to finish this was well worth the price. Both my wife, son (age 14) and I loved the history, food and experience. Don’t sleep on this experience.
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Suzanne_b
Mar 28, 2024
Tour - Very informative. Taj was an excellent tour guide. Enjoyed the beautiful grounds and wild life .
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Justine_m
Apr 9, 2024
Worthwhile Memorable Experience - Very good experience. Tree to bean was very informative and guides were knowledgeable. Making your own chocolate bar was great fun. Lunch was delicious. It was incredibly hot, so some fans in the chocolate making and lunch areas would have been lovely.
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Louisa_b
Mar 30, 2024
Great experience and great fun - Our guide was informative and funny - he had to look after a large group of around 50 visitor's from different parts of the world and from young kids to older adults . The experience was great fun
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John_h
Apr 10, 2024
Ok but could be so much better - Bean to Bar Tour - Great concept and making the choc bar was good fun but… tour group was far to big (about 30 people) the rainforest walk to plantation was all of 100m to see just a couple of cacao trees with no option to see harvest, drying, processing etc. I really wanted to see the full process!
For a site that pushed its eco credentials v disappointed to see single use plastics (spoons in making choc, dressing pots etc), air con blasting in loos with doors open, not much green energy present (why not solar on all shed roofs). Experience was really saved by our guide (Veronique) who injected her passion and personality otherwise felt it was really not great value and could (should?) have been so much more
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Roisin_m
Apr 9, 2024
Ok, but an expensive day out. - Tree to Bar was “ok” but calling it an experience is a bit of marketing. The talk about cocoa farming was interesting but the scale of the trees they took is round felt more like a garden than a plantation. Equally some of the features described were 2-3 mins of the talk. Chocolate making was fun and food was nice but it was a lot of money for what you got. Had it been £20 less I’d have said it was good or excellent.
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