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Cocoa Ngäbe farm

Half-day community tourism experience at an organic cocoa farm owned by the Ngäbe indigenous community.

Not far from the Caribbean’s best beaches lies a unique ecotourism project where you can engage with the Ngäbe indigenous community. This initiative educates visitors about the community’s agricultural practices, the use of cocoa for health and ritual purposes, and supports local efforts in healthcare and education funding. Experience authentic community tourism with a chocolate tasting and interaction with Ngäbe farmers, where even the most bitter chocolate tastes sweet.

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Schedule

7:30 and 11:30 AM

Meeting in Bocas Town city center
9 AM and 1 PM

Arrival at the Ngäbe farm
2 and 5 PM

Back to Bocas

The itinerary

Located on the Caribbean coast of Bocas del Toro, the trip begins with a 45-minute journey from Bocas Town to Rio Oeste, involving a 30-minute taxi boat ride to Almirante followed by a 15-minute car or minibus ride. Explore cocoa’s history, culture, and flavors on this journey considered “a gift from the Gods”. Engage in the entire chocolate production process, from fruit harvesting to seed drying and grinding. Enjoy a forest walk to see cocoa trees, visit a mountain farm where Ngäbe women in traditional attire demonstrate chocolate making under a thatched roof, and indulge in tastings of dark chocolate, roasted cocoa, and pure chocolate. A traditional Ngäbe meal of free-range chicken with organic vegetables and tubers caps off the tour before returning to Almirante via a taxi boat.