Description
Overview
Make chocolate the way the Mayans did centuries ago along side Erica Durance, star of Smallville. Your adventure begins with a guided island tour and sightseeing highlights on your drive to a cacao plantation. There, you’ll have a chance to learn how cacao trees are planted and cared for as well as how cacao pods are harvested. Get a close look at the complete lifecycle of this amazing tree. See how cacao seeds are fermented and dried by natural sunlight. While waiting for your chocolate bars to set, join your guide for a tour through the botanical gardens, where you will see the famous Honduran mahogany, plus coffee trees, orchids, a variety of herbs and spices, tropical plants and fruit trees. Plus savor a delicious traditional lunch featuring chicken, rice beans and fried plantains.
Highlights
- Three-hour tour: Make chocolate the way the Mayans did centuries ago, tour a botanical garden, plus savor a typical lunch.
- All about cacao: See the complete lifecycle of the cacao tree; learn how seeds are fermented and dried by sunlight.
- Garden tour lunch: See a variety of tropical plants and trees; enjoy a fruit tasting, followed by a delicious lunch.
Important details and advisements
- Tour involves about 100 yards of walking on uneven terrain.
- Tour is not wheelchair accessible.
- This tour takes place in a foreign country where laws, regulations and business practices may vary from your home country. This could include significant differences in transportation mode and quality, infrastructure, regulations, and driving practices. Make sure to familiarize yourself with the associated risks and travel warning at travel.state.gov, gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office, or your country equivalent travel advisory system, and consider when selecting or participating in any tour.
- You must have an active Cruiseville Stateroom Booking to book this excursion.
- Excursion purchases are non-refundable unless the event is officially canceled.