Best Chocolate Shopping Tours Worldwide — Our Top 15

1.A Real Mekong Tour, Floating Market, Cacao & Life’s

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 574 reviews · from $25Our pick

Start at 5:00 AM with an English-speaking guide such as Hieu, Duy, Lam, or Chris. Cruise Cai Rang market, eat breakfast by boat, visit a noodle house, fruit garden, cacao farm, and quiet village canals. Small groups keep the morning personal, with no souvenir shops.

“What can I say about this trip, and particularly our guide Hiêu, other than FANTASTIC?! We started off early, visiting the amazing floating market. It was clear immediately that Hiêu was incredibly knowledgeable, engaging and had established good relationships with the local people. Eating a breakfast pho by boat was a particular highlight, as was being invited on to another local boat for tea and fresh fruit. The day continued with visits to a cacao farm, a fruit farm and a place where rice noodles are made the traditional way. I genuinely can't praise this trip enough, and I think that was mostly down to Hiêu and how great he…”

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2.Largest Floating Market, Wild Small Canal System & Organic cocoa

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 564 reviews · from $38Top rated

Start early with breakfast and coffee at Cai Rang Floating Market, then cruise narrow Mekong canals, learn traditional rice noodle making, and visit Muoi Cuong Cocoa Farm. Guides such as Sasa, David, Lam, and Ngan add local insight. Hotel pickup may be available from selected Can Tho properties.

“Enjoyed the whole experience! Breakfast on the floating market was delicious and we loved seeing all the different boats selling their wares. We even got to climb onto one of the boats and see how they live aboard. The noodle factory was a Read more”

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3.Authentic Floating Market, Wild Canal system, Cocoa

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 398 reviews · 5h 30m · from $26

Start at 6:45 AM at An Binh Market for a small-group boat trip to Cai Rang, where you eat noodle soup and drink coffee afloat. Guides such as Sasa, Hannah, Clara, and Lam lead you through quiet canals, a family cocoa farm, a noodle workshop, and local fruit villages.

“Our guide Hannah was a delight. Very enthusiastic and informative. We had a great day”

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4.Cai Rang floating market, Cacao & hidden small canal

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 244 reviews · from $33

Start at 5:30 a.m. with a boat ride from Ninh Kieu Wharf to Cai Rang Floating Market. Eat rice noodles and coffee on the water, make noodles at a family workshop, cruise narrow canals, visit My Khanh village, and taste chocolate at Muoi Cuong Cocoa Farm. Small groups reach 15 people.

“Even if there are not many merchants left, the visit is still worth the cost. Excellent breakfast in the Boat and fun to participate in the making of noodles. A very nice and careful boat captain. A very interesting young guide with a very good French vocabulary.Auto-translated”

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5.Basel Farmer’s Market, Cheese, Chocolate & Pastry Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 171 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $112

Spend about three hours walking Basel’s Old Town, sampling seasonal market fare, Swiss cheeses, chocolate, and a traditional spice biscuit. Guides such as Gina and Jean add city history and food knowledge, while the small group size keeps the outing personal. Expect tastings, not a full meal.

“This was a great tour. A really nice combination of art history, chocolate cheese, and pastry. My guide was very knowledgeable and relaxed at the same time. I would highly recommend it.”

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6.Shopping Tour In Don Lucas Cigar Factory, Rum tasting, Cocoa factory, Souvenirs

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 51 reviews · from $4Best value

Visit Mundo Autentico near Punta Cana for a guided look at Don Lucas cigars, Dominican rum, cocoa, coffee, amber, larimar, clay crafts, art, and souvenirs. Tastings are included, hotel pickup is offered, and the low price makes this a useful short outing, but shopping is the main event.

“Great activity and the tour guy was very pleasant. He was also very helpful, kind, and patient. 👌🏾🙏🏾”

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 45 reviews · from $24

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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8.Cai Rang floating market, see sunrise, CaCao orchard, small canal

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 44 reviews · from $42

Start before sunrise with a small-group boat ride from Can Tho. Guide Dai can help explain Cai Rang Floating Market, breakfast on the water, rice-noodle making, Muoi Cuong’s cacao orchard, and the peaceful canals of Phong Dien. Hotel pickup and return are included.

“Interessante Abwechslungsreiche Tour. Leider gab es an diesem Tag so gut wie keinen Sonnenaufgang- so etwas lässt sich eben nicht planen.”

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9.Shopping tour Punta Cana rum cigars coffee larimar chocolate souvenirs mamajuan

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 44 reviews · from $10

Visit Bella Mare Shopping Tour for cigar tasting, Dominican rum and mamajuana, chocolate, organic coffee, Larimar, pottery, cosmetics, souvenirs and more. Pickup is offered, the visit lasts about 1 to 4 hours, and staff speak English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian and Ukrainian.

“The transport arrived on time, the store is very large, there’s a lot of stuff and it’s great that you can try everything, we liked Mamajuana, a local tincture, coffee and chocolate, everything is very tasty, we recommend it!”

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10.Chocolate Master Class & Taino Concept Store

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 43 reviews · from $57

At Taino’s Kitchen Lab, guides such as Rudy, Felix, Wendell, and Anthony explain cacao’s story, lead you through grinding beans and tempering chocolate, and help you make cacao balls and chocolate bark. Hotel pickup, tastings, two soft drinks, and your finished chocolates are included.

“It was very informative and my hubby and I really enjoyed the class. It doesn’t hurt that you leave with what you created which is nice. If you want a short activity but interesting one, I recommend it.”

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11.Floating Market, Canals, Nature Reserve & Forest

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 42 reviews · from $59

Start at 5:30 AM with hotel pickup, then see Cai Rang Floating Market at sunrise, cruise small canals, visit a family rice noodle workshop, and explore Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve. Nick may guide the English tour, with breakfast, fruit, drinks, boats, entrance fees, and transport included.

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12.Floating Market, Cacao & Canals with French Guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 37 reviews · from $37

Meet at 5:30 AM in central Can Tho for a French-guided Mekong morning. Cruise to Cai Rang Floating Market, eat breakfast aboard a sampan, visit a rice noodle workshop, walk through villages, and finish with cacao milk and wine at an organic farm.

“The guide was very kind and explained everything very well and answered all our questions. She speaks French very well. We were able to see the floating market, discover how noodles are made, and visit a cocoa plantation.”

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13.Guided Shopping Tour to Bella Mare Store (Cigars, Chocolate, Rum and Souvenirs)

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 24 reviews · from $6

Spend about 2.5 hours at Bella Mare Store in Punta Cana, where guides such as Eddie, Javier, and Francois introduce you to cigars, rum, coffee, chocolate, larimar, cosmetics, and souvenirs. Round-trip resort pickup is included, though pickup times can shift by up to an hour.

“This was an amazing tour!! Tour guides were very knowledgeable and experience great overall!! Would highly recommended this to any cigar connoisseur!!”

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14.Explore Mekong, Floating Market, Cacao & Local Life

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 21 reviews · 6 hours - 390 minutes · from $24

Start at 5:00 AM in central Can Tho for sunrise, Cai Rang floating market, river breakfast, local markets, quiet canals, fruit gardens, and an organic cacao farm. English-speaking guides such as Lam, Jade, Duy, and Hieu bring the Mekong to life in a six-hour small-boat tour.

“Wir starteten um 5 uhr - etwas verschlafen in Richtung Floatingmarkt und unserer erster Stopp war bei einer Kaffedame am Wasser um wach zu werden und danach kam ein Highlight nach dem anderen. Essen direkt vom floatingmarkt, flussfahrt im wildwasserkanal, besuch des Marktes, Besuch einer kakaofarm usw. Während der kleinen wege zum nächsten Ziel, gab es Früchte direkt frisch vom Markt. Man konnte in die Welt der einheimischen eintauchen und unser guide hat einen super Job gemacht. Dank Tom&Jerry vergingen die 6 Stunden wie im Flug- alles wer perfekt.”

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15.Farmer’s Market, Cheese, Chocolate & Pastry Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 18 reviews · 2 hours · from $194

You’ll spend about two hours with a private English-speaking guide exploring Basel’s landmarks and tasting Swiss cheese, chocolate, and Läckerli pastry. Guides including Gina, Jean, and Jonas have led this walk, which combines local food with Basel’s art, architecture, and old-town sights.

“Loved the last stop- excellent cheese and chocolates with detailed explanations”

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