The Authentic Maya Culinary & Chocolate Tour is a six-hour day in southern Belize, booked through Palmento Grove: a hands-on cooking class in a Maya kitchen, then a visit to a Maya cacao farm where you make chocolate by hand.
You start at the hearth with Maya cooks — grinding corn, stirring the stews, and learning methods passed down through generations.
Then you travel to a cacao farm and walk among the organic cacao trees. You follow chocolate the whole way, from pod to bean to bar, and with a local chocolatier's guidance you make some yourself.
Cacao holds real significance in Maya life, and you'll hear about that as well as taste it.
What you'll do
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Cook with Maya cooks in a traditional kitchen
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Grind corn and work at the hearth
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Walk an organic Maya cacao farm
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Follow chocolate from pod to bar
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Make your own chocolate with a local chocolatier