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Cocoa Farmer Experience Near Medellin: Learn Traditional Chocolate Making
5.0
61 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
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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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Z9484iususanj
Mar 31, 2024
Excellent chocolate tour - We had an outstanding time on the chocolate tour. Oscar was a great coordinator and tour guide….as well as Sandra and her mom. It was super interesting and we both enjoyed our time at the farm.
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Gunverg
Mar 21, 2024
Fantastic, authentic chocolate experience - Everything from our pleasant, knowledgeable and charming guide Oscar to the sweet welcoming family on the farm and of course the actual experience of making chocolate yourself from start to finish was a fantastic experience. Can only be recommended.
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Lebbg
Feb 28, 2024
100% Recommend! - I did a solo tour with Laura. She was wonderful to be around, and the family whose farm we went to were very kind people who answered all my questions about the process. It was very cozy, low key, calm, relaxing, but very informative. My favorite part was eating the actual cacao fruit. It was such a privilege. The chocolate making was also very fun. The farm is only an hour away from the city and makes for a really great day trip to escape the hustle and bustle of Medellin.
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Mary_d
Feb 28, 2024
Beautiful Tour - Great tour. Beautiful farm, fun and informative learning experience. Tour guide was very knowledgeable.
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Susannef578
Feb 25, 2024
Amazing chocolate tour - The tour was fascinating. We loved that it was just the two of us. The family that owned the farm was so kind and welcoming. We were able to see the whole chocolate making process. We plan to come back next year with friends and will take them on the same tour.
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125bobbym
Feb 11, 2024
A great experience! - The cacao farm tour was a great experience! Yuly was my tour guide and she was nice and knowledgeable about everything in the region. The farm is located in a beautiful valley and you will learn everything you need to know about how cacao is grown, harvested, and refined into chocolate. There are a lot of hands-on experiences throughout the whole process, and you finish by making your own chocolate bars and enjoying some delicious homemade snacks. I recommend this tour to anyone who wants to learn more about chocolate and farming in the beautiful Antioquia region.
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Daniel
Feb 5, 2024
Unique experience at family farm - It was a very unique experience to see how the chocolate is made from farm to table. The people running the farm are also extremely nice and warm
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