Hacienda Cacao y Mango Chocolate Tour

Learn all about how one of Ecuador's top products is made on our Hacienda Cacao y Mango Chocolate Tour from Guayaquil. If you've got a sweet tooth, this is the activity for you!

Hacienda Cacao y Mango Chocolate Tour

At the indicated time, we'll pick you up from your hotel and travel to the Hacienda Cacao y Mango for a chocolate tour.

Upon arrival, you'll be greeted with a welcome cocktail and the tour will begin. We'll visit the cocoa, rice, tropical fruit, vanilla, banana, and coffee plantations, among other varieties of edible and timber plants on the estate. We'll learn about the richness of the local soil.

Next, we'll make chocolate and taste cocoa juice and different derivatives of fresh cocoa, such as handmade chocolate. We'll visit the conching and tempering workshop for a tasting of chocolates of different percentages and learn how to make chocolate bars with dehydrated fruits of 50 grams.

After the tour, you can visit the shop for products like chocolate soaps, cocoa masks, hats, ground coffee, coffee beans, coffee jams, chili jam, Jamaican flowers, and leather handicrafts.

We'll then enjoy a 3-course lunch made with local ingredients, seasonal fruits, and chocolate touches. You will return to your hotel, with arrival scheduled 6 hours after pickup.

Pickup, schedule, and meeting points

When you reserve, choose one of the following options:

Tour with pickup in Guayaquil: Pickup at 10 am at your hotel in Guayaquil.

Tour from Naranjal: Arrive at the Hacienda Cacao y Mango at 10 or 11 am.

Add a visit to a vanilla greenhouse

If selected, we'll go to Cerro Chico Pereque to visit one of the largest vanilla plantations in the region and learn about the cultivation, harvesting, fermentation, and drying processes.