The 6 Best Cocoa Farm Tours in the USA

1.Maui Ku’ia Estate Guided Cacao Farm Tour and Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,103 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $99Our pick

Start at Ku’ia Estate’s Lahaina factory, then ride to a 20-acre cacao farm in the West Maui foothills. A certified guide such as Mandy, Steph, Brandy, or Shawn explains growing and harvesting before a nine-piece chocolate tasting in a treehouse. Expect stairs, a short walk, and mostly dark chocolate.

“Amazing tour and delicious chocolate! From the moment we got there the staff were so friendly! The chocolate and the tour was amazing! Couldn’t recommend this enough!”

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2.Kauai Chocolate Farm Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 666 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $145

Spend about three hours at Lydgate Farms with guides such as Mason, Jess, Sheri, Brooke, or Jenna. Walk the botanical gardens, taste cacao fruit, tropical produce, honey, vanilla, macadamia nuts, and dark chocolate, then follow the process from cacao tree to finished bar. Children must be over 7.

“Full tour experience! You get to walk around the farm with your guide explaining each part of the process for making cacao. You get to see the different ages trees and cacao pods. You then get to taste fruit and honey and then of course chocolate!”

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3.Award Winning Farm Tour: Coffee, Chocolate and Unique Gifts

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 484 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $50Best value

Spend about three hours at a Kona farm learning how coffee, cacao, and natural soap are made. Greg Colden and his team guide the walk, tastings, demonstrations, and shop visit. You’ll see Pacific views from 1,200 feet, sample farm products, and learn about biodiversity and sustainable farming.

“Try to go on a Thursday because those are the days with longer tours and it was wonderful. So much fun and great information wonderful coffee and chocolate well worth it. Greg was so good to listen to in fact everybody was.”

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4.Maui Ku’ia Estate Guided Cacao Farm Tour & Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 137 reviews · 1h 30m · from $99

Start at Maui Ku’ia Estate Chocolate in Lahaina, then ride 10 minutes to a private 20-acre cacao farm. Your English-speaking guide explains growing, harvesting, and chocolate making before serving nine chocolate samples and a cocoa drink in a treehouse above the grove. Closed-toe shoes, sunscreen, and insect repellent are wise.

“Our guide was knowledgeable and entertaining. (How many guides sing a Willy Works song?) We were told the history of the farm, how the cacoa plants grow,and how the company makes the chocolate. The samples and water provided ended the tour with a great finish. We will be back next for the factory tour!”

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5.Kamananui Cacao Orchard Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 132 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $89

At Kamananui Cacao Orchards on Oahu’s North Shore, an English-speaking guide leads you through a working cacao farm, explains cultivation and chocolate making, and serves a generous tasting. Guides such as Katie, Chari, and Max have led sessions, with cacao tea and local chocolate among the highlights.

“Very educational, wear closed toe shoes, be prepared to recognize flavors, very great chocolate tasting!”

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6.Craft Chocolate Tasting and Farm Experience on the Big Island

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 95 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $135

Near Hilo, guides Wrenn, Colin, Ren, and Jude lead a small-group visit through cacao orchards and fermentation work, followed by a generous tasting of Hawaiian craft chocolate, cacao juice, tea, roasted beans, fruit, and drinking chocolate. Allow 3.5 hours.

“Informative tour about cacao farming in Hawaii, especially the Hilo side of island. Guides were well prepared, generous on samples and tasting was incredible. Worth the price, which was steep, but again, worth it.”

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