El Sendero del Cacao

This was a great experience. The food was great, the tour was great, the chocolate was incredible, and the people were wonderful. I wouldn't change a thing.

Great tour and experience!! The roads suck to get there but once you see the signs it’s much better. Once there it’s very well organized, knowledgeable, and worthwhile. They have thought of everything and the food that you get when you buy that package is out of this world. So authentic and fresh. Cannot recommend this more. I went with my two and three and a half year old. Very kid friendly!! Can’t bring strollers because it’s not paved and setup for that but it wasn’t a ton of walking. Bring the fam, it has something for everyone!

Great tour, great experience, delicious chocolate :)

Excellent experience,informative, interactive great guide beautiful place worth the trip

Highly recommended great tour. The start of the tour started with hot chocolate either with water or milk your choice then showed us the history of how chocolate is grown, harvested and manufactured even the old ways they used to. Plus at the end an excellent meal.

Little did we know when we pulled up in our rental car, but the place was closed to group tours that day due to filming a documentary. We were delighted when an employee offered to take us around anyway. We learned and tasted new things and saw the whole process of tree to bar. We even ate cacao fruit! Really great experience for us!

We were excited for our tour but this far surpassed our expectations and ended up being one of our favorite activities while we were in the Dominican Republic. The entire experience takes approximately 2-2.5 hr and starts with a delicious cup of hot chocolate. Our guide was Miguel and he first took us to a small area where he talked about the difference between growing the cacao from seed and grafting. You can try one of the cacao seeds of you would like. Miguel showed us how they germinate the seeds and how they incorporate grafts from their best producers into the root stalks. You can even plant a germinating seed of your own.

Next we toured through the cacao trees while Miguel explained the prime growing conditions and some of the pests that can impact cacao. Miguel we incredibly knowledgeable and was able to answer any of our questions thoroughly and in great detail. Next we discussed the germination and drying processes needed to make the cacao seeds ready for chocolate production.

The tour continued in the factory where Miguel showed how the cacao beans were roasted, husked, and ground. Next was the process of making the chocolate smooth and tempering the chocolate. Miguel showed off his impressive skills by demonstrating how to temper chocolate by hand on a marble surface and we were able to pour our own candy bar and taste the different types of chocolate. The last stop in the factory was a very nice gift shop. Our tour finished with a demonstration of the traditional method of chocolate production and a delicious Dominican lunch.

We would absolutely recommend this experience to anyone looking for a unique and educational opportunity. Transportation is not included but for those coming from Santo Domingo it is easy to catch one of the Caribe buses in Santo Domingo toward San Francisco de Macoris and then take a short taxi ride to the plantation. Don't forget to wear your bug repellent as the mosquitoes are numerous and make sure to leave room for chocolate tasting.

Wowwww this place is just incredible! Fantastic excursion, excellent service and quality. This is quality that is rare in the RD. They speak really good English. The tours are interactive and very intersting. Geat lunch. This place is off the hook!! Highly recommendable!

This visit was above my expectations. My friends and I had lots of fun. The tour guide was excelente at taking pictures, and we tasted from cacao the fruits, to cacao bits unprocessed, traditionally made cacao, and different cocholate flavours from 40% 60% and 82% cacao. This plantation is organic and they only produce produce vegan chocolat by using coconut and almond milk. Their is and exception, 40% cacao chocolate contains milk. I encourage to go. I would go again and buy tons of chocolate. 🍫

Where does our chocolate come from? Here you will see the whole proccess from growing up a plant to your own chocolate.
On the guiedet tour, you will learn how the company protect his fruits, you will see two different ways of making chocolate and in the end there is a good lunch whaiting for you... it will cost about 2000RD/p with lunch.

What a wonderful experience my sisters and I had learning about planting and harvesting organic cacao. We were highly impressed by the staff who participated in every activity. Lunch was delish!

Loved my experience here learning about the cocoa to chocolate process, getting to taste everything from the cocoa straight out of the fruit to the different stages of chocolate along the way. Staff was great as well.

Great experience!! Beautiful place, the people are very welcoming and kind. It is worth taking the full tour!!

An excellent experience where you will learn everything about the cacao fruit and all the process until it is transformed in a delicious chocolate bar. 100% recommended

This is a chocolate tour, loved it very delicious and entertaining.

Great cocoa beans Plantation open to the public with demonstration and lunch

Fun and informative family pastime between a beautiful cacao farm and a real chocolate making facility.

Highly recommended tour of the cacao bean and it's 100pct organic process of becoming chocolate. Full of interesting tid bits👌Congratulations D.R.🇩🇴

Beautiful place! You will learn everything about cacao, from how it grows, get processed and how fine chocolate is made.

A great spot to learn and enjoy the Cacao from the seed to the final product. The demonstration on how the Cacao plants are managed.