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. The tour includes visits to the cocoa, rice, tropical fruit, vanilla, banana and coffee plantations and more, covering 63 species of edible plants and 18 timber species on the estate. We'll learn about the local soil's richness.

After familiarizing ourselves with the plantations, we'll make chocolate and taste cocoa juice and different derivatives of fresh cocoa. Additionally, we’ll visit the conching and tempering workshop for a tasting of chocolates of different percentages and learn to make chocolate bars containing dehydrated fruits.

You can visit the shop to purchase various products like chocolate soaps, cocoa masks, hats, coffee, coffee jams, chilli jam, and leather handicrafts. Following this, you'll enjoy a 3-course lunch featuring local ingredients and chocolate desserts.

After lunch, return to your hotel, with arrival scheduled 6 hours after pickup.

Pickup, schedule, and meeting points

When you make your reservation, you can choose between:

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

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

Add a visit to a vanilla greenhouse

If you choose this option, we will visit Cerro Chico Pereque and one of the largest vanilla plantations in the region to learn about cultivation, harvesting, fermentation, and drying.