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Where Chocolate Starts: the 15 Best Cacao Farm Tours Worldwide

26 tours  ·  from $24 a head

Pods split in front of you, pulp tasted before it ferments, then the bars the beans become. These 15 estate visits are compared on how much of the process you see, how far out of town they are and what they cost.

Lahaina: Maui Ku'ia Estate Guided Cacao Farm Tour and Tasting - Walking among more than 20 acres of cacao trees
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Lahaina: Maui Ku’ia Estate Guided Cacao Farm Tour and Tasting

1.Maui Ku’ia Estate Guided Cacao Farm Tour and Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,103 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $99Our pick

At Ku’ia Estate, your guide takes you from the Lahaina factory to a 20-acre cacao farm in the West Maui foothills. Learn how pods are grown and harvested, then sample nine chocolates in a treehouse. Guides such as Mandy, Steph, Brandy, and Shawn are known for lively, detailed explanations.

“Informative tour on farming cacao trees on Maui and the making of chocolate. Chocolate tasting included. Our tour guide, Steph was very knowledgeable.”

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Award Winning Farm Tour: Coffee, Chocolate and Unique Gifts - Walking among coffee, cacao, and other crops
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Award Winning Farm Tour: Coffee, Chocolate and Unique Gifts

2.Award Winning Farm Tour: Coffee, Chocolate and Unique Gifts

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 484 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $50

At 1,200 feet above Kona, Greg Colden and his team lead a three-hour walk through a biodiverse coffee and cacao farm. You’ll taste farm-made coffee and chocolate, see natural soap production, hear stories about island agriculture, and browse handmade gifts.

“It's enjoyable, educational, and delicious. You are given an enormous amount information by owner Greg Colden, a gentleman who is passionate about his work and who treats the land and community with the utmost respect. And he is very entertaining!”

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Finca 18 Puerto Vallarta Tequila Tour + Chocolate Pairing - Why the chocolate pairing earns its place
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Finca 18 Puerto Vallarta Tequila Tour + Chocolate Pairing

3.Finca 18 Puerto Vallarta Tequila Tour + Chocolate Pairing

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 393 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $89

At Finca 18, guides such as Mario, Emily, Alex, Greg, and Javier lead you through a 12-acre family ranch, agave fields, and a small distillery. Expect a welcome cocktail, five-plus agave spirit pours, ranch snacks, and an optional chocolate pairing. Transportation is not clearly included, so plan your route.

“Yes I will say the information of how the make the tequila was interesting. But that was about it. I know opinions come & go. Mine personally is, don’t waste your time or money on this tasting. Not worth it. The day before we did an Unexpected Tequila tasting with a city tour that was way beyond better than this. There I brought 3 bottles, at this tasting we bought none.”

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Lahaina: Maui Ku'ia Estate Guided Cacao Farm Tour & Tasting - Riding into the West Maui foothills
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Lahaina: Maui Ku’ia Estate Guided Cacao Farm Tour & Tasting

4.Maui Ku’ia Estate Guided Cacao Farm Tour & Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 137 reviews · 1h 30m · from $99

Spend 90 minutes touring Maui Ku’ia Estate’s private cacao farm and chocolate factory. Ride 10 minutes from Lahaina to the 20-acre grove, learn how cacao is grown and harvested, then taste nine award-winning chocolates with a cocoa drink in a scenic treehouse.

“Excellent tour! Fascinating history, it's really only just getting started. Tours are a new thing they are doing, and so every tourist who comes through and sees their magnificent farm and operation contributes to the growth of the business and their conservation minded mission.”

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Boti Falls, Umbrella Rock, Aburi Gardens & Cocoa Farm Tour - Aburi Botanical Gardens: a calm first stop
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Boti Falls, Umbrella Rock, Aburi Gardens & Cocoa Farm Tour

5.Boti Falls, Umbrella Rock, Aburi Gardens & Cocoa Farm Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 72 reviews · 7 hours · from $94

Travel from Accra into Ghana’s Eastern Region for Aburi Botanical Gardens, twin Boti Falls, Umbrella Rock, and Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa Farm. Guides such as Emmanuel, Eben, Moses, and Peter add local context. Expect a full day of walking, forest views, cocoa tasting, and changing pickup times.

“Excellent trip with a very very friendly guide Emmanuel! Definitely recommend him and this tour.”

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Cocoa farm and Chocolate making! - Making your own chocolate bar
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Cocoa farm and Chocolate making!

6.Cocoa farm and Chocolate making!

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 62 reviews · 4 to 5 hours (approx.) · from $155

Travel from Guayaquil to a family-run cacao farm with guides such as Mario, Alison, Tony, or Antonio. Walk among cacao trees, harvest a pod, learn how Ecuadorian cacao becomes chocolate, make your own bar, and enjoy a home-cooked three-course lunch.

“Mario is a fantastic guide and very knowledgeable about cocoa farming. 10/10, highest recommendation”

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Minca: Full-Day Coffee and Cocoa Tour from Santa Marta - Coffee production, tasting, and Colombian culture
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Minca: Full-Day Coffee and Cocoa Tour from Santa Marta

7.Full-Day Coffee and Cocoa Tour from Santa Marta

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 61 reviews · from $89

Travel from Santa Marta to Minca with a local English or Spanish-speaking guide. Walk through mountain streams and waterfalls, swim in a natural pool, learn how coffee and cocoa are produced, taste both, and enjoy lunch in a bamboo house. Guide Sadan has earned special praise.

“It was a great trip! We hiked thru jungles, took a break and swam near the beautiful waterfall, then we went to the coffee farm, saw how the coffee was made tasted a delicious coffee and coffee liquor, we also saw toucans there, it was beautiful! Then we hiked a bit more thru the jungles to a restaurant where we had the delicious meal with live music. After we learned about chocolate and made our own chocolates! The whole trip was really fun and good value for money! Definitely recommend to take this tour, you’ll not regret it!”

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Cuenca to Guayaquil one-way tour with Cajas Park and a Cacao Farm visit - Crossing the continental divide
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Cuenca to Guayaquil one-way tour with Cajas Park and a Cacao Farm visit

8.Cuenca to Guayaquil one-way tour with Cajas Park and a Cacao Farm visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 50 reviews · 6 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $73

Travel from Cuenca to Guayaquil in 6 to 8 hours with a bilingual guide-driver, stopping at Cajas National Park, a local trout restaurant, a fruit market, and a family cacao farm. The hike is optional, lunch may depend on your booking, and Cacao Loma costs $15 extra.

“Pleasant drive from Cuenca to Guayaquil. The stops were nice, lunch was good and our driver, Luis, was excellent, friendly and informative.”

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Guayaquil to Cuenca one-way tour with Cajas Park and a Cacao Farm visit - Cacao Loma and the first taste of chocolate
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Guayaquil to Cuenca one-way tour with Cajas Park and a Cacao Farm visit

9.Guayaquil to Cuenca one-way tour with Cajas Park and a Cacao Farm visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 49 reviews · 6 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $73

Turn the long Guayaquil to Cuenca transfer into a private sightseeing day with a bilingual guide such as Wilson, Javier, or Louis. Visit a family cacao farm, taste fresh cacao pulp, stop for local fruit, eat lunch near the Andes, and hike around Laguna La Toreadora in Cajas National Park.

“It was easier and more enjoyable than flying to drive from Guayaquil to Cuenca and enjoy stops at cocoa small farm, Cajas National Park (at both Tres Cruces view point and La Toreadora for opportunity of a hike) and lunch at Estancia San Juan.”

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Can Tho: Floating Market, Canal, Cacao Farm & Mekong' Life - Cai Rang Floating Market from a small boat
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Can Tho: Floating Market, Canal, Cacao Farm & Mekong’ Life

10.Floating Market, Canal, Cacao Farm & Mekong’ Life

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 45 reviews · from $24Best value

Start at 5:45 AM with guide Nick or another English or French-speaking guide, then take a small boat to Cai Rang Floating Market. Enjoy breakfast, fresh pineapple, a rice noodle workshop, water coconut canals, village paths, and an organic cacao farm in a group of up to six.

“Nick was a funny and informative tour guide, I highly recommend this tour as it gives you such a great insight into life on the Mekong delta.”

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Experience Boti Waterfalls, Aburi Botanical Gardens & Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa Farm - Tetteh Quarshie and Ghana’s cocoa story
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Experience Boti Waterfalls, Aburi Botanical Gardens & Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa Farm

11.Experience Boti Waterfalls, Aburi Botanical Gardens & Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa Farm

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 38 reviews · from $175

Travel from Accra with guides such as Michael, Isaac, or Kofi to Aburi Botanical Gardens, Ghana’s first cocoa farm, Boti’s twin falls, Umbrella Rock, and the three-headed palm. Expect a private 6-to-9-hour outing, scenic village roads, included admission, and a serious hike.

“Our driver, Michael, was so kind and the main reason we survived the tour lol. I didn’t read the fine print when I booked AT ALL. I booked it for me and my mother, but I didn’t realize that a hike would be involved until we were in the thick of it. She’s in her 60s and we are not hikers - far from it. Long story short she made it, I barely did. We (really I) couldn’t make it to the tree unless a rescue team was available to carry me the rest of the way. Thankfully, the small river stream was nearby so I could rejuvenate in the…”

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Chocolate and Farm Tour with local Tico family - Preparing an ancient-style cacao drink
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Chocolate and Farm Tour with local Tico family

12.Chocolate and Farm Tour with local Tico family

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 35 reviews · from $45

Meet a local Tico family 25 minutes from La Fortuna for a hands-on cacao and farm visit. Walk the plantation, taste fresh cacao fruit, learn traditional and modern drinks, sample farm produce, and mold a chocolate bar with toppings to take home.

“This is an authentic organic farm tour and chocolate tasting experience. It was so nice to take a break from commercial tourism, and just spend time getting to know this family and farm. The organic methods of fungus control were especially interesting. The tour is in EnglishRead more”

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Oahu: Chocolate Farm Tour with Tasting - Kamananui Cacao - Arriving near Waialua and Haleiwa
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Oahu: Chocolate Farm Tour with Tasting – Kamananui Cacao

13.Oahu: Chocolate Farm Tour with Tasting – Kamananui Cacao

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 33 reviews · 1h 30m · from $93

Walk through Kamananui Cacao Orchards near Haleiwa with guides such as Katie, Katy, Kristy, and Dan. You’ll see cacao growing, learn how pods are harvested and processed, taste fresh cacao fruit, and sample many Hawaiian chocolates. Allow 90 minutes, plus time for the farm road and check-in.

“The tour was amazing! The guide was extremely well versed in the entire process of cacao farming, the associated trees that help in the strong growth and fruiting of the cacao trees, and the final process of storing, drying and baking of the cacao seeds to send to the processing plant in Manoa. Overall, very informative tour and delicious chocolate to try at the end.”

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Boti Falls, Umbrella Rock, Aburi Gardens & Cocoa Farm Day Tour - Aburi Botanical Gardens slows the pace
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Boti Falls, Umbrella Rock, Aburi Gardens & Cocoa Farm Day Tour

14.Boti Falls, Umbrella Rock, Aburi Gardens & Cocoa Farm Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 32 reviews · from $150

Travel from Accra to Boti Falls, climb Umbrella Rock, walk through Aburi Botanical Gardens and visit Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa Farm. Your guide handles the route, entry fees, bottled water and air-conditioned transport. Expect forest steps, outdoor walking and a full day in hot weather.

“Fantastic experience. Lots to do and well worth every penny. Each tour guide was kind. Each spot was worth the drive.”

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Cacao Farm Excursion Day Trip from Guayaquil - Following cacao from pod to paste
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Cacao Farm Excursion Day Trip from Guayaquil

15.Cacao Farm Excursion Day Trip from Guayaquil

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 31 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $205

Leave Guayaquil at 10am with a private guide such as Jaime or Eddie and visit a family farm near Naranjal. You’ll see cacao from tree to paste, make chocolate, taste tropical fruit, and eat a fresh Ecuadorian lunch made with farm ingredients.

“Excellent experience, well organized and with an outstanding guide Jaime! The tour was educational but a suitable dose for young children and tween/teens. The meal served was very good.”

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