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Mindo Chocolate Tour: Explore Ecuador's Artisan Chocolate Making Process at El Quetzal de Mindo
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122 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:
1 day
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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 various chocolates, our signature chocolate barbecue sauce, chocolate tea, and of course, our globally renowned brownie.
Tours are available seven days per week from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. A new tour commences at the start of every hour.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
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
4.7
(122 Ratings)
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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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Ellenmi3235kv
Sep 5, 2023
Highly recommended - This was a great tour! We loved Miguel, who explained so much about the chocolate making process, and was kind and funny the whole time. The tasting at the end was delicious, and we got some great chocolates to go home and dinner in their restaurant.
Overall, I would highly recommend. A kind and welcoming atmosphere the whole time.
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Krista
Jan 23, 2023
Excellent chocolate tour and tasting - The Mindo chocolate tour was an educational and fun experience. Not only did we get to try cacao and chocolate at various stages of its preparation, we got to learn about growing the cacao and enjoy some of the fruits grown on the property as well. We really liked trying some of the unique flavors, such as salt and pepper and ginger!
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Gábor
Oct 7, 2022
Excellent experience! - Just a wonderful experience, a very nice hour spent with everything that's chocolate. You learn about how cocoa beans are grown, fermented, dried, how chocolate is made, etc etc, whilst also can have a look at some other plants grown in the gardens.
Once you are finished with the tour, you get to taste a LOT of chocolate products made locally, all of them are of excellent quality. You also get to buy anything you tasted afterwards in the little shop inside. Fully recommended if you like chocolate, definitely a must do if you are in Mindo! Thank you!
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Madhumatim2018
Jan 26, 2022
Charming experience for those who love chocolate. - We did the one hour tour as a family of four. Sergio was wonderfully friendly enthusiastic and informative. He was very kind and lovely to our children.
He showed us the ingredients of chocolate, we were able to taste the fruit and then the products at various stages. We then looked at where the fruit is grown, dried and processed. The garden was beautiful and worth seeing in its own right. We then ended by trying the various chocolates, and enjoyed tea and a brownie (best I have ever had). I would highly recommend this tour and great value at $10 per adult and $6 for each child.
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Kyle_p1
Nov 22, 2021
Unique experience - We learned that chocolate in pure form is actually very bitter. It was a very interesting tour of the whole process of chocolate making. We tasted several chocolate mixes. The tour guide was very good and knowledgeable. She also showed us the cacao butter.
We also ate lunch here and the trout was very good.
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