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Cocoa Farmer Experience Near Medellin: Learn Traditional Chocolate Making
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68 Ratings
Medellin
Immerse yourself in the traditional chocolate-making process on a cocoa farm near Medellin. Learn from farmers, pick, peel, ferment, roast, grind, and taste your own chocolate creations.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Medellin - We’ll begin our excursion by collecting you from your accommodation in a cozy vehicle equipped with air conditioning, embarking on a 60-minute journey to the cacao plantation.
- Copacabana - During this adventure, we’ll explore a quaint, family-owned cacao farm. You’ll engage with the local cultivators and observe the complete cacao-to-chocolate transformation firsthand. Activities include harvesting, shelling, fermenting, drying, toasting, pulverizing, and shaping. Afterwards, you’ll savor the taste of warm cocoa, cocoa paste, cocoa nibs, and craft your own chocolates, which you’ll have the option to purchase and bring back with you.
What's Included
- Tea and coffee
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Fruits from the farm
- Snacks
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Additional Information
This journey offers a firsthand encounter with farming life, maintained through age-old traditions by the residents of a quaint town just an hour away from the city. When you visit this family-run cocoa farm, you’ll gain deep insights into the cocoa production process and see how they grow other goods such as coffee, avocado, yuca, and a variety of fruits and flowers.
During your time on the farm, you’ll have the opportunity to observe the transformation of cocoa into chocolate — picking, peeling, fermenting, drying, roasting, grinding, molding, and even tasting different products like hot chocolate, cocoa nibs, and cocoa paste. You’ll even have the chance to make your own!
So why wait? Spend a day living the life of a cocoa farmer just outside Medellín.
Location
Medellin
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
5.0
(68 Ratings)
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747maitem
Aug 26, 2024
Cocoa lovers, Unmissable - Excellent visit to a cocoa farm, our Oscar Guide explained everything in a clear and detailed way. The place is really lovely and you can interact and learn from the cocoa making process. Do not miss this tour will have a great time and also can prepare your own chocolate bars
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Lilopez2
Aug 7, 2024
Our great chocolate tour! - We had an amazing time! Our tour guide, Oscar, and the farm family was wonderful! And the views were amazing!!! Give it an A+!
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922yenyl
Aug 2, 2024
A spectacular tour and next to a cocoa producing family. - Don’t leave Medellin without this experience! A very nice farm, Doña Alicia and Sandra make you feel like part of the family, guide you in the experience of making chocolate from start to finish; show you the beauty of the natural crop, the benefits of the land, open the doors of their house and take home a delicious memory and a very significant experience.
Of the best tours, Oscar the guide has a great energy, explains each step of the process and from the moment you get in the van is explaining how you live in Colombia.
It was the best birthday present for my friend!
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A6905shjulianaa
Jul 25, 2024
I learned a lot of things I didn't know. - It was a day of much learning, I discovered new flavors, new fruits, we were taught how to make chocolate, and especially very friendly and friendly people. I can say it was a very valuable day for me.
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K9858mtelenal
Jul 25, 2024
A wonderful experience from this chocolate tour! - This tour was a fantastic experience for me and my friends. We learned a lot about the process of making chocolate and the finished product was delicious. The hosts could speak English very well and answered all of our questions. I highly recommend it for anybody visiting Medellín, especially from the United States
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S4421xhdanielm
Jul 2, 2024
Solo Tour - Yuly my guide was excellent. We had great conversations from the time we met to when we departed. Being the only person on the tour made the experience more memorable from Yuly to the owners of the farm and interacting with them hands on learning the knowledge from the cocoa plant from the seed to the final product chocolate. I recommend this tour to anyway looking for a hands on experience, a local farm and family; also an escape from the crowds.
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Shelby959
Jun 13, 2024
Incredible day for me and my daughter - Yuly was an amazing guide and made the day for me and my daughter truly special. Spending time on the family farm was incredible. We enjoyed learning about all of the plants, animals, and the entire chocolate making process. Highly recommend this activity for young families and those generally curious about chocolate.
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699kais
May 25, 2024
Great tour, very unique - We had a private tour of the farm, Oscar throughly explained everything and answered all our questions about anything and everything. The family at the farm were lovely and extremely friendly. The experience was extremely unique picking the cacao beans and processing them, we also tried other fruits on the farm. I’d highly recommend the experience to anyone who is interested in the origin of chocolate.
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Esz6572yq
Apr 10, 2024
Great day out - Fantastic activity, got to explore a cacao farm with coffee plants and other exotic fruits. Saw the different varieties and Oscar explained everything perfectly, I enjoyed making my own chocolate and tasting the farm produce. Would recommend!
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Scott_l
Aug 15, 2024
Chocolate is not simple - If you are frightened of heights then you might want to skip the tour of the farm because there are narrow paths on the edge of hills and one narrow bridge that was difficult to cross (they helped me). The whole process of making chocolate was explained (very similar to coffee) and you get to make your own custom chocolate to your specifications. Not bad!
Yula is a world traveler and has spent a lot of time in the U.S. and Europe so she was very knowledgeable about cultures outside of Colombia and has plenty of interesting stories and advice to share.
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