Tondoroque Trip Overview
Its a cultural and sensorial experience about cacao in the west coast of México, plus, this chocolate tour is the beginning of new agroturistic projects in a rural community. Its a wonderful way to support the farmers and local towns around.
Additional Info
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Starts: Tondoroque, Mexico
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Cooking Classes
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What to Expect When Visiting Tondoroque, Nayarit, Mexico
Its a cultural and sensorial experience about cacao in the west coast of México, plus, this chocolate tour is the beginning of new agroturistic projects in a rural community. Its a wonderful way to support the farmers and local towns around.
Planeta Cacao is a beautiful cacao garden specially designed to promote cacao history on the pacific coast of Mexico, it is an experience with an educational concept. We are located in rural area of El Tondoroque, Bahía de Banderas Nayarit, 15 minutes from Puerto Vallarta, just 5 from Nuevo Vallarta or Bucerias.
Visitors will know about the history of cacao and chocolate in the world, the tree and its cultural uses, ethnohistorical data of the cacao in the Bay of Banderas (cultivated in Nayarit for more than a thousand years) nutritional benefits of this superfood and the artisan chocolate workshop, which illustrates the process from the cultivation, harvesting, fermentation, drying and grinding of this precious seed.
There is an exhibition area of old utensils, drinks prepared with cocoa, a traditional mud kitchen and a chocolate store with products homemade.
We offer different activities, in this case, our chocolate workshop with 2 hours of creativity where you will taste cacao drinks and learn how to make handcraft chocolate! Our kitchen is waiting for you.
Stop At:
• Planeta Cacao, Avenida San Vicente 120, El Tondoroque Bahia de Banderas, Bahia de Banderas Municipality 63735 Mexico
Sample Menu
• Cacao & Corn Drink – This is a special drink inspired in mesoamerican ancestors traditions.