Project Chocolat Tree to Bar Tour at Hotel Chocolat Saint Lucia

Recommended by 94% of travelers

St Lucia

High interest

Booked 2 times today.

2 to 3 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Why travelers loved this

4.7

· Gary_K ·

Feb 2026

What a wonderful morning we got to spend walking through their cocao plantation, checking out the different cocao pods and coffee plants, touring the cocao bean growing area, drying areas and so many cocao flavors of alcohol and non-alcoholic drinks along with cocao insprired food options. Making the chocolate bars definitely added to the experience of eating dark chocolate and will always be memorable afterwards.

· Richard_B ·

Dec 2025

If you like chocolate this is not an experience to be missed. The history of chocolate making is very interesting and the tour of the plantations vegitation and plant life is fascinating. The finale is making your own bar of chocolate. It is. Hard work but worth the effort. Our tour started with lunch which was excellent. Good food and refreshments. Wonderful knowledgeable staff.

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Overview

Prebook this chocolate-making experience at St. Lucia’s Hotel Chocolat and enjoy a unique experience you won’t soon forget. First, tour the cacao groves in the rainforest before learning how to make your own chocolate bar from scratch during a guided session. Plus, to make the day a stress-free one, lunch is also included at Hotel Chocolat, too.

Tour the cacao groves and learn about cacao cultivation
Craft your own chocolate from bean to bar
Delight your senses with cacao meals and desserts
Overlooks a St. Lucia UNESCO World Heritage Site

What's Included

From Tree to Bar Cacao Tour
Chocolate making experience
Lunch

Transportation

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Project Chocolat
Unnamed Road Malgretoute, St Lucia
Across the street from the starting point you will see Ladere Resort.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Start this Soufriere chocolate tour at Project Chocolat in St. Lucia. This is a perfect experience for foodies or chocolate lovers. Once you check in, it’s off for a walk in the rain forest. In the forest, tour the cocoa groves and learn about how the cocoa is harvested for your guide. Taste cocoa from a pod before making a chocolate bar yourself with help.

Afterward, it’s time to enjoy the provided lunch that comes with this experience. Take in the forest views as you eat a market-style lunch.

End your chocolate tour at the onsite shop, where you can purchase food and alcoholic beverages (own expense) to take home with you.

Project Chocolat

2 hours 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
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
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 50 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

Allison_G

This was SUCH a cool experience! It was our favorite thing we did while visiting St. Lucia. There was so much to learn and see about how cacao grows. The included lunch was really tasty, you choose a main, two sides, a dessert and a beverage. Making our own chocolate bars was such a unique experience too!

Reviews

4.7

based on 542 reviews

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Great trip for most, but not all.

Patricia_K, Mar 2026

I really think that you need to add physical requirements of this trip. Steep hills. Many steps. Walking in wooded areas. I was not aware of these conditions and would have worn proper shoes. Two men had a lot of difficulty and missed parts of the trip. The tour and the guide were wonderful. Very knowledgeable. Loved making chocolate bar. The lunch options were good and delicious.

Great afternoon learning...

Oliver_B, Mar 2026

Great afternoon learning about growing and making chocolate. Beautiful farm and knowledgeable staff. My only suggestion os please make it more clear that lunch is served BEFORE the start time. Food was great!

Hotel chocolate and Rabot plantation tour

Debbie_B, Feb 2026

Beautiful rainforest and plantation setting, flowers and crops all around. Well organised with knowledgeable guide , great activity content with chocolate bar making and really great quality meal

Fun and interesting

gail_p, Feb 2026

Interesting information given about chocolate bean farming and a quick walk through beautiful grounds. Making our own chocolate was fun and very well organised with great staff.

Great tour!

Marc_S, Feb 2026

Very interesting experience touring the cacao plantation and learning about how the pods grow. Actually making chocolate from the cacao nibs was a unique and fun opportunity!

Great experience

Louise_M, Feb 2026

We really thoroughly enjoyed the tree to bar tour, John was a great guide, both informative and fun!

Our Favorite Experience

Allison_G, Feb 2026

Fun and delicious!

Melodie_E, Feb 2026

The tour was informative and the chocolate was worth the effort! An interesting, fun, and delicious day!

Great Experience!

Gary_K, Feb 2026

Excellent Chocolate making experience

Stephen_K, Jan 2026

Beautiful guided tour of cocoa and chocolate production. Starts with mild hike through growing area, transitions to actual making of a chocolate bar (highlight) and finish with lunch. As with most of St Lucia there are a LOT of steps so wear comfy shoes. They supply water and umbrellas as needed The chocolate making uses a mortar and pestle to grind the nibs before adding the cocoa butter and optional sugar. Then a 25 minute chill while eating lunch and voila! Lunch has wide variety of veggie/vegan options along with fish chicken and meat. Go dairy free dessert for delicious almond bars (ask the server) Only negative is they could provide the umbrellas at check in so as to not get drenched in sudden downpour at starting point

Must do

Jason_C, Jan 2026

Taj was awesome. Well worth booking this excursion. The chocolate making at the end was a perfect way to end it.

Make Chocolate!

Kyle_K, Jan 2026

This was a great experience. Toured the grounds where the cocoa is grown and learned about how they’re grown. During the tour you get to taste the cocoa fruit before it becomes chocolate. During the tail end of the tour you get to make your own. Great experience!

Worth it!

Amy_S, Dec 2025

Neat experience! Staff very kind. We missed our booked reservation and when I realized I called and they allowed us to come the following day at no additional cost. I was very grateful

If you love chocolate...

Richard_B, Dec 2025

Great trip out with chocolate!

Steve_M, Dec 2025

Really interesting, engaging & fun. Excellent lunch. Tour guide & all staff were excellent. Well presented activity

Lovely Experience!

Christina_L, Nov 2025

This was such an amazing experience. Being able to walk the grounds and learn how chocolate is made, then being able to make my own chocolate bar was indescribable. The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and personable. We were able to try the cacao seeds and even taste flowers in the groves. The lunch provided was tasty also. I would definitely recommend.

I did this experience on...

Nevaeh_R, Nov 2025

I did this experience on my birthday & when I say they outdid themselves, THEY MADE MY BIRTHDAY SO SPECIAL! From learning about the plantation, to trying the chocolat straight from the tree, to actually making the chocolat, it was amazing! (NO NIBS, NO CHOCOLAT) it was truly an eye opener to how chocolat is produced! ❤️

Loved it from start to finish

Dawn_M, Nov 2025

It was lots of fun learning how chocolate is made from. You’re learning the process from start to finish. Making the home made chocolaty bars hard but worth it.

Wow

Patrick_B, Oct 2025

Beautiful grounds and an amazing and fun learning experience. I would recommend this to anyone visiting Saint Lucia.

Loved the entire experience. Highly recommend.

Megan_L, Oct 2025

Loved it! Every minute was informative and fun. Great guides - Tahj and John were fantastic. Highly recommend. Lunch was great. Wnitre staff was very friendly. Beautiful property.

Book this- you will not be disappointed

Lisel_D, Oct 2025

The tour was great, start to finish. Tahj was not just knowledgeable but funny. We learned so much and tasted great cacao. The chocolate making was fun but took some unexpected elbow grease. The lunch was great anf the chicken roti was one of the best I had on the island.

I did the tree to bar...

Tashena_T, Sep 2025

I did the tree to bar tour, it’s very informative, Kudos to the staff; professional and entertaining.

My wife and I had a...

Graham_D, Sep 2025

My wife and I had a fantastic time at Project Chocolat - getting to tour the nursery and the gardens with Tahj really added to the experience of making our own chocolate. He was very knowledgeable about the whole forest, not just the cacao and coffee trees, and the only thing we were left time was more time exploring the grounds with him. Very worth a visit (and don't be afraid to drive yourselves - you can do it!)

We were fascinated in...

Lisa_L, Sep 2025

We were fascinated in learning how the beans grow and our Gide was amazing … very interesting to see how “natural” the whole process is. Shame the lunch that was included was fast food with poor choice.

No refund.

Najibah_B, Sep 2025

Traveling to them is the issue! The ride is about two hours not including traffic, they didn't offer us no type of refund.

Tree to Bar Tour - Great Fun!

Sarah_L, Aug 2025

We had a fantastic experience at the Tree to Bar Tour. Nathan was an engaging and friendly guide who answered all our questions and kept it interesting and entertaining. The rainforest is beautiful and they think of everything to keep you comfortable and happy (umbrellas, bottled waters, cool towels). Moving the chocolate making experience, you stop at the Bar to sample one of the cacao drinks, which was delicious, as were the cocktails we ordered as well. On to the chocolate making experience - Marina was our host and she was phenomenal as well, it was lots of fun but also hard work! Learned so much about the history of chocolate on St Lucia and in the Caribbean and about the chocolate making history as well. Lunch was delicious, you go eat while your chocolate bars are settling, and everyone was friendly and helpful. Definitely recommend this experience!

Fun afternoon

odette_s, Aug 2025

We really enjoyed this tour. We loved seeing the plantation. The chocolate making was fun and the lunch was delicious. I would recommend

Unique experience in the Caribbean!

Razan_H, Aug 2025

We had a fun a unique experience! From walking in a coco tree “forest” to making a chocolate bar in the Caribbean is just a unique thing to do. The tour guide shared so much about the coco grafting and growing and chocolate making process! The chocolate making guide was fun and funny and stirred the energy of the group so well. They gave us lunch and was so good. Loved it! We had fun.

Chocolate making adventure

Deborah_F, Aug 2025

My husband, two Sons and I had a lovely time at Hotel Chocolat learning about how to make chocolate. Our tour guide was very informative as he walked us through the rainforest. We got to taste chocolate tea. The boys loved making chocolate. Afterwards we had a nice lunch. Overall it was a very fun experience.