Kamananui Cacao Orchard Tour

Beautiful and very informative. Katie was very knowledgeable and entertaining. Chocolate was delicious.

It is an impressive experience that lets you sample various forms of cacao, from raw beans to finished chocolate. At the tour’s conclusion, manao chocolates are available for purchase.

Great chance to get off the beaten path and Learn from an expert about cacao cultivation and making chocolate. We saw the entire life cycle of the cacao trees and were allowed to touch smell and taste beans from all stages of processing. Then we taste tested chocolate made from cacao grown across the entire region. The cacao tea was a highlight.

We enjoyed listening to our tour guide. She was knowledgeable. It was fun learning about cocoa. The chocolate tasting was yummy and fun.

The gate access is trickie. There is a keypad to gain access to the road to the farm but getting out was difficult. There is no keypad to exit the property. Luckily, a car was attempting to access the property without knowledge of the keypad and code. Our car and another car was trying to exit so we educated the incoming car. They got the gate open and the other attendee car and ours were able to get out.

The tour was great! We entered a beautiful door that was given to them. We learnt about the cocoa trees and the other trees in the orchard that all play a roll in the ecosystem for these trees. We were able to see the seed pods in all of their stages, we were able to taste the pulp around the seed, and eat the bean if we wanted to. If you like dark chocolate you will most likely like the raw seed. After we tasted the pulp of the cocoa bean, we were welcomed into the tasting hut. Where we tasted 7-8 different chocolate combinations. We tried to name the different tastes of each chocolate combination. Each one had fruit, honey, or nuts mixed in. They also had tea and coffee options made from the cocoa plants. It was an enlightening experience for sure. I also want to mention that if you want to take this tour, you should plan on renting a car to get there and back. We got lift to take us out there, but I could not get lift to come back. The owner drove us off of the property to a church and we were able to get lift from there. Thank goodness!

This tour could not be more perfect. You travel down dirt roads with views of North Shore going towards a monastery. You talk about cacao production and all the agriculture research development they have done and are doing. You taste raw cacao seeds, fermented Cacau, roasted Cacau underneath the trees. Bug spray provided too! You finally get many, many Chocalate samples hinting at their flavor profiles. These are all dark Chocalate and they do have milk Chocalate available too. I have kids of the internet generation and phones were willingly put away to listen to Katie and her talk the entire time. WOW! Honestly this and shark cage diving made the Hawai’i trip so memorable. Wife bought too much chocolate and almost joined the Hawaii Chocalate club. They have a manufacturing tour and stores in Waikaki as well. They also have different cacao fields across Hawaii islands with different flavored cacao. I cannot recommend this tour enough. Keep up this great tour!

This place filled in. my knowledge about cacao. With an actual taste of the fruit and nib, that i did not know is edible out of the pod. our guide was very knowledgeable and made the tour really educational and interesting. Essential for choco lovers.

My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the tour. It was our favorite thing we did during our week in Oahu.

Great tour with a very knowledgeable tour guide. The chocolate tasting was very good. A nice store area to buy some great chocolate.