Culture & food
Chocolate Experience Tour
Walk through a working cacao plantation, taste fresh cacao straight from the pod, and learn to make chocolate by hand near Jacó.
- Duration
- Approximately 2 hours
- Location
- Vista Los Sueños Adventure Park, Jacó Beach, Puntarenas
- Price
- From $50 per person
Why guests book it
- Guided walk through a working cacao plantation
- Taste fresh cacao straight from the pod
- Hands-on traditional chocolate making
- Finished chocolate paired with tropical fruit
- Organic chocolate to buy at the end
This interactive, educational cacao tour introduces guests to Costa Rica's chocolate heritage through a guided walk across the park's cacao plantation and surrounding rainforest near Jacó. Visitors taste fresh cacao fruit straight from the pod, learn about the diverse cacao varieties grown on site and their cultural and economic significance, and take part in a traditional hands-on chocolate-making demonstration, sampling finished chocolate paired with tropical fruit.
Your planner books the slot, arranges the villa pickup and confirms the timings the day before, so nobody in the group has to organise anything on the morning. If you are travelling with children, non-swimmers or anyone who would rather sit the activity out, tell us and we build the day around it.
How the day runs
- 01
09:00
Pickup at your villa on request
- 02
09:30
Walk the cacao plantation with your bilingual guide
- 03
10:00
Cacao varieties, history and tasting from the pod
- 04
10:30
Grind, temper and taste, the hands-on part
- 05
11:00
Chocolate and fruit pairing, shop if you want to take some home
- 06
11:30
Back at the villa
What's included
- Bilingual guide throughout
- Cacao tasting and chocolate-making demonstration
- Tropical fruit pairing
- Transportation from Jacó and Los Sueños on request
Good to know
- Family-friendly and suitable for all ages
- Children five and under go free
- Organic chocolate available to buy at the end
Best for
- Families with young children
- Rainy mornings and green season days
- Anyone who likes the story behind the food
Not ideal for
- Guests with a cacao or nut allergy, tell us first
What to bring
- Comfortable walking shoes
- Light rain jacket in green season
- Cash if you want to buy chocolate
The day in pictures
Chocolate Experience Tour
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