Guatemala · DESSERT TOURS
Good dessert tours fill up weeks ahead; the great ones go first. Below: the 9 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Make chocolate from cacao beans in Antigua with tastings, hands-on work, Mayan traditions, and a 90-gram handmade bar to take home.
“If you’re doing this, expect a fun and informative experience. Diana was knowledgeable, funny and a delight.”
Roast cacao, make Maya and European-style drinks, taste chocolate, and mold bonbons in this lively 90-minute Antigua workshop.
“This class was very fun and informative. Jessica is friendly, knowledgeable, high energy, and funny! We learned about the history of the cacao fruit and its evolution into the different forms of chocolate we know. We made our own little candies as souvenirs. We also got the opportunity to smash and grind beans to make paste and powder.”
Learn how Guatemalan cocoa becomes handmade chocolate in San Juan del Obispo, with tastings, hot chocolate, and a private two-hour tour.
“It was a wonderful experience with Giovani! Got to see the making of chocolate by hand in a beautiful cottage setting! Had never seen chocolate made by hand on a small scale. We were shown every stage of the making process. Fascinating. Then we Were given their wonderful hot chocolate with warm bread with butter up on the roof top portion of the home. Loved our tour! We got to buy chocolate we tasted to bring home instead of just buying it in shop & have no idea whether it’s good or not. This was the way to experience Guatemala chocolate!!”
Taste four Guatemalan chocolates and prepare a Mayan cacao drink in this private, hands-on Antigua workshop with friendly local guides.
“Me and my sister absolutely LOVED this experience making a traditional cacao beverage and tasting delicious local chocolate. If you are staying in Antigua you will not regret adding this to your itinerary. Our guides were so friendly, knowledgeable and made the experience so fun and enjoyable!”
Make chocolate from Guatemalan cacao in Antigua, from roasting beans to shaping your own bar, with tastings, Mayan history, and Spanish instruction.
“Ingrid was exceptionally helpful and informative! My family does not speak Spanish but she was patient and interactive to help me translate for them. Overall we had a great experience. Muchísimas gracias”
Taste nispero wine and handmade Guatemalan chocolate on a two-hour tour from Antigua, with village visits, transport, and bilingual guidance.
“I am a passionate biker, and when I visited Antigua, I was thrilled to learn that I would be able to take a tour on ATVs.”
Build and decorate a chocolate Christmas house in Antigua, with Guatemalan cocoa tastings, a Spanish workshop, and a private two-hour session.
Explore Antigua by ATV or UTV, taste chocolate, wine, and honey, then watch sunset at El Hato Verde in a four-hour cultural tour.
“The chocolate factory and the lunch/hotel in the mountains were wonderful!”
Review of Antigua Coffee and Chocolate from Puerto Quetzal, with coffee processing, a chocolate workshop, Antigua sightseeing, price, and tips.
“Long drive to plantation and Antigua-road was VERY rough. No one was actually working at the plantation so it was a little hard to imagine everything that goes on”
Volcanoes, ruins, lake villages and market days.
