Mindo Chocolate Tour: Explore Ecuador's Artisan Chocolate Making Process at El Quetzal de Mindo
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124 Ratings
Mindo

Embark on a captivating journey through Ecuador’s chocolate-making process at El Quetzal de Mindo. From cocoa tree to finished chocolate, indulge in tastings and discover the art of artisan chocolate making.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Mindo - At the El Quetzal de Mindo Chocolate tour you will be met with a guide that will show you step-by-step how to make chocolate!
What's Included
  • Gourmet food tasting included
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
Additional Information

El Quetzal de Mindo marks the start of the Ruta de Cacao (Chocolate Route) in Ecuador. Experience the complete journey of chocolate creation from an artisanal, small-batch perspective. We start off with the cocoa tree, try fresh fruit, and witness the full process up to the production of the final chocolate product. The tour concludes with a sampling of…

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Location
El Quetzal de Mindo with Chocolate Tour
All of our tours are at El Quetzal in Mindo. From the main square in Mindo El Quetzal is 2 blocks up the hill towards Casa de Cecilia.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Mariellette2022
Jul 24, 2024
A great insight on how to make state of the art chocolate - An awesome, private and captivating tour. Our guide was Miguel, he speaks French and English and I have had tte best guided tour ever. Miguel was caring, interested, interesting and helpful. He provided us with a unique experience and a preferable treatment. We absolutely loved this tour!
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Daytrip152527
Jul 15, 2024
Recommended! - Very nice and interesting chocolate tour, learned a lot and tasted delicious chocolate. Really authentic and highly recommended to do if you are in Mindo!
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582annabelg
May 25, 2024
Super informative and yummy tour. - The guide taught us a lot about the flavours of chocolate, and toured us through their garden full of the fruits they add to their chocolate. The tour ended with a tasting experience beyond what we expected. This is a small production outfit - no mass production here.
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Melindat696
May 7, 2024
Amazing cacao farm & chocolate making tour in the heart of Mindo! - Wow… we had an amazing time! Me and my brother are visiting Mindo from US and always wanted to visit cocoa farm. We were pleasantly greeted by Miguel, he spoke very good English and was very welcoming! We had a tour around the garden and learned about different varitarions of cocoa, the soil, nutrients and other flavors/fruits that can be mixed into chocolate! In addition to cocoa trees, there were coffee trees, guava, oranges, ginger, berries, and so many other fruits/plants on the farm. We got to taste many different percentages of chocolates and tried cocoa tea as well! Miguel walked us through the entire chocolate process and answered many questions, he is very knowledgeable about the plant of Ecuador in addition to chocolate process! We had an amazing experience, we highly recommend this tour and Miguel!
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Corymaria13
May 5, 2024
Best Chocolate Tour EVER - This is the best chocolate tour I’ve ever been on, and I’ve been on many around the world for work. Our guide spoke English, Spanish, and French fluently and was informative, fun, and humorous. The chocolate tasting experience at the end of the tour is fantastic! We loved learning about how true chocolate is actually Medicine, which was a beautiful way to feel more in touch with the land and Pacha Mama.
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562miniv
Mar 19, 2024
Great ! - The Portuguese guide was very kind. He gave us the tour for both of us. And at the end we tasted lots of different chocolates. There is a little shop to bring some back! The cocoa tea was delicious.
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T1361wrcatherineo
Mar 14, 2024
Informative and tasty!! - Very informative, friendly guide, delicious chocolate. We really enjoyed it! We learned all about their process of making chocolate, walked around a beautiful farm, and had a tasting at the end. Everyone was friendly and informative
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Aleksn2016
Feb 9, 2024
Delicious and Interesting - This was a very interesting and delicious tour of how chocolate is made right from picking of the beans to packaging the chocolate. This is a small company with an interesting story. Includes a lot of sampling😊
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Mcbhaine
Dec 31, 2023
Worth your time - I am a bit of a travel snob and generally hate touristy tours. This one was informative, the right length and the garden part of the tour excellent.
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Tmima_g
Dec 23, 2023
Perfect tour - Sergio was amazing from the beginning: energetic, knowledgeable, and very friendly. The flow of the tour was very appropriate. The combination of sit down for an initial taste of the beans from a fresh cacao , the walk in the garden to understand the trees and the flora in the area, to the processing steps and back to the tasting of real chocolate. Well designed!
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