Ecuador Cloud Forest: Hummingbirds & Chocolate

10 Ratings

Quito

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Embark on a private tour in Quito’s Cloud Forest and indulge in a tasting experience like no other. Discover the secrets of coffee making, savor coffee tea, enjoy a delicious lunch, and become a cacao expert with a chocolate making demonstration and tasting.

Duration: 10 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Quito - The adventure begins with a pickup from your location in downtown Quito!
El Pahuma Orchid Reserve - Our first stop is a hummingbird viewpoint, perfect for observing these stunning birds. Relish the breathtaking views and the sight of hummingbirds as you sip on fresh organic juice.
Nanegalito - Explore a family-owned specialty…

What's Included

English speaking guide for the whole tour
Private transportation with hotel pick-up and drop-off in Quito downtown
Coffee Plantation Farm Visit and Tasting
Chocolate Workshop Visit and Tasting
Lunch

What's Not Included

Personal Expenses
Meals and drinks not mentioned in the itinerary
Optional activities
Tips for guides

Additional Information

Begin your day by observing a diverse array of stunning hummingbirds at our stop at the hummingbird viewpoint, while taking in the breathtaking scenery of the Ecuadorian Cloud Forest.
Explore a family-owned coffee plantation where the secrets of coffee-making will be unveiled, and indulge in another delightful tasting of an award-winning specialty…

Location

Quito

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Bronnie12345

Jun 18, 2025

What more could you want? Amazing tour! - Incredible tour and worth every penny! Our guide, Alex, was such a knowledgable and fun guide and made the experience so enjoyable. After 5 months of travelling, we can easily say this tour is one of the favourites we’ve done. We loved how authentic and community-focused it was, and how Takiri pick the coffee and chocolate locations carefully, so you get the chance to support local businesses as well as stuffing your face with delicious chocolate and coffee. Thank you so much again for the experience, hopefully we will be back one day!

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Grace_w

Mar 9, 2024

Spectacular! - Our day trip out of Quito to visit the cloud forest, a hummingbird center, an organic coffee farm, and a cacao farm was spectacular! The trip was carefully and thoughtfully planned, and our driver/guide Abel was warm, knowledgeable, kind, and witty. We loved it!

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Despinamaria_m

Dec 18, 2023

Hummingbirds, Coffee, and Chocolate… Oh My!!! - Telmo did a great job driving and even translating a little for us on this multi-stop excursion. First we stopped for some juice at Los Armadillos and watched the many different hummingbirds, which was fascinating. I’ve never seen that many different colors and sizes! Then we went to Frajares for a coffee demo, tasting, and tour. Maria Fuentes (?) was an excellent guide, and even though she only spoke Spanish and we knew very little Spanish, she made sure we understood everything and answered our questions (sometimes with Telmo’s help translating). She was very organized and knowledgeable, and also very personable, which made this tour very enjoyable. Our last stop was El Quetzal for chocolate tour, tasting, and lunch. Carolina was our guide, and again, was very organized, knowledgeable, and personable, and she gave us plenty of different types of chocolates to try and explained what we would taste and feel (in terms of texture) for each… and sometimes she’s let us taste first and tell her what we experienced. Very interesting learning about the differences between the Ecuadorian Nacional and CCN51 types of cacao. The lunch was also delicious, with a perfect brownie for dessert! Our al fresco dining experience with some amusing colorful birds in the trees nearby was a perfect way to end our last stop. Telmo then transported us safely back to our hotel, giving us tidbits along the way. Excellent excursion that we would do again and again!

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Trent_d

Jan 12, 2023

More than we could have hoped for! - Our guide was incredible! He was attentive and gave us lots of local history and information during the drives between locations. The small local coffee and cacao farms were also very informative and the coffee and chocolate were excellent. I am very glad we chose a day to do this tour!

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Jackie_s

Oct 23, 2022

Not to miss! - Angel was very good at explaining the history of Ecuador and Quito’s culture. He was very attentive to our questions or requests. Having previously been to both places, he had a great relationship with the staff and owners. We were warmly welcomed.

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Zachtravels42

Jun 30, 2021

Just do it! You will not regret. - Angel was awesome and really made it a special day tour. He went out of his way to make it enjoyable and explained each and everything we were looking at. Highly recommend!

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534margauxs

Mar 9, 2020

Incredible day trip: unique, delicious and mind-blowing - I first did a trip to the Galapagos Islands with Takiri. I was so impressed that I decided to book this day tour from Quito. It was amaaaazing. We first stopped at this tiny hole in the wall kinda place to check out these cute little hummingbirds flying around while you're having a drink. Then we headed to a coffee farm that was in the most beautiful setting: rolling hills, cloud forest. It's one of those place that you'll see in magazines. We tried different coffee drinks (delicious!) and walked around the farm, seeing the whole process of tree to drink. We even participated in some of these activities. Then we went to a small chocolate farm. The tour was interesting, but omg: we tried so much chocolate (and cacao drink), and even the seeds etc. Understanding the chocolate making process, and tasting it at different stages: I'll never look at it in quite the same way. Totally recommend this tour!!

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Mkstrr

Aug 22, 2019

Fantastic experience - We did the coffee + cacao day tour from Quito. Our guide/driver Ivan was fantastic, with loads of information about the area and about Ecuador in general. The coffee plantation was the highlight - a really nice venue, and fascinating to see it all in so much details (the dogs Nala and Max were pretty cool too). The cacao factory and the hummingbird stop were great too! Highly recommend!!

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From $175

up to 15 guests

2 - Adult