Our Top 7 Chocolate Tours in Costa Rica

1.Chocolate Making and Tasting at a Local Factory in San José

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 115 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $57Our pick

At Tapir Chocolates in Barrio Escalante, Mauricio and his team guide you through cacao’s journey from fresh fruit to finished chocolate. Taste beans, nibs, cocoa butter, drinks, and several chocolate strengths, then make your own bars with local fillings and toppings. The two-hour class ends with eco-friendly packaging for your creations.

“This was amazing. The instructor shared his passion for chocolate. I learned so much, had fun and walked away with 2 amazing chocolate bars. The neighborhood was cool and trendy with great restaurants.”

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2.Chocolate and Coffee Tour Farm Don Jorge

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 113 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $50

At Farm Don Jorge in Burrito, Alajuela, you will explore a small family-run farm with guides such as Fabricio and Alexis. Learn how cacao, coffee, and sugar cane become foods and drinks, make your own chocolate and hot cocoa, taste fresh coffee and fruit, then walk to a private waterfall where swimming may be possible.

“We enjoyed this tour very much. We had one-on-one attention and learned a lot about chocolate and coffee. We even got to make hot cocoa and chocolate candy and coffee from scratch! Very attentive and nice guides.”

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3.Puerto Viejo hands on chocolate making class. From bean to bar, get chocolatey!

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 90 reviews · 2 hours 15 minutes (approx.) · from $47

Join Ansel at Talamanca Chocolate near Puerto Viejo for a 2-hour-15-minute cacao lesson and workshop. See the tree, learn about fermentation and processing, taste cacao at several stages, and make a chocolate bar from farm-grown beans. You’ll leave with roasted beans and handmade chocolate.

“Intimate, relaxed and educational. Enliven by friendly dogs and fowl. Of course, the chocolate was amazing. Highly recommend.”

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4.Chocolate Experience in Jaco Beach and Los Suenos

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 85 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $45Best value

At Vista Los Sueños Adventure Park near Herradura, you’ll walk through a cocoa collection, taste fresh cacao fruit, learn to shell and grind beans, and help make chocolate and hot chocolate. Guides such as Mary, Gary, Danny, and Heidi lead the roughly two-hour session. Expect a fun, family-friendly class rather than a working plantation visit.

“This chocolate experience was top notch. We highly recommend it to others. We enjoyed learning all the details of turning cocoa into chocolate. The hands on participation was especially fun.”

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5.Chocolate and Night Tour in La Fortuna

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 83 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $67

At Don Juan Tours La Fortuna, you follow the chocolate process from cacao fruit to finished bar, then search the farm after dark for frogs, sloths, lizards, birds, and insects. Guides such as Alex and Yen are skilled wildlife spotters. You will grind cacao, mix your own ingredients, and taste several chocolate styles.

“Wonderful tour. We saw several types of frogs , a mama and baby sloths, lizards and birds. We learned a lot about plants and trees of Costa Rica. Our guide was amazing at finding the wildlife and very patient, making sure everyone saw things through his telescope and got pictures. It was fun tasting raw cocoa beans and making our own chocolate. Our guide was very enthusiastic. You could tell he loved his job and was proud of his country.”

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6.Coffee & Chocolate Tour+Sloths Park & Llanos de Cortez Waterfall

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 74 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $210

Travel privately from Tamarindo to Bijagua for a rainforest walk, sloths, frogs, snakes, coffee and chocolate making, Costa Rican lunch, a butterfly garden, and Llanos de Cortez Waterfall. Guides such as Dido, Fernando, Anthony, and Francisco are praised for their local insight. Expect an early start and a long drive.

“Our guide Verney, was absolutely fantastic, extremely knowledgeable about all the local customs, history, animals, food, culture, etc. we couldn’t have asked for a better guide. He gave us very personalized service and made us feel extremely welcome. He also made sure that we got a chance to see every single little creature in the rainforest possible and took the most amazing photos we’ve ever seen, and those were provided to us to share with friends and family and something for us to keep those alone were worth the tour then we were taken to the waterfall, which was extremely beautiful to see and very, very refreshing. We went to…”

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7.Chocolate Experience by Bribri Indigenous Culture

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 58 reviews · from $95

Spend 5 to 6 hours with a Bribri guide such as Ariel or Tamara, visiting an Indigenous community near Limón. Learn about Bribri language, daily life, medicinal plants, and cosmology, then help turn cacao into chocolate. Finish with a refreshing swim at Cataratas Bribri Talamanca. Pickup is offered, and groups are limited to nine people.

“Ariel is super kind and know a lot of things about the BriBri culture. He answers to all of your questions if you ask him. We enjoyed the experience and the walk in which we saw the best sloth of our trip in Costa Rica!”

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