Day 103 of 365 Things to Do in Panama
Day 103 of 365 Things to Do in Panama. Tour a Chocolate Farm in Bocas del Toro!
Ever wonder how organic chocolate is made? Take a tour through the jungle and farms where people have been making cacao into chocolate for centuries.
Panama chocolate thrives in the rainforest environment of the Caribbean coast, especially in the province of Bocas del Toro. Visitors have the opportunity to see the origen of the chocolate they munch or the cocoa or hot chocolate they quaff by taking a Chocolate Tour. The tour walks you through the jungle and the process of turning raw cacao into chocolate. All the cacao is shade grown in the jungle, so during your tour, you may even get to see sloths, poison dart frogs, and toucans. And no matter what you see, you’ll get to sample some delicious organic dark chocolate!