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September 11100% refund
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Tree to Bar Experience
2 Adults x $124.00
$248.00
Approx Total
$248.00
Chocolate Making: Craft your very own chocolate bar with our team, starting with tasting cacao pulp from a freshly-cut pod. Duration: 2 hours Market Lunch: Experience cacao cuisine, served street-food style. Including the Cacao Burger, Cacao Fish & Chips and fresh local produce. Tree to Bar Tour: Our guides will take you on a tour of our Seederie, where you’ll find out more about how cacao begins its journey. Shop: Browse our gifting area where you can pick up your favourite cacao-infused alcohol or beauty products, clothing, and bags.
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Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
Lunch
From Tree to Bar Cacao Tour
Chocolate making experience
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Overview
Immerse yourself in a unique Tree to Bar chocolate experience from chocolatier and sustainable cacao grower, Hotel Chocolat, at their Rabot Estate in Saint Lucia - lunch included.
Plunge into the rainforest for a tour of the cacao groves and learn about sustainable cacao-growing. Find out how to graft a cacao tree before tasting cacao pulp from a freshly-cut pod. Then, sample chocolate made on the Rabot Estate and unique to Saint Lucia while crafting your own chocolate bar. (Experience approx. 2.5 hours)
Discover the famous cacao-cuisine and The Cacao Bar - all enjoyed overlooking a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lunch is included in the Tree to Bar tour price - you can arrive early and eat before or linger after and take in the rainforest views as you indulge in the market-style food.
Finish your Tree to Bar experience by treating yourself (or loved ones back home) to more chocolate and our cacao beauty & alcohol ranges, available to browse and purchase on our retail floor.
Meeting points
Project Chocolat Unnamed Road Malgretoute, St Lucia
Across the street from the starting point you will see Ladere Resort.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Itinerary
Project Chocolat
Tree to Bar Experience: Immerse yourself in our unique, multisensory tree to bar chocolate experience at Rabot Estate. Here, you can find out about how cacao grows. Plunge into the rainforest for a tour of the cacao groves, and learn how to graft a tree before hand-crafting your very own chocolate bar. Finish your experience with cacao cuisine, served street-food style - including the Cacao Burger, Cacao Beer-Battered Fish & Chips and fresh local produce. Try our famous soft-serve Ice Cream of the Gods and our cacao infused cocktails.
2 hours 30 minutes
Sample Menu
Additional Info
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Experiences are not suitable for children under 8 years old
We are Covid Certified
You must arrive for your experience with good time, ensuring you are not late
Free Cancellation
September 11100% refund
September 12No refund
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews
5 stars
327
4 stars
42
3 stars
14
2 stars
6
1 star
6
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You will never look at chocolate the same way again!
Published on Dec, 2024
The tour guide, John, promised "you will never look at chocolate the same way again" - and he was right!! The tour was so engaging and interesting, sharing some really fun and bite-sized facts about how cacao is grown, cared for and harvested. The second part of the tour was so much fun - turning some humble cacao nibs into an actual chocolate bar! This was hands-on and supported by lots information on how the process has changed over the years. The finished product was delicious too, and made a perfect treat after enjoying the fantastic food available from the food court!
fantastic tour - very enjoyable
Published on Dec, 2024
Taj was our tour guide and he was amazing. really knowledgeable and friendly.
the tour had a bit of everything - highlights were naming our own trees and eating the pulp from the fresh cocao pods. be warned there is some hard work at the end when you make your own chocolate but it is fun.
there is also a short walk through the forest and i was bitten a lot - so apply plenty of mosquito spray before you start - and also suggest covering up as much as possible.
Outstanding and Phenomenal
Published on Dec, 2024
The overall tour was phenomenal. We really enjoyed the making of the chocolate, but everything from the information of how they grow everything and how they produce it is so great.
Wonderful!
Published on Nov, 2024
First-rate! It is possible to get misdirected with on-line booking for other "Chocolate Experiences" in Saint Lucia, but this is the one that you want. 15 minute drive from Soufriere and 5 minutes from the Caldera mud bath tourist area. This is a very classy set up with delicious lunch specialties (cocoa ingredient dishes, beverages, gorgeous open air cafe views and attentive wait staff). Enjoy beautiful botanical gardens pathways with cooling higher altitude breezes while waiting for tour/workshop. Inclusive for all ages and degrees of interest in cocoa plants and chocolate production. High end gift shop with premium local chocolate products got us half way home with our Holiday Shopping. To get the full experience in the cool mountain breeze, it helps to be able to walk several hundred meters and climb 30 or so stairs steps at relaxed pace. I think you would be kept comfortable and in good company in the restaurant cafe if this task was not possible for you. Wonderful and well worth the cost! Bravo to the staff.
Highly recommend the Tree to bar tour
Published on Nov, 2024
The staff were amazing. They went above and beyond! The tour was very informative. Loved making the chocolate bar and food was outstanding.
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