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Hawaiian Cacao Tour: Award-Winning Chocolate Tasting
4.9
425 Ratings
Kapaʻa
Discover the exquisite new taste of Hawaiian grown cacao and chocolate. Winners of the Cocoa of Excellence, 2017, 2021, 2023.
Discover the exquisite new taste of Hawaiian grown cacao and chocolate. Winners of the Cocoa of Excellence, 2017, 2021, 2023.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Lydgate Farms Chocolate Tours - Our famous chocolate farm tour — the first of its kind on Kaua’i, widely copied, never surpassed, it is Kauai’s most enjoyable and educational activity. Your three-hour guided tour begins with a stroll through our botanical gardens, where you sample our award-winning honey, experience our vanilla beans, and do an…
- Lydgate Farms Chocolate Tours - Our famous chocolate farm tour — the first of its kind on Kaua’i, widely copied, never surpassed, it is Kauai’s most enjoyable and educational activity. Your three-hour guided tour begins with a stroll through our botanical gardens, where you sample our award-winning honey, experience our vanilla beans, and do an extensive tropical fruit tasting. At Lydgate Farms, formerly Steelgrass Farm, learn all about Theobroma cacao the chocolate tree and taste its ripe fruit, learn the secrets of turning raw cacao seeds into finished chocolate, and discover the amazing health benefits of chocolate.
What's Included
- Snacks
- Snacks
Meal Options
- Dark Chocolate Covered Macadamia Nut - Hawaiian Grown 55% Dark Chocolate covering a roasted and caramelized Hawaiian Grown Macadamia Nut. A favorite for Kauai locals.
- Farm Grown Banana - Farm Grown Hawaiian Apple Banana served with aloha
- 70% Dark, Estate Grown - Made from our award winning hawaiian grown cacao.
- Dark Chocolate Covered Macadamia Nut - Hawaiian Grown 55% Dark Chocolate covering a roasted and caramelized Hawaiian Grown Macadamia Nut. A favorite for Kauai locals.
- Farm Grown Banana - Farm Grown Hawaiian Apple Banana served with aloha
- 70% Dark, Estate Grown - Made from our award winning hawaiian grown cacao.
Additional Information
- Children tour fare is valid for kids 7-12 . We do not allow children under 7, including infants in carriers, as this experience is best suited for older children and adults. We invite families with younger children to visit our new Lydgate Chocolate Tasting Room in downtown Kapaa: now open Monday – Friday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
- Please list the…
- Children tour fare is valid for kids 7-12 . We do not allow children under 7, including infants in carriers, as this experience is best suited for older children and adults. We invite families with younger children to visit our new Lydgate Chocolate Tasting Room in downtown Kapaa: now open Monday – Friday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
- Please list the age of your child or children when making a reservation. We only allow children over 7 years old.
- Farm visits require a tour reservation (we do not offer self-guided tours). Visit our tasting room in Kapaa town instead!
- Please no children under 7.
Location
Lydgate Farms Chocolate Tours
Olohena Road
Search for Lydgate Farms Chocolate Tour on Google maps or Waze and follow the directions to 5730 Olohena Road. Please arrive 15 minutes before your booking. Driving directions are included in the welcome email.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(425 Ratings)
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April_p
Aug 29, 2025
Beautiful and fun time - We had a very knowledgeable and funny guide. I've learned I have an expensive taste when it comes to chocolate.
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Guide43158510237
Aug 29, 2025
Your tastebuds don’t know what they are missing! - This tour was a suggestion from our travel planner, and WOW! Jess was our tour guide and we found out how cacao is grown, tried some local fruit, and then took a trip into chocolate tastebud reprogramming.
If you love chocolate and only ever buy from the store, your tastebuds are bored. You don’t know what you are missing. And Jess was a great guide, but everyone at Lydgate is great!
Must take this tour!!!!
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Rydbomt
Aug 28, 2025
Incredibly fun and delicious. Foodies should absolutely not miss this. - I was running late due to traffic and they called to check in with me so I wouldn’t miss anything- so even before I arrived the staff went above and beyond. I toured with Mason and it was such a spectacular time. At no point are you just meandering and bored, I have a short attention span and I was locked in the entire time. Our guide, Mason, was hilarious, engaging, and incredibly personable. He remembered many of our names throughout the tour somehow as well. The grounds are easy to navigate and they provide transport for those with disabilities. Along the way you get a chance to try a few different fruits they have on the grounds and smell some cool plants too. They don’t just inform you about chocolate, they talk about a lot more and it was all around a lovely time. I’m so glad I found this tour. Also- the chocolate is the best I’ve ever had. If you’re a foodie don’t miss this.
Overall:
Experience: engaging and fun
Guide: 15/10
Taste: unbelievable
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Lilim06
Aug 27, 2025
Chocolate Tasting & Education - We did this tour to kill some time before our flight. It was perfect!
In this tour we were taught how to properly taste chocolate-as you would a wine.
We learned the chocolate making process from soup to nuts while walking the farm and learning about other fruits as well.
Then came the chocolate tastings-there were so many that even the most seasoned chocolate eater (like myself) wanted a salty burger afterwards. But in a good way.
This farm is really in a league of their own. Go and find out!
Would do this again. Money well spent.
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B672iumichaelm
Aug 27, 2025
Best time I've spent on a tour of any kind! - This was an awesome experience! Henry was a great guide and you could tell he really loves his job and chocolate. We learned so much more about chocolate than I thought possible. I will never look at (or eat) a piece of chocolate the same way again!
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Maryj_s
Aug 25, 2025
Amazing tour guides,... - Amazing tour guides, especially Mason.
We enjoyed his vast knowledge and sense of humor.
Great farm, variety of fruits , birds, animals.
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Samantha_s
Aug 23, 2025
Good experience! - This was such a fun experience! We had Jess as a guide. She is a wealth of knowledge. She shared with us information on every plant/fruit/vegetable in the botanical garden. Which was an added bonus on top of all of the chocolate education! We enjoyed ourselves and would recommend them! Chocolate was also amazing.
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Andrew_s
Aug 23, 2025
Fun and interesting! - There was some walking but not too much. The entire tour is outside but spend some time sitting under a tent cover. Tried several fruits and chocolates. It was an interesting experience seeing what the cocoa beans look like from the plant and learning how chocolate is made.
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Cherylena2025
Aug 23, 2025
A fully rounded experience - This was a fabulous tour, made even better with our tour guide Jess! It isn’t just a tour about cacao and tasting chocolate, it is a very well rounded botanical experience. Jess gave us a comprehensive history of the cacao growers as well as the history of Lydgate Farms specifically. We then toured the farm. Her knowledge and ability to answer an array of questions was very impressive. The farm tour didn’t just focus on the cacao, but also on everything that was growing there. Because of that, it felt like a great botanical garden tour. We then had a fruit and honey tasting that was really great tasting as well as informative. Lastly was the chocolate tasting which was a great finale!!
I would strongly recommend this tour while you are on the island of Kaua’i. And if you are lucky enough to have Jess as your guide you will have a wonderful experience!!!
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Chrisfm744cy
Aug 22, 2025
Great must do. - Amazing experience. Learned so much about chocolate. This is a must do, Jess was a great guide, very knowledgeable and delightful.
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