Mayan Chocolate Making & Waterfall Swimming From Placencia
Description
This half day tour of chocolate making starts from the cacao tree and ends with a Mayan chocolate bar in your hands. you will visit a small cacao farm where the farmer gives you a complete history of his organic cacao farm and detailed explanation of how the beans are extracted from the pods.Immediately after the farm we head Back to the small-indoors chocolate facility where you will learn how to make your own chocolate on traditional grinding stones. To top off the day we stop at a nearby waterfall.
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Pickup Locations & Times
Pick up at hotel front desk waiting area and parking lot
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Reviews(19)
First of all, our tour guide Rigo was flat out phenomenal! He took extra care to teach us the history of Belize, every spot we stopped to hear about the history of each tree, area, flower, fruit, bird and animal. This tour was by far the highlight of our trip. Our son read about the Cockscomb Jaguar Preserve when he was younger and always wanted to explore it, we finally got to do it and experience all the magic it had to offer. Rigo made the tour even better by carefully guiding us and ensuring we didn’t miss anything at all. Not only will we come back and do this again but we will request Rigo every time! Thank you!
We were looking for an educational excursion and this was perfect! Our driver was so courteous and friendly and stayed with us at the waterfall, the whole experience was great and included tasting chocolate we made from the cocoa beans!
Had a great time, learned a lot, and the chocolate was divine! Wish the waterfall part had been communicated a little more clearly since it's at another location, but we figured it out.
We had SO much fun - the children had a great time going through the cocoa farm, processing the beans, tasting the cocoa fruit (so delicious), and making and eating their own chocolate. The waterfalls were really fun was to cool off. Our guide, Rigo was super cool and great with the kids and our family
Great learning experience about how chocolate is being made, visit to the farm and making of chocolate authentic
We did a tour with Kai and loved every moment. We weren't able to go to the waterfall but we did the chocolate tour, the ruins, and the spice farm. We had a blast! Kai helped us find cool birds, explore the ruins safely, and shared his favorite music with us. We loved being able to support small businesses and seing parts of Maya history. We will definitely book another tour thriugh Kai if we come back to Belize.
This was a tale of two tours. The chocolate tour was okay. The chocolate makingwas more of a demonstration than a hands on experience. The chocolate was good and we learned a lot about the process, but it was a little slow. The waterfall was our favorite part. The scenery was nice and the falls were not busy when we were there. If we had it to do again, we’d just go to the waterfalls ourselves and skip the chocolate tour.
We had a great experience. This was a tour to accommodate our son with special needs, so the physical demands were not significant. Our guide Israel went out of his way to make arrangements with the restaurant to prepare a meal that our son could eat. Israel was also extremely knowledgeable and informative and the trip was very interesting. The Mayan chocolate farm and factory were a lot of fun and tasty. The waterfalls were beautiful and fun to swim in, a very short hike from the parking area. It was an enjoyable experience for the whole family.
We used them for a chocolate tour, bioluminescent tour and transportation to the airport and I highly recommend those guys! They have the best guides and I learned so much from the drives alone
The first of several excursions with Truly Wild. Israel was our guide and made the day a very enjoyable time. Very informative on Belize during travel. What a GREAT time thanks to Israel.
