Chocolate and Cultural Tour in Costa Rica

Overview

Available languages

English

Spanish

2 hours

Mobile ticket

A sustainable tourism project located in Sarapiquí, Chilamate.

It focuses not only on cacao production but also on forest conservation and biodiversity. The goal is to share both the chocolate-making process and its connection to nature.

The standard Chocolate Tour lasts about 2 hours.

Visitors explore a cacao plantation within a private forest reserve.

The tour explains the entire process: from the cacao tree, flowers, and pollination, to harvesting, fermentation, drying, grinding, and finally producing chocolate.

Guests can taste different stages: the fresh cacao fruit, cacao at various processing steps, and even enjoy traditional hot chocolate.

Focus and Values

Sustainability: minimal impact on the forest, preserving natural habitats, and practicing eco-friendly farming.

Education: the tour highlights the history of cacao, its cultural role, and its ecological importance.

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Organic Chocolate Taste Samples

Organic Chocolate Drink

Guides

Tips

What To Expect

-All of our activities last 2 hours on diferent times. -We are eco and family friendly. -All our activities are conducted exclusively in English and Spanish. Check the information about our place and feel free to ask for anything that you need. We want to do conservation through sustainable tourism, that is why we present a totally authentic and responsible service on the rational exploitation of Costa Rica’s forests, transmitting knowledge about nature and sharing the secrets of cocoa production to domestic use in the rural area of Sarapiquí.

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Chocolate and Cultural Tour in Costa Rica

Reviews

5.00

8 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Inspiring "think like a hummingbird"
Navigator56858904090,
Nov 29, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
A lovely guide who can explain the chocolate making process in a funny way. We also had to try things, like grinning the chocolate beans, tasting it,... He also makes a link with ecology and conserving nature what is very inspiring.
Chocolate tour with family
careymd1225,
Nov 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
One of the best tours we’ve ever done. Amazing to experience each phase of the chocolate making process. They live up to their mission of using tourism to inspire conservation. Awesome!
Great experience - definitely worth a visit
Thomas W,
Nov 24, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Fantastic experience with our guide Adrian who learnt us about cacao from fruit to final products. Very recommendable
Lovely and authentic experience!
robertdV3404WW,
Nov 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Superb. Great experience of understanding how chocolate is made, and also how it supports the conservation of the local natural environment. Tour guide was humble, passionate and authentic. Very accessible, well paced and entertaining. Lots of tasting too! Very well worth it.
Excellent experience in an interesting setting. Short walk to demonstration site included posses for wildlife including sloth in
Resort19332321884,
Nov 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Highly recommend for adults and children. Chocolate is reviewed from plant through an excellent finished product with demonstrations using very basic (all manually) production processes and lots of participation and tasting.
Excellent tour! Educational and fun
luistho,
Nov 20, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Rodolfo gave us an excellent tour that combines his great knowledge as a naturalist guide with his passion for environmental conservation and cocoa. We learned about the plant, its history and its process in a fun and interactive way, participating and testing different products. 100% Recommended!
Will never eat cheap milk chocolate again
AFriend3107,
Nov 6, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
This was a tour de force given by the highly spirited & dedicated Heinner. The tour is not the usual type of viewing but encourages audience participation to humourous delight. It's not cheap but very well worth it for the education imparted and with tasty samples to illustrate all the different processes involved in creating chocolate 🍫.
Excellent tour we learned a lot from chocolate
oscarcC1881WC,
Oct 3, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Excellent tour we enjoyed it very much. We really liked the chocolate tasting and we really appreciate recognizing the chocolate varieties that come out as chocolate is processed.