Chocolate Tour Basic: Self-drivers without lunch
Recommended by 99% of travelers
Quepos, Costa Rica
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Learn all about the chocolate-making process on this guided tour of a chocolate plantation from Manuel Antonio. Follow your guide as you learn about the local ecology of the cacao plant, the local cultural and economic importance of chocolate, and the production process from collection to fermentation and grinding of cacao beans. Then, visit a trapiche, a traditional oxen-powered mill used to extract juice from sugarcane.
- A tour of a chocolate plantation from Manuel Antonio
- Learn about local chocolate ecology, culture, and economy
- Visit a trapiche—a traditional oxen-powered sugarcane mill
- Sample chocolate, sugarcane candy, and specialty coffees
What's Included
- Tour Guide
- Coffee and/or Tea
- Entrance fee - Entrance fee
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Bonding Restaurant, Coffee Roaster Café & HotelProvincia de Puntarenas, Quepos, Barrio Los Angeles, 60601, Costa Rica
If driving by your own, Please use Google Maps to get to our tour location, Waze or other navigation maps might lead you wrong.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Stroller accessible
- Not wheelchair accessible
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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Featured review
Amy_K
Juan was an excellent tour guide. We love experiencing local culture when we travel and this was one our favorites.
Reviews
5.0
based on 153 reviews
Y_Y, Dec 2024
The tour was awesome!
We had more physical activities duringou trip and this was nice chill tour to break it up!
You can learn so much about cacao, chocolate, coffee and so much more about Costa Rica!
I've never tasted such fresh chocolate and coffee before.
Response from Host, Jan 2025
Hello thanks for this nice review we are glad to hear you learned a lot about Costa Rica and of course; Cacao amongst many other products like the vanilla and coffee.
Wish you a great fresh start of the year.
Warmest regards.
Stephen_H, Dec 2024
It was great. Very knowledgeable tour guide and the chocolate was delicious. The coffee tasting was very good as well.
Response from Host, Jan 2025
Good evening dear Stephen, thanks for this nice review. We are veru happy to know you liked the experience learning and tasting all the different products at the farm.
Please dont forget to recommend the tour to your friends visiting CR!
Pura vida
Pamela_M, Dec 2024
Informative and fun! The guide explained how chocolate is extracted from cacao and how to tell "real" chocolate from not. Fun day!
Response from Host, Dec 2024
Hello dear Pamela thank you so much for your nice comments we appreciate it and please recommend us to anyone doing a trip to Costa Rica.
Warmest regards.
Rowan_V, Aug 2024
Absolutely loved it. Historic, delicious, and informative. I went with some friends who aren't super interested in history, and I was a little worried they'd be bored -- but they had a blast. We made little cups of historically accurate hot chocolate, drank traditional Costa Rican liquor that farmers used to drink on cacao farms, and ate cacao beans. Fun for all ages, family-owned, and felt ethically much better than any other chocolate tours in the area. You don't actually make any chocolate yourself -- which we were ok with, since the tour was interactive enough without it -- but if that's what you're looking for I don't want you to be disappointed. A great tour, definitely worth the money!
Response from Host, Sep 2024
Hello dear Rowan, we truly appreciate your nice comments about our guide and experience
in general. We wish you a safe travel back home and please dont forget to mention about
us to any of your friends and family coming down here. Pura vida! :)
Reamer_B, Jul 2024
It was great to learn about the history of cacao, see it growing, taste it, and see how it is processed — into delicious products. We also enjoyed seeing vanilla, pineapples and other agricultural products on the plantation. The tour was personalized and informative.
Response from Host, Sep 2024
Hello dear Reamer, this really makes us happy, and we want to thank you for taking a moment and leaving us this beautiful review. All the products we offer during our session are made with love and this is why we are very satisfy when this comments are received. Hope you had a great time during all your time in Costa Rica. And dont forget to recommend our tour to friends and family please.
Amy_K, Jun 2024
Juan was an excellent tour guide. We love experiencing local culture when we travel and this was one our favorites.
Jos_F, Apr 2024
Amazing tour guide. Very interesting information about everything related with cacau. The chocolate taste is unforgettable!
Allison_M, Apr 2024
Our guide, Gregory, was knowledgeable about the growth process of the cocoa bean as well as the chocolate making process. He kept everyone engaged throughout the tour with interesting facts about the cacao plants as well as the other plants being grown at the plantation. Tastings were provided at appropriate intervals and helped augment the tour experience. Our driver, Odiel, and Marguerite were wonderful, too.
Mathew_T, Jan 2024
Very informative, Juan was a very entertaining and knowledgeable guide. We had fun and learned a lot about the process
Cheryl_M, Dec 2023
Grate time very informative the tour guide Gregory was awesome we learned a lot and would go again on our next trip to Costa Rica
Christina_b, Nov 2023
This was a fun morning learning about this amazing fruit cacao and the process it takes to make chocolate. Our guide Juan was excellent and extremely knowledgeable about plants and how to use them medicinally. We learned a lot about the fruit and the power it has to change your health. It was fun to walk around the farm and see and learn all about the plants that grow there. I loved tasting the chocolate and learning the history behind this amazing fruit.
Georgia_P, Jul 2023
My husband and I did this tour on my birthday as I am without a doubt one of the biggest chocolate and coffee lovers out there. We absolutely loved this tour, we saw cacao pods and were explained the process of turning this into chocolate from start to finish by one of the best, most engaging tour guides I've ever had- Gregory! Gregory was absolutely amazing. He involved us throughout in both crunching up the cacao into cacao nibs, eating a variety of different chocolates they make on the premises, tasting the best "hot chocolate" we've ever had, pushing the trapiche to get the sugar cane juice out for drinks, and watching the "most hipster coffee ever" being made. It was truly amazing- I'd recommend this to anyone who loves chocolate and/or coffee.
Renee_C, Jul 2023
This was a great tour. They picked us up at our hotel and took us to a cacao farm where they explained the entire process of growing the cacao and how it ultimately gets made into chocolate. Our guide, Juan was very knowledgeable and kept it all very interesting. We got to try an old fashioned hot chocolate drink, a chocolate bar, and an old fashioned soda. Great experience.
Christine_W, Jul 2023
Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and answered every question throughly. The driver was great bringing us right to our door on the way home. All staff were friendly and professional. We learned a lot Great tour.
Jakob_G, Nov 2025
We learned a lot about chocolate. Besides, it has cinnamon, cafe and many other interesting plants.
We were able to taste a lot
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Response from Host, Dec 2025
Thank you so much for visiting and for your kind feedback! We’re very happy to hear that you learned a lot about chocolate as well as other interesting plants like cinnamon and coffee.
We’re glad you enjoyed tasting so many things—it's what makes the experience truly special. We hope to welcome you again soon! 🌿🍫☕️
Helmut_M, Dec 2024
Sehr interessante Tour, mit spannenden Erklärungen rund um das Thema Schokolade. Abgerundet wurde die Tour mit einer Schokolade und Kaffee Verkostung. Wir können die Tour auf jeden Fall weiterempfehlen!
Response from Host, Jan 2025
Greetings dear Helmut, thank you so much for taking a moment to leave a comment about our night hike where you saw all this differents creatures! Our guides give a lot of effort to provide a unique experience with a friendly service. Please dont forget to recommend this tour to the rest of your family and Friends.
Gisela_S, Feb 2023
Brian ist sehr kompetent und wir haben lange nicht mehr so eine gute Tour gemacht, weil nicht nur Theorie vermittelt wurde, sondern wir viel praktische Anwendungen erleben und schmecken durften
Manuela_F, Dec 2021
Brian macht die Tour zu einem Erlebnis. Sehr viel Information und Interaktion. Es hat sehr viel Spaß gemacht. Dazu spricht er sogar hervorragend deutsch.
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