Planeta Cacao is a beautiful cacao garden specially designed to promote cacao history on the pacific coast of Mexico, it is an experience with an educational concept. We are located in rural area of El Tondoroque, Bahía de Banderas Nayarit, 15 minutes from Puerto Vallarta, just 5 from Nuevo Vallarta or Bucerias.
Visitors will know about the history of cacao and chocolate in the world, the tree and its cultural uses, ethnohistorical data of the cacao in the Bay of Banderas (cultivated in Nayarit for more than a thousand years) nutritional benefits of this superfood and the artisan chocolate workshop, which illustrates the process from the cultivation, harvesting, fermentation, drying and grinding of this precious seed.
There is an exhibition area of old utensils, drinks prepared with cocoa, a traditional mud kitchen and a chocolate store with products homemade.
We offer different activities, in this case, our chocolate workshop with 2 hours of creativity where you will taste cacao drinks and learn how to make handcraft chocolate! Our kitchen is waiting for you.
